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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
He Didn't Post the Letter.

Without asserting in so many words
that 1.-THE woman who ceaselessly COM
plains and scolds, and generally mSkes
a nuisance of herself to every one who
is cursed by being brought into contaet
with her, !" represents large proportiu,
of her sen, our essayist, Dr. Cyrus Edl
sob, so far succeeds III impressing the
readers mind TO this effect as to throw
him upon the defensive, if he DO a man,
by quic,icning his apprehensions of PER-
sonal peril Variations of the tempo,
thermometer he has passed over as com.
mon to all classes and conditions OF
women may be tho incipient stages Of
the cursed shrewishness" that drives
men to madness and murders love, and
sometimes, III scorpion fashion, stingi
tho shrew herself to death
Nagging grows by what it feeds upon.
What tolerant, because ignorant, hus.
band may be ready to excuse as PASSING
parliamentary be cocEatricee egg. Con.
tinual streams of scolding, lasting three
or four hours" may await him in the
future unless heroic measures arc adopt.
ed without delay He will not he SO
ready TO ~kiss and make up the next
time he is chadden for carrying an i'm
portant better in his pocket for n week
after twas given to him to post
Marion Harland IN North American Re-
view
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
PAPA WAS TOO LATE.
How n manufacturers Daughter Did Not
become My Lady.

How Manufacturers Daughter Did Not
Become My Lady.
Some Yeas ago / was acting rs curato
III largo London parish. Two young
people i'll whom was greatly interested
We're to he married on certain Wetlncs-
day i'll April. Contrary to custom, the
bride arrived before the bridegroom
indeed the bridegroom never arrived nj
all
1t subsequently transpired that the
bridegroom had disappeared the previous
evening and was nowhere to be found.
Ho has not been found to this day No
cause for his disappearance was ever as
signed, nor has any clew to his where
abouts ever been discovered The poor
young bride succumbed to the shock
and it was my melancholy duty to Off
ciato at her burial some weeks later.
One more case, and have done A
curate, i'll receipt of little moro than
G1O0 year, proposed to tho daughter Of
q wealthy north country manufacturer
and was accepted: Patcrfamilias was ex-
remcly angry at this and forbade the
young fellow his house Candor compels
me to state tina. the daughter offered
very little resistance to her fathers OBJ
jcctions, and the curate, who was genu-
incly fond of the girl, removed to a dis
tant parish.
Two months after this event he fell
into baronetcy and rather more than
e3, 600 year. The manufacturer saw
that he had made mistake and opened
up negotiations i'll II letter BY return
he received telegram with the laconic
information. "Too late" We may be
certain that the good manufacturcr's
wife gave him large piece of her
mind" as the saying goes-London
Answers.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
WHY POETRY IS PLENTIFUL
Views OF mn English Critic ON Amcrioa'.
Aliaor Ea-t!s.

With transatlantic BardletS" as his
headline, Il writer III the London Satur-
day Review prcH;ces some rather savage
criticism of several books of verse recent
Iy published III America with the fol-
lowin: lively rc;narl,s:
They are unconuonly like the Eng
fish poetlings, these Transatlantic bard
lets, but there are more of them. This is
not because the States are less poetical
than the mother country, but because
they have moro people. Moreover, "cul-
ture" is generally held i'll higher esteem
there, and TO appear in print is an I'M
doubted mark of having obtained it, inst
as n university degree is proof, among
the English middle classes, of its proud
possessor's right to be regarded as O
scholar and n gentleman.
But if the authorship Of q book is a
certificate of taste and reading it be-
comes diploma in honors when that
book consists of metrical matter. Now,
about 70 per cent of moderately educat-
ed persons can write lines which some-
times scan, often rhyme and occasional
ly make sense, and painfully largo PRO
portion of these ore impelled TO establish,
eiiSiA NiisiiuSbtlS Ill lllc eyes VI lilSiE
neighbors by the publication of these so
called verses A little money or the
power of deluding publishers reader,
n simple tribe, is all that is needed 1t
must be added that ut times the poems"
arc genuine trade success, as are in
England, for instance, the innocent
maunderings of Sir Edwin Arnold and
Mr.. Lewis Morris, fact which encoru-
ages scores, nay, hundreds, of other am
bilious and avaricious rhymcsters to
emulate tho lucky men.
In the Statcs, too, they have their dear
little cliQues of mutual admirers, like
our fair brotherhood of the Rhymcrs'
club and the Bodlcy Head, who gener-
ously praise one another's songs-which
they read (or neglect to ready i'll presen-
tation copies-and they thus maintain
ono unotheT's spirit OH u little butter.
And then, Of course, there are always
ono's aunts and sisters and wives and
that sort of thing. There arc moro Of
these in the United States than here 4;
hence there is more minor poetry.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
Bracelets Once More.

q great hope is being cherished that
women are inclining to bracelets once
more. This seems not improbable. The
decree has gone forth that sleeves are TO
DO scarcely below the elbow. This being
true there is considerable expanse left
for ornament, for the gloves cannot be
always worn. In any case bracelets are
cheaper than gloves, and women, though
on pleasure bent. still have frugal minds.
Jewellers Circular.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
]. r. WiNGFiELD.
Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
2IO COMMERCE. ST.
Dropping I'm Your Throa.

Dropping In Your Throat
Hawking and splitting Is one OF the
most disagreesble parts OF ca.arrh We
have patients using Mayors Magnetic
Catarrh Cure to report complete relief
from this within ten days OF it's use.
CATARRH OF LONG STANDING
will be cured by the uJe Of Mayors Ca
tarrh Cure.
Catarrh may be we'll called g great
scourge in this country, nearly every
person has It in greater or less degree.
Mayors Magnetic Catarrh Cure, IL used
promptly,wiil cure this terrible disease.
No cure no pay.
For cold In the head accompanied by
frontal headache, can be cured by one or
two applications. Remember one bottle
lasts months and Is guaranteed to cure
or money refunded by agents.
Read what o one time sufferer from
catarrh has to say OF OR marvellous cure:
OAKLAND. Md, March "a, 1893.
The Mayors Drug Co., Oakland, Md.
Gentlemen:-I have been q sufferer
from cstarrh for years and was recon-
mended to use bottle of Mayors Mag
netic Catarrh Cure and in less than six
weeks was completely cured and deem
is one of the best medicines on the mar.
ket and recommend lis method OF treat
ment to any sufferer from the awful
malady. Respectfully,
PERCY II. VEITCH,
Attorney at Law.
For sale at Massie's Pharmacy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

Almost everybody takes some laxative
medicine to cleanse the system and keep the
blood pure. Those who take SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR liquid or powder)
get all the benefits of a mild and pleasant
laxative and tonic that purifles the blood
and strengthens the whole system. And
more than this: SIMMONS LIVER REGU.
LATOR regulates the Liver, keeps it active
and healthy, and when the Liver is in
good condition you find yourself free from
Malaria, Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick
Headache and Constipation, and rid OF
that worn out and debiitated feeling
These are all caused by sluggish Liver
Good digestion and freedom from stomach
troubles will only be had when the liver
is property at work. If troubled with any
of these complaints, try SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR. The King of Liver Medi-
cines, and Better than Pills.
5au-ElyERY T.lCEiAC;Ei-sia
Has tho z STAMP in rcd on wrapper.
j. III. Lciiin & Co, Iiiilo., PA
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
HORSE BLOCKS.
These Were Made Out of Safes That HAD
Been Robbed.


Not long ago Star writer had occa-
sion to be in western Missouri. Just
north of Kansas City about II miles
is the little town of Parkville 1t is built
up on tho two sides of valley which
opens against the broad Missouri, and
the hamlet might contain perhaps so
houses. Among other matters, however,
it shelters a seminary of considerable
local fame which teaches both boys and
girls tho higher branches of an educa-
ton, but with which just now we have
nothing to do. The main street Of the
village runs along tho bottom Of the
valley at right angles with tho Missouri
river.
The Star writer was sitting in front
OF ono of the stores smoking q very bad
cigar of local origin and conversing with
the merchant who had cold it 1t was
about o'clock in the afternoon, and
many of the country people were COM
ing into town. A country girl of the re-
gion came cantering up OH q bareback
horse and slid off on what, now that
The Star mans attention was called to
it, he noticed was Il queer sort of horse
block.
1t was nothing more or less than an
old rusty safe of considerable size. 1t
had apparently lain there for years and
when examined disclosed o suspicious
looking hole in one side, clearly the
work of explosives. At this point the
attention Of the Investigator from the
east was called to two other safes, sim
ilarly exploded and also lyirg on their
sides III the street and doing duty as
horse blocks.
How about these safes?" asked The
Star man Of the Parkville merchant.
What story goes with them?"
"Nuthin much of story" remarked
tho Parkyille merchant, helping him
self TO thoughtful chew of tobacco.
Them safes have laid right thar where
you all SEQ 'em since '73. They wuz
dragged out there and bnsted by Guam
trell and Jess and Frank James and the
Younger brothers, along with the rest OF
Quantrell's gang. They come chargin
down the s>Seet one day in June and
TUX the town in about minute and a
half and then went fur them safes
Money wuz mighty popular with Guam
trell and the James boys. and they usu.
ally went arter all they heard of"
How much did they get from the
SAFEST
II dunno how much they got from
them on t'other side of tho street." said
the Parllville man. "They hunted 3d.
800 out'n mine" and here he pointed
sadly at the safe nearest to him. the one
on which the young rrotic had just
alighted.
"Was thar safe yours?" was asked.
eyes" he answered. 81 KEEP store
then right whar do now and jest as
I do now"
"Why haven't you removed the
,afes?'
"What's the use?" observed the Park
vile man. "They amt in nobody's
way, and they do first rate fur boss
blocks. Nuther thing, we amt got no
carts nor tackle strong enough to move
'em nohow. So we jest let 'em go as
they lay, as they say in faro. "-~Wash-
ington Star.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
Mary L. Dyer.

Mrs. Mary E. Dyer of Winona, Mimi,
has been elected school director from
the First ward The women of the town
desired to have her for director, and
she obtained the Republican nomina-
ton. She was supported by the best part
of the city press and was elected by a
handsome majority, the women them
selves casting large vote for her. 1t is
the first time that any woman has been
chosen to such a position in Winona.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
Mozart,

Mozart was very small, being only a
little over feet in height. His face
was thin, and the size of his nose was
apparently exaggerated by the attenua-
ton of his features. He wore his hair
long and done up i'll n cue, according to
tho custom of his day. His mouth was
small and his face clean shaven.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
kEAU .sPEoiAL1 BARGAINS

nLAu -sPECIAL- DAnGAlNS
No. l-FouI.story brick residence, with %
cost OF building. residence and stable about
SaM" rlice OF whole property, $2,250; $500
No. 2-Two,story solid brick business house ON
salem avenue, between Jefferson street and the
OF the building nicely dtted up with s rooms Tor
residence; good 9sars under tho store Price OF
portion OF tho city and will pay handsome per
cont. on the Investment in the future.
515o eot to- an alley n ss had
OF this lot; sold for $3.50 in 1890 Price of lot
now, $500 all cash.
No 1O32 Price Sa.3s6; all cash, or 1886 cash, and
balance on time This house has 10 rooms and
oil convcniences and largo stable In rear OF lot.
NO. 6,bnsiness lot on south side OF Campbell
avenue. between Commerce and Henry streets:
SIZE - feet front and running back to an alley;
sold for 5000 in 1891. Price now 81 Isl all cash
NO. b-Nlce courtroom cottage on Sixth avenue
:. e,i lot 3ox1Oo feet, to alley; cost $500 to
build the house; rented out now to a prompt.pay-
Ing tenant, paying s. per month. Price OF house
anu lot, S2so, all cash; or $50, $50 cash and 80
No. 7-Business lot on Luck street. be,ween
Henry and Commerce; size SOxiO5 feet to an
alley; sold for Ss.e!o in 1890. Price $780, ali
No. S-Eight-room residence on franklin road.
near Tenth avenue q. w (; house in good order
win al convenienccs; lot 80 feet front, ia feet
deep, 81 feet wide ut back part; property sold for
$500 In 1880. Price OF house and lot now 10 500:
Sl5u cash and $40 per month, with interest
NO. 9-Nicc 7.room house and lot and vacant
lot adjoining, on Illinois avenue, Salem Va: beat
residence portion Of the city Price OF whole
SsOo; 500 cash, SIS per month, with interest.
Property cost over $2COO
NO. 1O-Three-st' ry brick business house on
campbell avenue, west of Jefferson street. occu-
pied by Thompson ~ Meadows; size OF lot, 25xiCO
feet; tho whole or the two upper stories well ar.
ranged ana cut up into offices. The property will
rent Tor about si,2OO per annum. Price $4,000;
tcrest.
No. 1l-Five. room two story house on HollI.
day street s. e.; lot 5OxlS0 feet; fronts on both
holiday street and Roanoke and Southern rail.
road. This property sold FOR IS, 600 In 1890 Price
OF house and lot now $500; $3.50 cash and BIS per
month"; with interest.
No. IA desirable residence on Church street.
near Park street; corner lot, iOxl,0 feet, to an
alley. Price OF house and lot now, 80 $50: $3.50
an, balance on time.
NO. l3-SiI room residence on Fifth avenue n
W.; lot runs through from Fifth 10 Fourth ave-
nue.; two froutS; house cost about $3.50 TO build H.
Price OF house and both lots now $780, $50 cash
and Sl0 per month, with Interest.
NO. l9-Nine-room Queen Anne houee on BROOK
street n. O.; corner lot, 50xiOO feet; house in
good condition; contract price OF house 81 GOO
frlce OF house and lot now 81 $50; $3.50 caeh and
SIS per month, with interest.
NO. lo-Scven.room story residence on Sew
enth avenue; lotS3Sxl30 feet, to an alley. Price
OF house and lot now 81 800 cash, balance $40
per month. Hoase cost over Sl,so0 to build 1t.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
Suit-able,

My" said the shoe clerk boarier,
'but did get fire lot of sarcasm from
my tailor when had to stand him off
again. Still. | rather think / deserved
it"
I'm other words" gurgled the cheer
full idiot, ''you deem his remarks both
cutting and fitting. - Indianapolis
Journal
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

Ignatius J. Loyola had tho face of an
ascetic, with sharp features, worn with
fasting, watching and prayer.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

Lord Bacon had voice describe | by
one Of his contemporaries as very
6mooth and oily"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

Buy Brush Mountain coal from W.K.
Andrews & Co., 2l9 Salem avenue. They
Will sell 1t cheaper than it has ever been
sold In the city. Look out tor the bellei
teams.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

The best CRATE coal in the city is the
semi-bituminous Red Ash coal sold
only by w. X. ANDREWS e. Co, 2l9
Salem avenue. You may know their
teams by the bells.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
EXTRA GOOD BARGAINS
REAL ESTATE.

The Tide in the Affairs of Roanoke Has
Turned-Prosperity Is at Hand-Reai
Estate Can Now be Bought at Prices
That Will Bring the Judicious In
vestor Splendid Returns Within the
Next Two Iears-The Opportunity
May Not Last Long-Embraoe 1t
While You Can.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

For the largest assortment and low
prices on parlor and cham Der furniture
go to the E. 81. Stewart Furniture Com
pany.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

Go to Donaldson's for refrigerators at
cost.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

60 to Donaldaon's for oak salts, very
cheap.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

S-ROOM HOUSE, IN TWO BLOCKS
y OF Terry building. Price Sl,1OO
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08
Cincinnati Produce nasrket.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Nov. 7.-Flour
steady, fancy, 3.oo@3 20; family, 600
$50. Wheat nominal; No. Q red, Sc.
Receipts, 1909; shipments. 3,OO0. Corn
fairly active; No. mixed, 80. Oats
active. higher; No. 2 mixed, 2O1S. Rye,
easy, Al. Lard easy, As. Bulk meats,
quiet rs. Bacon, steady, 8 90. Whis.
key stendy; sales $50 barrels at 1 go.
Sugar quiet. firm. Eggs steady. l6c
Cheese tirmer; good to prime Ohio fiat.
9K@l0.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

E,LEGANT s-RooM HOUSE, WITH
~ cellar, bath, gas. Stable on lot. Lo-
Gated on Seventh avenue g. W. Price
S2,l0O. Terms to suit.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

ELEGANT 10-ROOM RESIDENCE ON
IL Church street, $500.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

MICE HOUSE, SEVEN ROOMS, ON
~ Salem avenue. Price S1,U00.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

PEOPLES
FAVORITE
HIN
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

The Roanoke Times = PAPER
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-08

DWELLING, TEN ROOMS, ON BEST
~ part OF South jefferson street. Large
stable, all modern convenienccs. Price
1880. Terms to suit.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04

son that he was not sure that he Gulf
States were in favor of international
copyright. ! have yet 10 learn tnat 'he
gentleman was accredited to Madrid by
the Gully States. but Ne had no din'cuity
even IN overcoming that obstacle IN ms
mind by sending him very larse I'st
of newspapers from the ftbl Sllt's
which favored International cOpJrS nt.
/ do not know how much he has had TO
do with the acceptance by the Spanish
government, but | feel sure tnat IL
\ ould not have been brought about, eN-
copt by the intelligent interest OF Senor
Dupuy De Lone. the Spanish Minister al
Washington, himself an accomplish u
man OF letters, with whom ! discussed
the question in 1888. In TACT on seeing
his 9JIOintmont announced, | eaid 10 my
self, this means International copyright
with Spain. And the promptness with
which II pas been brought about, Is
matter both for remark and congratula-
tioa.
cot ths other countries that have not
accepted the Jaw, Holland has. / believe,
formally declined. the fact being that iiol-
land has no international copyright ar
engagements, but as 1 understand, gives
a limited security to the first reprinter in
the field
I'm Norway ard Sweden where the
question of copyright arrangements Is,
] think q function of the Crown we have
not been able TO gct the attention OF the
King, whose mind is. of course. busily
occupied. at the present time. with in
tciadl a1a.~s. and with whom number
OF Influential authors such as Bjornsen
v suld have no Influence; but wo conf
IDENTIFY expect that the Kingdom viii soon
see It's way clear TO accept the law
Informal efforts have also been ma lie
with Brazil, Mexico and Japan and, in
due course OF time. we may look for an
enlightened policy on this matter from
these and other countries.
You will thus see that the copyright
law. through its acceptance by other
countries. has become a practical work.
ing measure. Under il the theory al
International security TO copyright pro-
ducts has become fact 1T is very easy
TO fall INTO the hs bit OF critcsinc slight
defects in the working of the law, but
IL must be remembered that just re.0gni-
tion TO the property of millions Of people
and has secured in return a similar re-
cOgntion OF the rights of our own vast
population. l am in a position to hear 81
any and every defect In the working OF
the copyright law and believe that it is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04

waldstein. director OF the American
School In Athens. should desire to print
I'm Greek a volume regarding MS eHcdNa-
tons in the Hellenic kingdom. IL Is Ger
tainly in the line OF the principles q our
government which would go 10 war 70
protect the rights OF single oaiior ~
"A foreign port. that we should also DIV
tect the single author by the peac.aolo
extension of international rishts. Moro
over. the time to make copyright arraife
ments. I hold. Is before there is any III
terchange OF property-that Is. before any
class OF men has grown up Whose nv No
II Is 10 oppose such Arrangements We
have had more than one promise i.cII
the Greek government that the l'at,eJ
would be considered. but. so far. nothing
has been done. When Mr.. Tricopls Was
the Premier Of Greece. he expressed nm
self az favorable TO an arrangement Oh
that sort - ,,, a.
''Tt was only last year that ltaiy &C,
cepted our law. although In 1882. when !
was in that country, | took great ordi
of pains 20 bring 10 the attention OF W
Government the advantage II would ne
Ia Italy TO do so. / think II was through
the Music Publishers Record ana pa, I'll
larry through MIR. Biagi. OF the Meuiv,
Library at Florence. that the actoh WaS
finally taken. 1t could. however, nave
bccn taken two years earlier. ana IN VIE
way Mascagni and his publishers No ,i.'
have rclpcd the bencnt or tne idi X sd
In America of the cavaliera Rusticana;
from which they received nothing. ~
that was necessary was that ltaiy shoniI
examine her own laws 10 see "h WIN,
our citizens were on an equai looel'.S
with theirs. on examination. such prov
ed TO be the case. and when such std,o
Of affairs Is notified to our government
n becomes the duty OF the President 10
issue a proclamation without any iur-
thor congre ssiOnal action.
II see that he was Just issued n pro,
clamation declaring that international
copvrght with Spain is now IN force
WAS there much trouble I'm securing re-
ciprocitv with that country
I'm the case Of Spain, we made par
ticlllar efforts at reciprocity, because oi
The proximity Of Spanish American COZ
onios which have a large demand LOT
American textbooks. When GeneIu
Grtbb was our Minister 10 Madrid ne
took a great interest in the matter ply
progrcss was very much delayed by ms
misunderstanding Of the situation fnd
his attempt TO negotiate separate
treaty with Spain. The wisdom OF these
who framed the copyright law OF ~
has been vindicated In the case WIN
which international arrangements can
ne made under H. but separate u'"i,
with Spain would have required slechl
action Iy our Senate and reopening OF
the whole question. successor oi " ~
eral Grubb was inclined at mrs. 10 De
lukewarm on the subject or advancing
the copyright interests of American Cur
zens in Spain, for the very amusing ia