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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
VIRGINIA At TIE Hxpos1r.os.

The only authorized exhibit by Vir-
ginie al the Atlanta Exposition will be
that made by the woman's board, COM
posed OF twelve public spirited ladies Of
the Old Dominion. They have already
done wonders In securing valuable and
interesting relics from the old colonial
homes, as we'll as the finest specimens
of art from the best schools 10 the
State. together with many other i'm
portant specimens of the progress and
resources of the State; but now need
money to defray the expenses of pack
ing and transpor ing these exhibits to
and from atlanta.
AS an aid in this dire ction, the Nor
folk Virginian, Bedford City Democrat
snd Fincastle Herald have kindly Of
fered their proceeds for one day, Au-
gust a. These papers will be edited
exclusively by women. On that dsy
the finest literary talent Of we'll known
lady writers of Virginia will grace their
columns: The best eanvassers throup oh. .
out the State have been engaged to dis
pose of this woman's edition for the
snm OF i've cents pr copy. which Is a
small onslay when We consider the fine
array Of intellect AID genius that will
be employed to make each paper q
literary feost 10 say no,hing Of tho
pleasure afford by cons,i ting this
mite to such a patri tic cause
The devosio OF ihese itIies to their
State. and the spirit vi 10 which they
have entered npon tb- OF giving
Virginia o cyedit,bi+ ex ip,r al the ex
position under s'rio" advantages
should inspire the M Old Do
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
MYSTIC PARK RACES.
Closing Day of the August Meeting Yes
terday.


terday.
MEDFoRD. Mass, August 15.-The
closing dsy OF the August meeting at
Mystic Park attracted large attend
ance. The event of the day was the
2:20 trot. Results:
In 2:20 class, trotting-Sirock won
fourth, fifth and seventh heats and race.
Time, 2:15%, 2:16%, 2:lS. Miss Fuller.
ton won third and sixth heats. Time,
2:14A, 2:19. Honey Wood won hrst aud
second heats. Time, 2:I4A, 2:14x
Judge Keller, MuchAdo, Capt White
Willbooks, Jack Wymsn and Cuckoo
also started.
In 2:11 class, pacing-Visello won In
three straight heats. Time, 2:12 "a,
2:10 and 2:10. Blue Bull, Whisper,
Shoriff. Alcyon and Blizzard also
started. 2:15 class. trotting. Lynne
Bell won in three straight heats. Time,
BIS ga, 2:15: 2:l4 IA. Prince, Marga.
ret Lvege, Nutshell, Wild Data and
Vino Belle aleo started
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
The Texas Put in Commission.

NORFOLK, Va, August l5.-The battle
ship Texas was put in ommission at
1880 to day. the ceremony was brief
and simple. The band ylayed "Colum-
bia" while the thirty-two marines, fol-
lowed by 322 sailors. marched from the
shore on board. Tho orders assigning
Captain Glass to command OF the ship
were then read and the ceremony OF
commissioning her was complete. The
yard force is busy loading on supplies.
1t Will require about three weeks for
this work
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND just now Is re.
ceiving great deal of needless advice
In the matter OF appointing q successor
to Justice jackson on the Supreme
Court bench. Everybody ought to know
by this time that he will follow the die
tates of his own judgment in making
the selection, and the probabilities are
that he will appoint some one to the
position never heard OF in public life
before.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
Midsummer Prices in
Real Estate

Groom dwelling in northwest Garden and
stable on lot; convenient to kound Honsc; price
el,ooo' cash s3oo' monthly payments $15.
Groom dwelling northeast; corner lot; price
StOO, cash S25, balance So per month.
5.r0om dwelling northeast; convenient to shops:
price 800, cash $40, balance IS per month
6 room dwelling southwest; corner lott price
fl 400, cash $50, balance S15 per month.
New Groom house Third avenue, southwest:
price $1,000. cash 800, balance $3.50 per month.
New 5room house West End round house;
price $780, cash 500, balance $40 per month.
500 acres of fine grazing or farming land, we'll
watered with springs and branches; miles from
Norfolk and western railroad price So per acre
one fourth each. balance 1. and 3 years.
1,40o acres we'll improved farm with Broom
frame dwelling and all necessary ont building
and all under good fence; price Si5 per acre. one,
from Norfolk and Western railroad.
Is acres OF fine farming and fruit lands: good
Young orchard, 3 tenement houses; 9 miles from
Roanoke; price 500, ono third cash, balance !,
and years.
GO acre farm miles OF Roanokc room dwell
ing, barn, stable aid other oltbudn, s; price
S3S per acre. Terms easy.
s acre garden farm ~ miles from city; 6 room
Sl,5OJ, one-third cash, balance l and 2 years.
40 acre farm; good new Broom dwelling; under
good fence. good spring or water; mile Blue
Ridge Springs; price $50, one third cash, balance
10 acre garden farm; 4 room new dwelling; 6
miles from city, all in cultivation: price $3.50, one
mira caeh, balance 6, IL and Is months
1i5 acre farm; comfortable dwelling; 80 acres
In cultivation; ~ miles from BOcncs MIL on
koanohc and Southern rairosd; price $l,2t0, one
third cash, balancJ and years.
room dwelling Seventh avenue, southwest;
lot xlhu; price $3.50, cash $50, baisrce SIS
per moEth.
8 room dwelling Stuart nveuuc, southeast; lot
4xlSc; price $50, cash $50, balance IS per month
T. (. B. HARTSOOK &c CO:
Hcadquarters:for Real ESTATE Bargains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
Fifty Negroes Jail,

RALEIGH, N. c.. August 15-A sps-
cial to the News and Observer from
winston says: Fifty negroes who
participated in Sunday nights riot are
In jail The grand jury has returned
over 100 true bi:ofhgainst parties con-
nected with tho f'uble It is es.i :
mated that over the hundred negroes
have left Winston since the riot.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
STOCKTON HOTEL,
CAPE MAY, N. j.

The grandcst hotel and location on the At
lar tic coast. (The old home OF the southern
ern convenience. Single rooms and euitee with
private baths. Unobstructed ocean view, de
ton ae near perfect as 1t is possible 10 attain.
Every effort will be made by the proprietor TO
furnish enjoyable entertainment for old and new
guests. FL. NJ. CAKE, Prop.
Also Hotel Normandie, Wash, d. C.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
AUGUST.

THE TIHss is q member OF tho Associated
Prees-the greatest news-oollccting association In
tho woodland receives over special wire the
full telegraphic news service OF tho Associated
Prese-the came news from all over tho United
States and the world that Is simultaneously re-
ceived BY the great dailies OF New YORK, Philade
phia and Baltimore.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16

Didn't Dare.

Dimpleton-I was talking with your
wife this morning about your riding the
bicycle. Are you going to take it mp?
Won Blumer-No. Somebody's got to
look after the house. Brooklyn Life.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
In Earnest.

The parson was praying for rain.
''Th. YOU really b'leeve he is in ar.
nest?" whispered Soapless Jones'
"You bet 40 is, replied Rubberneck
Bill. Il bet him $40 agin his mule that
he wouldn't havs no rain fer six weol
get "--Indianapolfs Journal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
Helpless.

Observation-Disclosures, drop my coat and
get out
Burglar-You shut up, or I'll wake
your wife and give her this letter you
forgot to post.-Detroit Tribune
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16

IF YOU want to post yourself on the
money question read Gonna Financial
School" Price. 25 cents. For sale by
Thompson & Meadows
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16

Spacer-Your old enemy Schneider has
written book.
:. Reviewer know it. I've written
paragraph saying there ism t an immoral
line in it.-Ncw York World.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16

Go to Donaldson's for refrigerators at
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
BAALBEC'S RUINS.

Go to Donsldson's for oak suits very
cheap.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
4 WOman's Postscript.

why women write postscripts" is
n problem that has been engaging the
attention of ono of the London wo.
mans weeklies. The answers betray
that the sex understands itself. and
does not mind exposing its amiablc
weaknesses. All are from women,
who ascriOe, among others, these rea-
sons: because they seek to rectify
want Of thought by an afterthought -
because they are fond Of having n
last word !" "1ecausc they write be.
fore they think and think after they
have written"
Our correspondent puts down the
feminine j. 8. TO the same cause
(Which leads women TO prolonged
leave-taking in omnibuses, namely. %
and rather profoundly it appeals to
the casual observer, "thnt they lack
organization Of thought" Another
woman comes to the defense of her
sisters with the suggestion "that when
women have anything special to com
municato they know that their p. s..
is equivalent to n. b., 8" nud yet an.
other friendly soul turns neat com.
plimont in her reason: "ProbabIv
because woman herself is the embodi-
ment of tho p. s. in the scale of crea.
ton she - the Indispensable. was nd.
ded last. detroit Free Press.
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is summoned, and the casks or boxes.
as the case may be, are placed on his
truck and taken to the dock. Like
MIR. Shay, Barclay has a monopoly of
the business of carting gold. He has
handled shipload of the precious
metal In his time, and has never lost
single package. The gold is always
well guarded while in transit from the
bankers Office to the ship, and few
people suspect that the truck is
loaded with such. q precious burden.
Barclay says that in the days gone by,
when Wall street was infested with
crooks, 1T was necessary to have men
to guard the gold, but after Superin-
tendent Byrnes inaugurated his plan
OF keeping the crooks we'll away from
the street, the danger of robbery was
reduced to a minimum, and he thinks
that II the guard was dispensed with
there would be hardly any danger OF
robbery.
Mr.. Shay has put in casks as much
as S7,OOO,00 in one day. II there
was need for him to do so he SAYS he
could pack five times that amount
easily In n day. New York News.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
Ii teS Form Friendships

81 always loved bees" said the
young man in gold-bowed glasses be-
hind the dairy counter as he handed
down honeycomb for the inspection
of an idle customer. "When j was on
the farm" he continued, 81 could go
all about the hives and not get stung,
and none of the others dared go near
the bees. We used to have nu old
farmer go around and tend to the
swarms, but one day when / was boy
working in the field / heafS great
hummiDg noise up in the air and saw
swarm a-coming. Well, | picked up
tin pan that was there and ham
mered on 1T till the bees settled on the
end Of n fence rail. Then I thought
L could tend to the swarm as we'll as
the old farmer, so | got an old hive,
washed 1T out with honey and water
rubbed my hands and arms with bur.
dock juice and honey water, and
went Mt the bees. / got them off that
rail by the handful and they never
stung me.
"After that / regularly tended to
the bees. Whenever there was n
swarm / rolled up my sleeves, took of
my shoes and hat and went at them. [
have taken them from all sorts of
places, but l was ssung only once.
They'd light on my head by the
dozens and crawl through my hair.
That used to send cold chills down nv
back. Sometimes my arms we're so
covered with bees that from wrist TO
elbow you couldn't see the flesh. The
one time when / was stung had found
swarm on high limb and was saw.
ing 1T of, and at the same time hold.
ing on to it so that it should not fall
to the ground with the bees. In doing
this / squeezed one of the bees. and it
flew straight to my temple and stung
me just above the eye. Since / left
the farm the folks have given up tho
bee business. There's no doubt about
it, bees like some folks and hate
others, and / don't know any reason
for the difference. - Home and Farm.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
A Novel Rice i'm Francn

The race between petroleum gigs
and carriages in France is one Of tho
vagaries of sensational sport. Thirty
vehicles were allowel TO ra,e nlong
tue public highways from Paris TO
Bordeaux ut an average speed Of six
teen miles an hour. The arrival OF
the winner, with bloodshot eyes anl
drawn face covere with CRIME. does
not present an attractive picture. The
petroleum vehicle 10 light and easily
managed, the rider being hi, own
stoker and engineer The future NAV
have petroleum victorias and wagon
cites in store for bored and listless
world, and the throngs now whirling
along the roads on bicycles may be
destined TO work thei- way as oil
stokers. Whatever happens, the in
dispensable London omnibus is secure.
London would not be London without
1t, nor is it probable that the London
cabman will ever go into tho oil bust
ness. New York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
What Did Bill DO on Cloudy Days

"What time will that train be in,
do you think?" asked the impatient
man.
at is pretty hard to tell" an
swered the agent Of the little branch
line. "Sence Bills tree was cut down
by pack OF hunters after coon he
finds it n heap of trouble maxim Jest
the right time
"Bill's tree?"
Yes. Bill, he is the conductor, you
know. Tho tree | was speskin' Of
stood alongside the track about thirty
mile up the road from there. an when
the train come along and the shadders
of the tree laid acrost the middle OF
the top rail of Buck Johnson's fence,
Bill knowed he was on time and could
gauge her about right to git here on
schedule time. Now them fool coon
hunters has cut it down, and oil Bill
has got to go by is his own guess.
Company was tolkin' some Of putin
mp pole in the place whar the tree
useter be, but they hain't done it yit."
Cincinnati Tribune.
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A Silver Skull.

The police of Quincy, Ill. have ar
rested George Burns and detained
him on account of his peculiar actions.
1T was discovered that there was n
cause for his eccentricity. He had
papers which showed that he was the
head engineer on the steamer City of
Savannah, which was wrecked off the
coast of Massachusetts, on January 1S,
1884, while en- route from Boston 10
Florida. lie was reversing the lever
when the steamer struck the rocks,
and he was thrown into the machinery,
receiving injuries which crippled him
for life
There were 118 lives lost in the nc.
cident, and Burns is one of the thirty.
seven survivors. For long while he
lay on cot in the death row of Belle.
vue Hospital, New York. DIR. HAYES
Agnew attended his case and removed
five ribs from his left side and ire
pinned his skull, using six ounces of
silver sheetinB for this purpose. He
was compelled to wear plaster OF
paris jacket for four years after the
accident
"a portIou Oh tne lO"er emu oil MS
spine and both elbow joints are gone.
One knee cap is on the back of the
leg, and his heart is on the extreme
right side of the boly. lie is now
sixty-four years of age, an1 walk4
very well and has cheerful DISPOSE
ton. He is u member Of the G.. A. r.,
and served during the war on the
ironclad gunboat Essex, which was
stationed at Cairo during the early
days OF the Rebellion. st. Louis
Globe-D Democrat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
WHOLE NO. 62S.
GrasshOpper Ticket Thieves.

Bobtall cars were all the 60 in st.
Louis at one time. They were not so
popular with the people rs with the
companies, as they were small and in
expensive affairs, the driver acting in
the dual capacity of driver and con.
ductor. The fare box at the forward
end, with its series of trap doors
and front and back of glass, was sup
posed to be an efficient device for tho
protection of the company's interests.
AT that time car tickets passed every
where as currency. The peanut
stands, the saloons, and all retail
stores accepted them at their face val
ne for purchases.
The drivers knew this, and some OF
them would evolve schemes to abstract
the coveted tickets after they were de-
posted by the passengers in the box.
This was no easy matter, as the in.
ventor had SO fixed its internal ar
rangements that robbing the box by n
curved wire or any pliable instrument
was deemed au impossibility.
One driver took n live grasshopper
and tied his two hind legs together TO
piece of thread, so that he was help.
less He would then pry open some
OF the sl1nting trap doors with n small
stick and slowly let Mr.. Grasshopper
slide over one door, through another.
and SO on down into tho bottom of
the box among the tickets. The hop
per had the use of his four small legs,
and when his master pulled the thread
To which the insect was attached the
hopper naturally grabbed hold of
some OF tho tickets A grasshopper,
when secured by the hind legs, will
hold firmly with his forelegs to any
thing that comes within reach. As
soon as the hopper reached the tickets
he was pulled around the angles in the
box and out, bringing with him from
one to five or six tickets. The tap
ping was done at the end of the line or
on some lonesome part of the road.
III the fellow who hatchel the
scheme had kept it to himself, per
haps the railway company would never
have discovered his rascality. This
chap had n long head, and tried to
make all he could out of his lucky
find. He went into tho wholesale
grasshopper business. He knew that
grasshoppers were not to be had in
winter, therefore he laid in a supply.
be fed them and took care of them.
When Jack Frost cleared the fields of
the chirpers he started out on n tour
among the drivers. He was careful
about sounding his man first, and to
those who were willing to be tempted
he showed how the trick could be
done. He had the grasshoppers, and
would furnish them Mt 81 apiece. By
taking care of the hopper it would be
good for week, no matter how cold
the weather. He pliel his trade with
some boldness, and it eventually led
to his downfall and wholesale dis
charge of drivers on several of the
lines. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
Women Who Advertise Their Age

The Alaska squaw is peculiar -she
advertises her age. AT Fort Wrangel,
Jeneau and Sitka many Indian wo-
men may be seen with n piece of wool
or bone In their lower lip, anl the
size of this savage ornament indicates
the age of its owner. When n girl
marries her lower lip is pierced AMI "A
peg o. wood or piece Of bone, the
size Of pea, is inserted. As she
grows older this is increased in size
until 1T is almost rs wide as her chin
and one fourth of an inch high. The
result is naturally most unsightly.
There IS an interesting family at
Fort Wrangel which illustrates per-
fectly this peculiar custom. 1t in
cludes four generations. A young girl
may be seen sitting at one side of the
one-roomed square frame house, while
her mother, grandmother and great
grandmother are squatted on the
earthen floor near the door, Offering
mats and baskets to the ships pas.
sengers who come on shore.
The girl has no disfiguring ornament
on her chin, but the others have, and
the piece of bone in the feeble old
great grandmother lower lip looks
like wart such as CULVER may have
seen upon the hands of the Brobding.
na2ians.
This index to the Indian woman's
age is about one.eighth of nm inch in
thickness, and is kept in place like a
cuff button. New York Press
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The Snake.Eltiny Snake

The keeper Of the "Ioo," describ.
ing to me the hamadryas' appearance
when it raised itself to strike, said it
was proud and "bold looking" It's
action was as swift as thought. and
looked almost like a spring from the
ground. How high when irritated
the terrible thing can strike is not
known, but no other instance is an.
theuticated Of snake making good n
blow so high rs four feet from tho
ground, while marks on the glass of
it's cage show that the reptile has. in
its endeavors to escape from confno.
mcnt, reached up to the height of
nine feet.
Surprising, then, that we were in.
clined TO believe oil that the natives
of India say about it-that it is so
fierce rs to attack man Mt sight. SO
vindictive rs to follow him with
logged resolution, and add 10 it all
we actually know about the reptiles.
that it can climb trees like an ana.
conda, swim like hydra, get over
nine foot wall, and squeeze through
six inch hole, and that It's bite is death,
it would have TO be confessed that the
gnake-eating snake is the most terri
bic creature IN nature, Good Words.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-10
Ages oil the "Fathers of the Republic

For some strange reason nearly all
the artists have persistently repre-.
scented the ''fathers of the republic"
as old men. School children, who
Judge from the picture. they see,
would conclude that Washington and
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, AMI Ham.
llton were never young. When Wash.
in8ton took command of the CONT
mental army he was only forty-three
years OF age, and he is generally rep.
resented rs an old mau. Madison be.
came the "father of the Constitution"
at thirty-six. Monroe was electel
Governor of Virginia at forty-one.
Alexander Hamilton became Captain
in the Continental Army at nineteen.
At thirty years Of age he signed the
Constitution, and at thirty-two be-
came the first Secretary of the Treas
ury. Thomas Jefferson wrote the
Declaration of independence when he
was thirty-three. And he is repre-.
scented at that age by the sculptor
Valentine in n statue which he has
made for Major Lewis Ginter to adorn
the new Jefferson Hotel at Richmond
1919 " IAiSi oOu was SlA lcGb TWO uuI
half inches in height, AM Mr. Valan-
tine has had the advantage of IN olel
dressed In n suit of Mr.. Jefferson's
clothes. The statue is little larger
than life, and it has been highly com
mended. Let us hope that this is the
beginning of new era in art so far as
the Gathers of the republic" are con.
cerned. -Baltimor Sun.
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Ontx and Pcfrlfled Mnn1.

Probably every visitor TO tho Go.
lumbar Exhibition spent some time
in admiring tho beautiful specimens
OF onyx and petrifed wood shown on
that never-to- be-forgotton occasion.
OF late thoro have been some exceed.
ingly fine slabs Of this material worked
out and used in wainscotin9s in hand
some dwellings. 1t is said by an ex
pert that in Utah are the finest onyx
fields IN the known world, and that
the inrgest slabs ever cut out have
been taken from quarries in thaI
State. Fortified wood is being usoo
in manufactures OF various sorts
table tops, panels, sections for man
tells, brackets and similar pieces are
brought out and used with excellent
eject. New York Ledger.
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y SONG OF THE WORLD

SUM- Or II l. WORLD
"Worli amt what it use 10 be- your acc,
II Teller say.
As he crosses OF his legs an hcaves = sigh.
Bat it happens she's the best world tbs, she's
ever been, today.
And she whrlin'-jest u-whirlin' AROUND
the SKYE
The stores give bigger measure
The mines sight o treasure:
There's moro o love an pleasure
In tho land
Tho skies mir mostly sunny
You jingle more o. money.
An the brown bees brin.; their honey
To your hand,
World amt what it uso to bet, o: courac
il amt, because
It's cuttin' out newer kin O. way;
1t amt got time {, worry bout the kin o.
world it was.
For it keeps a-sittin' happy ON the way!
Brighter blossoms twinin';
Brighter sunS a-shinin',
What's the use in pipin'
An whinin through Ia, laad?
Skies art mostly sunny;
You jingle more o money.
An the brown bees bring their honey
To your hand,
p. l.. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.