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indooences which dlsturOs none. ne
as passive as fried fish.
abides in Wolfville, 1 was pesterin'
round Vegas with Bill Locl<ridge. who
was vvorl<in' 4 small bunch of '7-bar-k
cattle way over on the Vermejo. We'd
been slashin' round the Plaza all day.
indin' fault with the whisky an
amoosin' ourselves at our own ex-
pense, an along about Ave o'clock In
the evenin' Bill allows he's some sick
of sech revels, an concloods he'n pint
up among the 'dobys e1plorin' OF Old
town a lot. So we all goes in concert.
wasn't frothin' at the mouth none to
20 myself. not seein' no relaxation
polin' about permiscus among passel
nacheral; but 1 goes, amin to sorter
ride herd on Bill, which his disposition
is some free an various an liable to
mix him into trouble. Not that Bill IL
bad; none whatever, but bein' seven or
eight drinks ahead of that Plaza
whisky makes him feel gregar'ous and
friendly; an he's cap'ble of goin' about
a-claimin' of acquaintance with peo-
pie he don't know at all. an fcelin'
way hostile when the stranger has
symptoms of doubt.
$50 1 goes along; Bill a-warblin'
The Dyin' Ranger in several keys.
THE senoras and senoritas a-hearin'
an Bill would wave his big hat an
vhoop from rapture. IT he starts
towards 'em, aimin' for a powwow-
which he does frequent, bein' a mighty
amiable man that away-they gives
squawk immediate an shets the
door. Well, Bill goes on then. Maybe
he gives the door a kick or two, In
formin' 'em of his discontent, but
that's all. All at once, while we're
prow1in' up one of them spacious al
leys q Mexican thinks is q street, we
comes up on a Italian with an organ
which he is grindin'. This yere organ
ain't SO bad an I've heerd a heap worse
strains AS soon as Bill secs him he
tries to figger on a dance, but no one'u
dance with him.
".In which event. says Lockridge, Il
plays lone hand
$50 Bill puts up a small dance. like
u Navajo, accompanin' of himself with
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-24

but they can come no twist like that
an me ridin' herd. Mono what-
ever!
"Bill carries on this away Tor three
hours; and what on splits an what on
bets he win, he's over a hundred dol
lars ahead. But Mt last he's tired, an
allows he'll quit and call it day. So
he lu1s the old tom-tom down to
Franlklin's Office. Franklin is marshal,
an Bill turns over the organ an the
money, an tells Franklin to hunt up
Merfno an give him the whole shootin'
match.
" Where is this yere dago?" says
Franklin.
However do ] knowo' says Bill
Last I sees him he was a-goin' up the
oalle like a jack rabbit
"Just then Merino comes in view
that bullet in his organ; but when he
gets Bilrs donation his feelin's COM
mences to rise a lot. In fact, he be-
gins to regard it rs qui te a scheme.
i" But you'll hav to round up to tho
alcalde, BILL says Franklin. I ain's
shore none you amt been breakin'
some law
"Bill grumble an allows Vegas 10
gettin' a heap too reserved for him.
" It's gettin' so,' says Bill, a free
American citizen don't get no en-.
couragement. Hero I puts in half q
day amassin' wealth for a daEo IS is
sittin' in bad luck; an elevatin' Mexi-
cans who shorely needs it; an yere I
am layed for by the marshal like a
felon.'
well, we all goes over to Seeele's'
Franklin an Bill and old Steele, the
alcalde, goes pol1in' about to see what
ever crimes Bills done anyhow. They
gifts by the capturin' the organ. an
shootin' into its bowels; an standin'
up the tow erists didn't worry 'en none,
but the question of the music iteo'f
sticks 'em.
:" I'm shorely sorry to say it, Bill, ,
says Steele, but you've been a-bustin'
of a ordnance about playin' music on
the streets without no license
Can't you beat the game no way?'
says Bill.
".I shorely don't see how says
Steele.
"'Mi tamblen,' says Franklin.
Whatever Is the matter with tack
in them tunes on ter Merino's license?'
says Bill.
Can't do it nohow.' says Steele.
Well. is this yere ord'nanSe ac-
cordin' TO Hoyle an the declaration Of
independence?' says Bill Il don't
stand It mono on1ess'
Shore says Steele
Turn your cards, tnen,' says Bill;
I'm q law-abidin' citizen an all
wants is . square deal from the warm
deck
$50 they fines Bill fifty dollars for
playin' an organ on the streets with.
out license, and he pays it an goes
away peaceful."-Chicago Tines-Her~
aid,
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THE SUMMER PROBLEM.

Where shall ~ 80 this summsrs where shall
The brief aad al too nesttns Aour-tAe swest
vacation dayt
In mountain lands or sea shore. on farm or
hotel gsyf
Whore shall We 70 this summers the problem
Shall We get ON IN ocean steamer and HE to
old Parcel
Or sock out Aunt Amsnda way up in Seho-
haree3
Shall ws 60 to the wondrous valley-she grand
Yos0miteef
Or take = cot on q sandy lot hard by the sound.
ing sesl
Shall we 20 to the piny forest and Ash for the
specklod trout,
And haul in splendid catches that all town
friends will doubti
Shall we 60 to the rock-oound island on the
ocean ten miles out.
Or op0nd two months In . Teuton town end
dine On 00u0fkraut?
Shall wo 90 to the Lake OF Comof shall We
seek swell Nowport's oharms1
Shall We bosk in the eye OF Nature, or whirl in
Dsmo Fashions armsf
Shall we put on our l1nen busters and 60 with
the doar school-marnS
Through tho stony Hampshire mounta ins and
the old abandoned farms?
We won't do . single ono OF these-nsy. nay!
for IL seems to mo
The voHy best plaoo in the summer for my wife
ana ohiAdren three
Is hero in my dosr suburban homo on the J.
}. h 4 c.,
Whore We know wo'n live in comfort and the
bathtub's always free.
-Harper's Bazaar.
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OUT or THE nut.

me Strange bat Saecesaful Departure 81
Southern Planter.
A young farmer in the south west,
having come into possession OF q small
plantation through the death Of his
father, deter mined to introduce some
radical changes. The farm had not
been pro6tabl for several years. His
father had borrowed money of mer-
chants and put every acre into cotton,
buying his food supplies every year
and running every year more deeply
said. ito get out of the rut."
He decided to abandon cotton pla Mt
ing, and to raise Strawberries and 9th.
er fruit on q large scale, and. so far as
possible, to make . living from his
farm by producing his own food sup
plies. He began with a few acres OF
strawberries, and put the remainder Of
his land in corn, oats. grass, potatoes
and vegetables, increasing his supply
of poultry and pork.
him. A southern plante~ they said,
vho did not raise cotton, but who de-
voted his energies to small fruit and
''trucking," would be of no account
socially, while inviting financial ruin.
The young farmer was warned that in
breaking away from the customs and
traditions of the cotton belt he was
lowering his dignity and degrading
himself to the level of 1.-The poor white
trash"
One critic was even more outspoken.
He was the father of the young woman
whom the young farmer had been
courting, and who was engaged to him.
''You are acting like lunatic!'
grovled this veteran. ''What can you
do without cash crop like cotton? ?
Where can you find q market for your
Strawberries? You are as mad as q
March hare!"s
''The finest varieties of berries will
grow here to perfection. I can make
arrangements to send them by rail
north, where shall be ahead of the
season, and also south for the latest
varieties when the home crop is ex-
hausted. AS for cotton, it is impover-
ishin9 the planters here, as you we'll
know. Why should I raise cotton
without profit for the sake of what you
call social prestige?'
''Well, sir." was the angry reply, "ii
you are bent upon going on with your
crazy schemes. you shall not drag
a cotton planters daughter, and shall
not be a truck farmers wife"
As the daughter sided with the
father, the engagement was broken
off. The young man, undismayed by
the disapproval of his neighbors. car
ried out his plans with resolute deter
mination. The experiment was sue
ceSsful.
He was obliged to be patient as well
as determined, and the result was thai
he was soon obliged to double hi:
| strawberry acreage. He then intro
| duced raspberries as crop to follow
the Strawberries. The result has beer
that he found his psofits warranted
the purchase of another farm, and the
enlargement of his fruit business.
Meanwhile the planters around hin
were many of them impoverished by
low prices for cotton. The veteran
who had called him q 1unatic was re
| duced to such straits that one or two
| of his children went into the fruit
| farmers fields to pick strawberries ir
their season for the wages they nigh,
receive. Everyone now is convinced
that there was method in the young
planters madness Youths Com
paniOn. ~,
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


-Thacl<eray adored the memory OF
his mother. He said: '.Mother il the
name of God on the 1ips of little chill.
dren."
-Cortez always carried in his bosom
. little prayer book. which no relig-
iously read from beginning to end
every month.
AT the annual meeting of the New
England Woman's club Mrs. Julia Wasd
Howe, who was the principal speaker,
said: '.Once it was the eccentric woman
who belonged to . club, now it is the
eccentric woman who docs not belong
to q club"
Miss Margaret Smith has just died
1T Ferndale, Inverness. Her father,
DR.. Neil Smith, then = surgeons mate
In the royal navy. attended to Lord
gar, when the great admiral was NOR
tally wounded.
-Gustav Freytag. the famous Ger
man author, who died q few weeks ago.
left a fortune estimated at 1000, 600
marks. about $3.50, 900, in addition tc
his real estate in Wiesbaden and Gotha.
He wrote his will himself. His library
contains many rare books and manu-.
scripts.
Herbert Spencer, who was one o,
the three men outside of Germany
who were recently appointed by En-
peror William knights of the Order OF
Merit, has declined the prodered
honor on the ground that his opinions,
repeatedly expressed in his writings.
debar him from accepting 1t.
"A Bridgeport Comm clergyma
recently preeched q sermon in which
he thanked God that there had been
frost enough to destroy the apple-blos.
SONS in that section, and trusted that
it would destroy every apple-blossom
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land. This would destroy the ap-
pie crop, he argued, and consequently
there would 6e no cider. and the cause
of tempershce would be benefited.
One of the first women lighthouse
keepers in this country was Kathaleen
Andre Moore, a descendant of Maj
Andre She had charge of the light
house at Black rock, on the coast OF
Massachusetts,, and tended the lamps
father had done before her. In later
years her only companions in her lone
ly vigil were two large Newfou ndland
dogs and a pet lamb. Her library in
the Lighthouse contained some of the
best books of the day.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe tells two
anecdotes illustrating the shyness OF
ing attempted to make a speech at q
dinner given to Charles Dickens, but
after mumbling a few words indis-
tinctly he remarked, II can't go on
and sat down. OF Hawthorne's tilnidi.
ty she had a glimpse while calling with
her husband on Mrs Hawthorne in
Concord. While they were in the par
lor they saw a tall. slim man come
down the stairs, and Mrs. Hawthorne
called out: Husband, husband, Dr.
Howe and Mrs. Howe are here!" Haw
thorne bolted across the hall and out
through the door without even looking
into the parlor.
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whoops. But the daRo can't play Bills
music so the ball comes to a halt
".Whatever is the matter with this
we're tune box, anyhow? says Bill.
Gimme the music for a green corn
dance, an don't make no delay
"'This yere man can't play no green
corn dance,'I says.
"'He can't, can't hep says Bill,
mighty soornful. Wait till he tries I
know this man Of yore. I meets him
two years ago in Druce's, an me an
him has quite . time
"'whatever is his name then" 1 asks
".Antonio Marino,' says the dago
".Marino.' says Bill, that's right.
recalls it because it makes me think
fust he's sheep man, an gets
quite hostile
".I never SEQ you,' says the dago
eyes, you did, says Bill. You jest
think you didn't SEQ me. We has
drinks together an goes an shoots up
the town arm an arm like brothers.'
-.But the italian insists he never sees
Bill. This makes Bill ugly lot, an
before I can get to stop 1t he outs
with his six-shooter an puts hole into
"sT6sse ysss taaes aears - ea$,
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-Da Vinci read Pindar and thought
him the noblest poet who ever wrots
! IN sny Language
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ACCORDIN' TO HOYLE.
ny A. H. LEWIS.

ES," said the old cat
tleman, as he munched
a meditative Glow
1T h ere Amt much
paw and below, head
down-an'-tail-up busi-
ness to q co " b oy.
Speakin' general an
not allowin' fer them
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-28
SEQ Both WAYS.

Nature has enabled some animals to
sec objects behind them as we'll as in
front, and that, too, without turning
around. The common hare or rabbit
has this power in a marked degree. It's
eyes are large, prominent and placed
on the side of the head. The deer is
another example of an animal of this
class. The power of rabbits and deer to
see things i'll the rear is very noticeable
in greyhound coursing, for though that
species of dog is mute while on the
chase, the rabbit is able to Judge to n
nicely the exact moment which will
be best for doubling" on the trail.
The deer, too, can Iun at high speed
and tell just exactly when to increase
its gait to full speed without once turn
ing TO measure the distance between
itself and the mute pursucr.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-28
THE GREAT Wallace SHOWS.
1t Will Exhibit I'm Roanoke on the aand OF
MAY Next

May Next.
John H. Harrison, press agent for the
Great Wallace Shows, which exhibits in
Roanoke on Wednesday, May %, was in
the city yesterday In the interest of the
circus he represents. Be gives assur-
ance that this is the biggest and best
show ever in the city, 1--WE have" said
Mr.. Harrison, NEARLY FIVE blocks of cars
ard will come in with two or three sec
tions to our train. This circus has three
rings, hippodrome race track, q great
menagerie and all the other necessaries
of really big show. AS an illustration
OF how rapidly this attraction has
grown, 1 may say that 1t absorbed this
year the old John Robinson show.
The best of that was entirely re-
modelled and the balance burned
Everything with this show has to be
converted into practically new material
each year to satisfy Mr.. Wallace's fas-
tidious taste, SO the outfit is the fines.
on the road. The performers are oil
stars, and the women among them are
selected with view to beauty as we'll
as ability. No handsomer women were
ever in one tent before. Excursions
will bring crowds in over all lines Of
railroad at greatly reduced rates.
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a Household Treasure.

d. w. FULLER, of Csnajoharie, N. Y.
says that he always keeps Or Kings
New Discovery in his house and his
family has always found the very best
results follow its use: that he would not
be without 1t, II procurable. G. A.
Dykemnn, druggist, Catskill, N. Y,
says that DR.. Kings New Discovery is
undoubtedly the best cough remedy;
that he has used it in his family for
eight years. and 1t has never failed to
do all that is claimed for it. Why not
try 9 remedy 30 long tried and tested?
Trial bottle free at Christian & Barbees
drug store. Regular size so cents and 81.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-28
An Important Decision.

Yesterday in the circuit court for
Washington county, Va, Judge j. P.
Shelley delivered very Important de-
cision in the case of National Mutual
building and Loan Association, Of New
York, VS.. M. j. AshWorth. The do
cision Is one OF interest and Importance,
both on account Of the fact that many
Of the questions raised have never been
passed upon by the supreme court OF
this State, and because of the amount of
property in the State which it will ulti-
mately involve.
The association claims that the con.
tract though executed in Virginia, WAS
in fact Now York contract and should
be governed by the laws of that State
and that the contract was not usurious
under the New YORK law.
They also claim that in the absence
OF any statute authorizing their trans
actions they were nevertheless legal be.
cause the borrower in obtaining the
loan becomes member of the associa-
ton and therefore the usual transac-
tions Of debtor and creditor did not
apply.
They further claim that the contract,
even II governed by the laws of Vir-
GINA, was not usurious and referred to
case reported in % Graft, sustaining
such contract. The association was rep.
resented by Messrs. Rhea & Peters. On
the other hand 1t WAS claimed by ]. S.
Ashworth, counsel for defendant,
that the laws of Virginia requiring
foreign corporations to record their
charter, file power of attorney, etc., had
not been complied with; that such a
compliance was condition precedent
10 the transaction of business In the
State; that such condition imposed by
thR lPOiQla tnrQ VI No 11n {k,k IT, -
from the fact that corporation had no
legal existence beyond the State which
creates 1t and that State into which
1t migrates can dictate the terms upon
which 1t will be recognized, or refuse to
admit 1t entirely. 30 long as 1t does not
interfere with interstate commerce..
He also claimed that the contract
was an unconstitutional one and usuri-
GUS, and that no court of equity would
enforce 1t; that 1t WAS a scheme devised
by an incorporated association of money
lenders to avoid the usury lava of tho
State; that it was gross flattery to call
it usurious. That the association In its
bond required not only the payment OF
monthly payments in addition and no
provision for the cancellation of the
bond by the payment OF monthly dues,
interest, premium. etc.
The court substantially sustains the
views of Mr.. Ashworth by decid.
ing that compliance with the laws
of New York and Virginia by the
association, was condition precedent
to the taking of subscriptions or making
loans or transacting any business in the
State, and that said laws had not been
complied with aud that the transaction
was unauthorized. The court also de-
cided that the transaction was usuris
ous.-Bristol News.
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a Patriotic Marriage Ceremony.

An attorney at Excelsior Springs,
Mo, says the most loya! and patriotic
marriage ceremony pronounced in the
United States is the one used by Clay
county justice of the peace, which runs
as follows: "Do you promise that you
will support the constitution of the
United States, the constitution of the
state of Missouri, and that you will
faithfully perform the duties of hus-
band and wifc?"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-28

owe take pleasure in recommending
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy because it
is praised by all who try it," says j. w.
Cox 81 Son, druggists. Marshfield,
Oregon. No one afflicted with throat
or lung trouble can use this remedy
without praising it. 1t always gives
prompt relief. 1t is especially valuable
for colde, as it relieves the lungs, makes
breathing easier and aids pectoration.
cold will never result in pneumonia
when this remedy is taken and reason
able care exercised. For sale by the
Chas. Lyle Drug Company.
ANOTHER lot of beautiful chamber
suits just received by The E. H. Stew
art Furniture Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-28

4 shareholders of the Norfolk ana Western
railroad Company will be held on Wednesday,
the LIST day OF May, 1895, at 10 O'Clock a. m at the
va, when an election will be held for thirteen
directors for the ensuing year, and such other
the meeting. The transfer books will be cloeed
from O'Clock p. m. April IS. 1895. until O'Clock
q. m. May ., 1905. a. j. nEMPHILL, Secretary.
april ii, 1913. 4 II lit
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NOTICE-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
~ that the annual III Getting OF the shareholders
OF the Roanoke Machine Works will be held at
Virginia, on Wednesday, May /, 1895. at o
O'Clock a. m, for the election Of seven directors
to serve for the ensuing year, and for the trans
action OF such other business as may he brought
before the meeting. a. j. HEMpiIILL, Sccrc
tary. All I'd
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders or the Grove Land and improvement
Company Will be held on Wednesday. May /
1873, at II A. M, at the office Of the company
room 5Oi Terry building, in the city OF Roanoke
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NOTiCE-THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING
4 OF the salem Furnace Company will be held
al inc offce OF the company, at Salem, Va, on
Wednesday the let day OF May, 1895, at 8 p. M,
Tor the ensuing year and for the transaction of
meeting CHAS s. THORNE
1@otu Secretary.
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Mothers

haye never found a preparation
sp we'll adapted to the needs of
Ihin, delicate children, as SCOTS
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil, with
Hypophosphites.
Children almost universally
like the taste of it, which makes
its administration easy, and it
supplies their blood with The
food properties that overcome
wasting tendencies.
SCOTS Emulsion enrichcs the
blood, promotes the making of
healthy flesh, and aids in a
healthy formation of the bones.
Don't be persuaded fo accept a
substitute
Scott & Bovine, NY. All Druggists SOC. and ST.
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EHE VIRGINIA INVESTMENT ASsOCIA
tion-the fifth annual meeting OF the share.
holders of this company will bc held on Wcdncs-
at the office OF the company, room 507 Terry
onidine, in the city OF Roanoke, Va, for the
erection OF a Board OF Directors for the ensuing
year, and for the transaction OF such othcr
bnsiness as may come before tho meeting. j. nj.
WIRGMAN, Secretary. 4.fi 2w
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-28

A GENERAL MEETING OF THE STOCK.
IA holder, OF the Highland Terrace Land Com
pany, will be held at the Office OF the company,
2Os South Jtlrerson street. Roanoke, Va, at Ii
a. m: Friday, May 10th. 1895. BY request holders
one-tcnth the capital stock.
10 I'm w. s. McCLANAHAN, Secretary.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-28

HAVE you but little to spend for a
stylish trimmed hat this season? The
New York Bazaar can suit you.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-28

\ lib REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
" The stockholders of the Roanoke Land
and Improvement Company will be held
on wednesday, the let day OF May, 1885,
Ut !! O'Clock a. M; ut the office of the company
In the city OF Roanoke, Va; when the annual re-
port OF the president and board OF directors will
for the ensuing year, and zach other bnsiness
ing. n. r. GHRuARn
fAo'tu Secretary
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-28

~ shareholders OF the Virginia Company will
be held on Wednesday, May /, 1895, at 9i5
O'Clock a. m at the office OF the company, in the
city Of Roanoke, Va, when an election will be
held for seven directors for the ensuing year, and
such other business transacted as may properly
come before tho meeting. A. j. HEMPHILL,
Secretary. Ali I'd
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-28

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
ment Company will be held on Wednesday, May
!, 1885, at 1880 o. m. at thu Office of the company
room POI Terry building. In the city OF Roanoke,
Va. MALCOLM w. BRYAN, Secretary 4169w
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NOTICES OF MEETINGS.

VIRGINIA LAND CoMPANY-TnE FIFTH
annual meeting OF tho shareholders of this
GO oG3mMpany Will be- held on Wednesdsy tho let day
company, room 507 Terry building, in the civ of
Roanoke, Va, for the election Of a Board of
directors for the ensuing year, and for transact
the meeting. j. M. WlfGMAN, Secretary.