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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

HE annual report Of the Judge advo-
cate general to the Secretary OF War
for 1895 shows quite an Improvement
in tho morals of the army. The mum Der
of trials by courts martial were 461 less
than for the previous year, and the
trials for desertion show a decrease of
263 over 1894. In other respects there
is marked improvement in the gen.
eral character of the soldiers, which is no
doubt largely due to the fact that the
great msjority Of the srmy is now COM
posed OF native Americans, who are by
far the best material that can be en-
listed.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

AGAIN, and for the third time, we call
on tho Democratic combine boys TO tell
the people of Roanoke why til at notorious
registration application" was issued.
The com bine knows tho law; 1t knows
that the registration application is con-
trary to the law. 1t knows that no
honest registrar would register voter
by any such method. Tell us, white
winged combine, why the registration
application Was issued by your order
and under your direction.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

PRINCETON, w. Va, Oct. 16.-Samson
Iaylor, the young Mercer county man
WHO shot Mrs Faulkner, near Bran
we'll last spring, has had his trial at
Princeton and been found guilty. The
jury yesterday brought in verdict Of
MURDER in tho first degree and recon-
mended imprisonment for life. TAYLOR
killed Mrs Faulkner in cold blood be-
cause sho testified against him in a hog
stealing case
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17
Weak and Nervous

DESCRIBES the condition of thousands
OF people at this season. They have no
appetite, cannot sleep, and complain OF
tho prostrati ting effect OF warmer weather.
This condition may be remedicd by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which creates an
appetite aud tones up all the organs II
gVea good health by making the blood
pure.
Hoods Pills arc the best cfter- dinner
pills, assist digestion, cure headache.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17
VIII Continue I'm CbIcapo

CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-The Headquarters
OF the Republican National League will
continue IN Chicago for tho next two
years. The Chicago mon won a decisiye
victory today at the meeting Of the
executive committee, despite the fact
tnat the general officers OF tho commit
tee favored a removal TO Washinrtnn
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17
CITIZENS TICKET.
For THE SENATE,
NJ. II. CLAYTON,
or Roanoke County.
For THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
b. A. JONES,
OF Roanoke City.
j. L.. HANNAH,
OF Roanoke County.

To the Voters of the Fourth Senatorial
District and the Eclectic District for
House of Delegates. composed of Roa-
noke and Craig and the City of Roanoke
We, tho undersigned members of the
steering committee, appointed by the
Petersburg Fair Elections Conference"
endorse the action of the conference held
at Salem, and urge all voters in said dis
triots In favor of honest elections, irrespeo-
tive of party lines, to vote for the candi-
dates nominated by that conference, viz:
For Senate. M. H. Clayton; for House of
Delegates, IL. a. Jones, John l.. Hannah.
Respectfully,
JAMES a. WALKER,
E. z. BUFORD,
w. T. SIMPSON,
October 7, 1895. Committee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

BLOOMINGTON, Ills, Oct. 16.-Vica-
president Stevenson, his wife, their
daughters, Julia and Lolita, and eon.
Louis departed to.nigh. for Atlanta,
ia, intending to spend week there at.
tending the exposition.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17
unryard Heot. ,yilIinms

CAMBRIDGE. Oct, 16-Harvard do
feated Williams this afternoon by the
score OF 80 to D. Tho game war the
best exhibition that Harvard has showr
in offensive plays this year.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

To WATCH the professors of petriGed
politics as they sweat and swear and
oil up the machine" is q sight better
(and cheaper) than tented circus.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

PRINCETON. N. j., Get. IO The Tigers
defeated the Princeton seminary team
thls AFTERNOON by score Of 10 10 in
this year.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

THIS is beautifully bright morning
and the Citizens ticket is growing
rapidly in public favor. Thanks. Ma
chine methods must go.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

To INTRODUCE the machine" in poll
tic' is bad enough, but to get surrep.i-
tious control of powerful machine and
then not know how to run it is really too
bad.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

WHOM the gods would destroy they
first make mad. The machine" boys
are getting red in the face. Go slow,
boys
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

AN elegant line OF carpets, rugs AMI
arr squares can be- found at the T.. III.
Stewart Furniture COMPANY.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17
Dredging Contrary to Law.

NORFOLK, Va Oct. 16 Information
WAS received here tonight that the
sloops Fannie A. Wilcox. Eugene Nc
Neil, Master Almo and Captain Kirk
Eiiiott were dredging oysters on Pig
Point shore to-day. Prominent tonpuers
who arc acquainted with the ground
charge that they ere violating the law.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17
: [ Ote air %

IL having uof
what we have before urorder. ' ~ ~ ' 'N
out ~"N'-'-6 Dep' '"''' %
& nave me ls carmen makers and the
terms Our go suits made care
wei duplicate price Your you're fed
OVERCOATS TO MEASURE
GILKESON & CHILD.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

W. X. ANDREWS & Co., 219 Salem
avenue, handle Pocahontas, Russell
Creek. Thacker, Banner, Brush Noun.
tain, Anthracite and Semi Bituminous,
Red Ash coal; also crushed coke and
UnnH
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

JUST received carload Indian rock
lime. j. Ii. WILKINSON.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17
PRINTS
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-17

October Z. 1895. Committee.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27
The Horseshoe SuperstItion.

The other day as wedding guests were
leaving the old South church a motor
man left his car to pick up horseshoe.
For luck? Not at all, but because it lay
directly on the rail ahead and in the in
terest of passengers and possibly rolling
stock he gathered it not over tenderly
and gave it IL fling so that it fell almost
at the feet Of three ladies, one of whom
was about to pick it up, when practi
cal member of the trio said: Don't soil
your gloves, and never mind if there are
three nails in it. 1t was not you who
found it, but the motorman, and he has
flung it away, good luck and all. The
citizen passed the spot three minutes
later, and no trace of the horseshoe was
found. Why? Because a Beacon street
girls escort captured it and carried it
off on his cane Boston Post
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27
TRlCkING A CRAB.


African Natives Take Advantage of His
Industry In IL HeartIess Manner.
In Africa there exists certain mem
Der of the crab genus commonly known
as the great tree crab This peculiar
shelltish has an offensive trick of
crawling up the cocoanut trees, biting
off the cocoanuts and then creeping
down again backward.
The theory is that the nuts are shat
tered by the fall, and the great tree crab
is thus enabled to enjoy a hearty meal.
Now, the natives who inhabit regions
infested by this i'll conditioned crab are
we'll aware that the lower portion of the
crabs anatomy is soft and sensitive, and
they believe that the "bivalve' was
thus constructed in order that he might
know when he had reached the ground,
and when, consequently, he might with
safety release his grasp of the trunk.
So what they do in order to stop his
depredations, which often ruin the CO.
coanut crops, is this: While the crab is
engaged in nipping off the cocoanuts
they climb half way up the trees and
there drive n row Of long nails right
around the tree, allowing an inch or SO
of the nails to project.
The crab has no knowledge of disas-
ter, nor yet the fitness of things. AS he
descends the sensitive part of his body
suddenly touches the nails. Thinking he
has reached the ground, he naturally
lets 60 Instantly he falls backward and
cracks his own shell on the ground
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27
"E Pluribus Unum."

The circumstances attending the
adoption of the legend "E Pluribus
Unum" as the motto of the United
States have never been fully explained
by the historians. 1t was probably used
on coins-and some say upon early
colonial f1ags-long before it was regu-
larly recognized by the leading officials
of the new republic. The Oldest coin
bearing the motto in full is colonial
cent coined by New Jersey in the year
1885. The same year it appeared ON
small medal recognized among the col
lectors of coins as 1.-THE confederatio.
This medal was national token, be-
lieve, and was coined by authority of
the general government. 1t bore on one
side l3 stars and a blazing sun, the lat
ter surrounded by the word "Confeder-
alto, which gives it the name by which
it is known to the numismatists.
The words in the headline are m-
doubtedly from Virgil's "Moretus, u
poem devoted to description of a Ger.
tain salad! In the rhyming recipe he
gives instructions for mixing the proper
herbs and pounding the same in NOR
tar until the various colors blend as one
Some one has very appropriately said
that "the colonies We're mixed i'll tho
mortar of the Revolution and came ont
as one homogeneous nation. - St
Louis Republic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27
A SONG OF FATHER.

I've wandered east I've wandered w. t,
In gypsy wise u random roamcr.
OF men and maids I've known the best,
Like the far Travelled king in Homer.
But oh, for the land that bore mel
Oh, for the stout old land
OF breezy Ben and winding glen
And roaring flood and sounding strand.
I've stood where stands In pillared pride
The shrine Of Jove's spear shaking daughter,
And humblcd Persia stained the tide
Of free Greek seas with heaps of slaughter.
I've stood upon the rocky crest
Where Jove's proud eagle spreads his pinion,
Where looked the god far east, far west,
And all he saw was Rome's dominion.
I've seen the domcs of Moscow far,
In green and golden glory cleaning,
And stood where sleeps the mighty czar,
By Neva's flood so grandly streaming.
I've stood on many n famous spot
Where blood of heroes flowed like rivers,
Where Deutschland rose at Graveotte.
And dashed the strength of Gaul to shivers.
I've fed my eyes by land and sea,
With sights of grandeur streaming DER me
But still my heart remains with thee,
Dear Scottish land, that stoutly bore me.
Oh, for the land that bore mel
Oh, for the stout old land,
With mighty Ben and winding glen,
Stout Scottish land, my own dear land!
john Stuart Blackie.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27
ONE HEAD USHER.
The Ways Wherein He Differed From
Others of His Calling.

Others OF His Calling.
1t is as old as the Proverbs that the
,obbler's children are always poorly
shod
The restaurant man goes home for
dinner, and the bartender Is a total alb
stainer.
The druggist may patronize the faith
cure and the railway man knows of no
greater luxury than ride in a buggy.
The street car conductor is glad to get
day off, so he can take long walk
A more remarkable case than any of
these is that of the head usher at the
fheater, and one theater in particular.
Probably every playgoer in Chicago
knows him The title of "head usher"
does him All injustice. He is more like
host or the chief of n reception commit
tee.
There are head ushers who pounce
upon you, grab the coupons, thrust them
back into your fumbled hands and shout,
First aisle to the rightl''
There arc other head ushers who tell
you to hurry up or step lively. They
give loud warning that all coupons must
be ready.
They shout, Hey, therer' and are
constantly distracted because of the i'm
mense responsibility which they imagine
is resting upon them.
AS soon as snippy young man gets
into box office or is engaged as an
usher, he begins to imagine that he
owns the house, the company and good
part of the frontage in the block.
But the exceptional head usher is
calm, polite, attentive and solicitous.
No matter how rapidly the crowd may
pour i'll, it seems that every one who
comes receives some courtesy at his
hands.
He doesn't shout or grab and the
small children are not afraid of him.
The most remarkable thing about this
model master of ceremonies, however,
is that he knows very little about actors
Or plays.
The other evening, when the house
was crowded and the performance was
being received with noisy approval,
man who came into the foyer between
acts remarked to him, well, it's
funny show.
~ dare say" he replied; "the house
seems to like it. "
Didn't you see it?'
"No; l was out here all the time
''Is that SO? Don't you step inside to
see the performances?'
"Oh, no. My duties keep me here. In
the . years that have been i'll this po-
sition have never seen Il performance.
At first the man wouldn't believe it,
but it was fact just the same.-Chi-
cago Record
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27

Some experiments have been made in
France to determine the specific action
of considerable lowering of tempera-
ture upon the brilliancy of certain
bodies which shine in the dark after
having been exposed to sunlight. Tubes
Of glass filled with the powdered sui
phides of calcium, barium, strontium,
etc, all substances possessing the prop
erty of phosphorescence in high degree,
were exposed to the solar rays and after
ward proved to be luminous in the dark.
this being done i'll such way as to fix
upon the memory tho mean value of the
progressive diminution of the emitted
light, and the time also was noted dur
ing which the light was strong, less
strong and weak respectively. The tubes
were next placed in bright sunlight for
one minute and then suddenly intro
duced into double walled glass cylin-
der, the interspaco of which was filled
with nitrous oxide at 140 degrees G. In
about five or six minutes the tempera-
ture of the tubes was some 100 degrees
They were then withdrawn, and when
observed i'll a perfectly dark chamber no
luminosity whatever was perceptible.
AS the tubes recovered their normal tenn
perature, however, the phosphorescence
returned without the exciting agency
of the suns rays or of diffused light.
These results were proved to be general
for all phosphorescent substances en-.
ployed. The experiments showed, too,
that the production of the phosphores-
cent light requires certain movement
of the constituent molecules of bodies.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27
A QUEER OLD ENGLlc' IN.
Thomas Laughter and His Curl. Expert
ences, Physical and Otherwise.

I
ences, Physical and Otherwise.
Thomas Laugher, who is said to have
died at the age of l12, has an amusing
record that connects him with Holborn
He was we'll educated man, for he had
studied at Christchurch, Oxford, for 12
years In early life he had been wine
merchant in Tower street and failed,
owing to the failure of very large
house in the same trade, Neele, Fordyce
81 Co 1t so affected Laugher that he be-
came blind and speechless, and the skin
peeled off from the whole of his body
Though wine merchant, he mover
drank any fXmented liquor for the first
80 years of his life. The old mans
memory was prodigious He well re-
membcrcd, i'll 1905, seeing Queen Anne
going to the house of peers, seated on q
pillion behind the Lord Chancellor, and
he talked about the death of William
I'LL He had been we'll made man,
rather above the middle height At so
he had a severe fit of illness, and then a
fresh head of hair came, and new nails
on the fingers and toes A contraction
that took place i'll the fingers of each
hand at this instant remained always
after. Nothing is said about new teeth
coming i'll his case, and he must soon
have recovered sight and speech, which
misfortune had deprived him 0. so
abruptly.
He had u son, who died at the age of
80, and whom he always called "poor
Tommy" This boy of fourscore looked
very much older than his father, and the
fact led to some curious mistakes on the
part of strangers who saw them togeth-
er Once. when they were walking in
Holborn, the son could scarcely keep
pace with the father-in fact, with so
great difficulty and distress did he do so
that he attracted the attention of gem
tleman, who went up to old Laugher to
cxpostulate with him on his want Of
tilial duty in not aiding more his vener-
able father. The old man told him of
his mistake, but the stranger refused to
give the least credit to his assertion un-
til somebody passing at the time, who
knew the Laughers WE'LL certified to the
perfect truth of the story.
All four turned laughcrs then; at
their separation all Holborn beamed
with smiles and grew quite radiant for
moment, but the next second it relapsed
into its bustling but somewhat melan-
choly quotidian business-cash hunting.
One feels amused at this fussy moralist,
who showed such prevailing anxiety
and of1icionsncss to direct others in the
path of virtue, shifting, as the mote, un-
conscious of the beam. Notes and Que
ricS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27
The Woman's Bible.

We have read some of the passages Of
the commentary prepared for the "wom-
ans Bible by that very accomplished
American woman and Biblical student,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. They are
great deal more satisfactory than
many of the comments upon the same
texts that we have read in other and
more prctentious commentaries Mrs
Stanton's interpretative remarks are of
ten shrewd and sensible. They could
perhaps sometimes be rendered more ac-
septable to the critical mind by the as
distance Of rabbi well versed in the
Hebrew. New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27
HOW TO REMEMBER.
Advice to Those Wishing to Commit Songs
or Music to Memory.

Music to Memory.
Il wish you would teach me how to
commit to memory the songs I want to
sing said an amateur musician to
friend. II have never been able to COM
NIT my music to mcmory-at least have
never done so-and think it would be
of use to me if could. :"
"The process is not difficult one,"
was the reply, 81 have always found it
easy to remember songs and poems by
certain rule or method that l adopted
long time ago. Take any popular song,
THE Last Rose of Summer, for exam
pie. 1t is good plan to read it over and
get the sentiment of the verse, which
comprehends the idea of loneliness, the
fading away of beautiful things and the
lack of sympathy in sadness The rose is
blooming alone. Its companions are
faded and gone. No flower or kindred
is nigh to share its pleasures or answer
to its sighs This is the groundwork-
the skeleton, so to speak-of the VERSE;
Impress this firmly on the mind and
familiariZe the thought with the senti-
ment. Imagine the garden with the one
rose and faded leaves all around Once
this is fixed in the memory it is COM
paratively easy to fill in the remainder
of the words. This is one of the simplest
and surest way of committing the words
of song to memory.
with most people memorizing the
air of the song is much easier and this
is done by humming again and again,
referring to the music whenever there is
any question, 1t is important to learn
an air correctly at first, a. when mis-
take is made at the outset' one is almost
certain to blundcr at the same place ever
afterward. New York Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27

Singularly enough, iridium, though a
metal of such comparative rarity, is said
to be source of no small trouble in the
operations of our mints, on account Of
tho difficulty experienced there in sepa-
rating it from gold bullion. Practically,
as is well known, this metal is utilized
to some extent for making Instruments
OF delicacy which require to possess the
property Of not corroding, and is obtain
ed from iridosmine, natural alloy of
iridium, osmium, rhodium, platinum
and ruthenium, an extraordinarily white
mixture of rare metals, much of 1t be-
ing found i'll washing for gold in the
beach sands of Oregon, and it resists the
action of all single acids. In its use for
tipping gold pens, in which it is special
ly serviceable, the grains of 1t, which
are fiat. like gold dust, are picked out
with magnifying glasses. New York
SuD
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27
The Barber's Little Joke.

II see You wear Grand Army but
ton, said the man in the chair.
Eyes, sah," said tho barber, with u
smile.
Belong to acolored post, suppose?"
"No sah Tho cullud post belongs to
me, sah.
twas not till he had stepped ont and
seen the barbers sign that the customer
saw the point. nt.-Indianapolis Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-07-27

play at being gods once week and
beasts twice week-in fact, to live for
the real 6 4 days out Of the T. And
some of us, You know, cannot, as the say
ing goes, do things by halves We
must be wholly one thing or the other
There is only the good or bad. There
is no mediocre for so.nn D.. >, we
leave the choice to fate, ava! II fate
has chosen for us tho wuIId rises and
either crowns us with tho laurel wreath
or paints us with colors from tho DEVILS
palate. The world is so blind it cannot
see that really we had no choice in the
matter. think sometimes fate makes
a mistake. She grows weary sometimes
and gives the good where she ought to
have given the bad -
'She made a mistake when she chose
for me- Say she made a mistake
please.
"She made mistake. knew it the
moment l saw your face. You were in
tended to show men tho path to heaven. "
And l have only shown them the
road to-
Hush. Como with me. Come home
with me and rest. live alone. have
never done any good in the world. l
have never loved any one or helped any
one. am a good man. 1t is not my
fault was meant for "a bad But as
fate made mistake You can trust me.
will try to help you. l will try to
make life beautiful for you. will take
you where the sea murmurs among the
rocks, where the wind blows the scent
of heather across the great wild moors.
Come with me-
The woman rose and gazed at the man
with large. dreamy eyes. "What do
you mean?'
Il am going to make life beautiful
and peaceful and pure-for you. :"
Leave off dreaming,' she whisper
ed sharply. Awake! Do you know
where you are? Do you see the sort of
people who surround us? This is no
place for dreams! 1t is time to go-good
night. See here-you have spoken
strangely to me-you cannot understand
what it means for woman-like me
to hear man-like you-speak as you
have spoken. My God! Why didn't l
meet you before?'
He laughed. Because fate made
mistake''
Listen! You are good man. Per,
haps you won't be one always-never
mind the music-listen When I'm
dead, tell the world what you have told
me- Yes. l know-it's nothing. That
may be so, but tell them what happen
cd tonight and what l said. You are
good man, and you will do some good in
the world, because good men are rare.
Do as I've said, and you'll help us wo-
men. Goodby. You don't know what
you've done for me tonight, what feel
-goodby! When I'm dead-don't for
get. Oh, am fool to-
The orchestra was playing God Save
the Queen" and the woman disappear
ed into the crowd. The man watched
the electric lights 60 out. He lit Gig
arctic. Then some one told him it was
time to leave the building He ran out
quickly into the street and searched for
her, but she could not be found
And all this happened some time ago,
as l have said, and it is all quite true.
And the man has not forgotten his
promise. Pail Mall Budget