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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-21
ESTER and Ice Cream Supper.


The Ladies' Auxiliary to tho Order OF
hallway Conductors will give an oyster
and Ice cream supper a. 149 Salem ave.
nue. tonight and tomorrow night
Refreshments will DO served in excel
lent order and everybody IS invited 10
attend. Business people cordially in
vited to take their supper with the
ladies and encourage them in their good
work. Don't forget the place, just west
OF Henry street, on north side of Salem
avenue
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-21
at the Fret Presbyterian.

At the First Prelbyterian Church Las:
night Rev DE-. w. Il. Hawee, the evan
gelist, preached another powerful SER
mon. which was attentively listened to,
and which created q great deal OF In
terest on the part OF those concerned in
tho salvation OF their souls. Cons!der-
ing the inclemenc7 Of tbs weather, tho
meeting waH largely attended. Tho
afternoon service yesterday YVES inter-
esting.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-21
Charter Granted.

Judge John w. Woods, OF the hus-
tings court, granted C. charter yesterday
to The Investment Company. The cap.
itsl stock of the compar is to be 1000,
and the amount OK real estate which
they can hold is 5 600 acres The pur-
poses and chief business OF tho company
arc TO purchase. hold. lease, Improve
and sell real estate in the State OF Vir-
GINA 81 elsewhere; and TO purchase.
hold, acquire and dispose of bonds and
other evidence OF Indebtedness of any
other corporation. The chief office ia
to be located in Roanoke, and tae
officers for tho e rat year are az follows:
President, A G. DennistoD; vice-presi-
dent, Jamea S Simmons; secretary and
treasurer, Gao. l. Essabrook, Jr. The
atove-naned officeis. together with
Spencer j. Lawrence and Robert ].
Byron, constitute the board Of directors.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
The New Nation.

Fujisan. the sacred mountain al
Japan. was according to old belief
u woman. ind Is even yet referred to
personally rs ''she." Being u WON.
an Fujisan hated other women, 9,
mono but mon were permitted to
mako the ascent to the summit !.
Terrible punishments were reserved
for those who did not make the on.
tire ascent on foot. Now. OF course,
women arc rs free as men upon the
often trod slope.
With white cotton clothes, a broad
straw hat, q small bundle and q strip
Of mating for bed the Japanese
pilgrim Is equipped for long dis.
tances. Hotels nro frequent, and on
Fujisan itself there are rest houses
along tho slope.
The white coat OF the japanese
pilgrim is stamped with q red seal
by the priest Of each shrine visited,
until 1t is spotted all over. This red
spotted garment Is then preserved ia
act as q shroud when the pilgrimage
OF death Ia made.
Poor people In Japan arrange fol
pilgrimages by mutual benefit soci-
cites, which pay the expenses each
year OF q few members in turn I'M
til all get q chance to make the trip.
Returning pilgrims are expected tc
tell their senders oil about the trip.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
Bringing the osad 70 Lie.

A variety OF methods of restoring
life In those apparently dead from
drowning, asphyxation, ETC., have
been advocated, but with indifferent
success. More than a year ago the
celebrated DIR. DE Baum declared that
III u person dies simply from want
OF breath there Is no good reason why
he should not live again II the proper
means for restoring life are resorted
to-" Upon chance presenting it.
self DIR. Baum proceeded to prove the
truth OF his assertion. A child, up.
parently dead from drowning, was
brought to him with the statement
that 1t had been dead about fifteen
minutes. He Immediately passed q
small rubber tube through its nos
trils, and closing the mouth tightly
proceeded to force air into the lungs.
After the lungs had been fully In.
tated he released the pressure from
the mouth and found, as he had ex.
pected. that the elasticity OF the
chest muscles caused an immediate
contraction OF the lungs. This con-
traction formed q natural respira.
ton, but artificial inspiration was
kept up for nearly an hour, at the
end Of which time tho breathing wss
perfscs and the child's life saved.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
Shopping BY Proxy.

"There Is an establishment out in
Chicago that employs nearly 300
clerks and does Q business OF several
million dollars Q year, but which
does not carry o dollars worth Of
stock" said Postmaster Hesing, Of
the exposition city, to a purity OF
friends at the Arlington. mot long
ago IL sent out no less than 500, 600
circulars through the mails to pros
pective customers. 1t is merely a
purchasing agency for persons living
outside of the city who need articles
and do not find 1t convenient to buy
them in person. The concern will
buy anything for anybody according
to well arranged system. All the
customer has to do IL to send q de-
scription OF the article wanted and
amount he is willing to pay for 1t, and
1t Is gotten by an agent OF the estab.
lishment and shipped to him ut once.
Suppose, for instance, q man in a re-
mote town wants an 0vercoat OF blue
cloth with velvet collar, for which
he will pay $40. lie sends his breast
and waist measurement and the
money to the firm and In twenty min
utes after Ills order IL received the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
Women - Ranehsrs.

A bright eyed little woman who Is
a regular and welcome visitor to New
York Is Mrs. q. L. Ellis, OF Mon.
tana. where she owns largo property
interests. In speaking OF life on the
plains and In the hills she says !:
There seems an idea In the East
that only men can and do run
ranches In the West. People usually
looks surprised when l tell them
that I'm ranchman, Ms II they ex.
pectcd mo to wear jack boots. carry
large guns, wear n felt hat and EN-.
ploy the other trade marks Of the
stage cowboy. At home 1 have my
horse and dogs, with whom
I seldom cover less than TWEEN.
ty miles . day. / have
my employees, who arc just rs nice
and polite out there as clerks are
here. They are not altogether models,
but thcy average all right. They 90
oil on u wild spree about once q
month. and then they generally paint
the nearest town u deep rich red.
They return In q dry or two very
miserable and wretched. But they
attend strictly to business and are
extremely honest and faithful.
There are many women out West
who arc ranchers. Some, like my.
self, IRE widows; others are the
daughters Of old settlers, while a few
have gone into 1t for the healthful.
ness OF the life. They get along
moderately we'll, about the same %
men do under similar circumstances
II Is o hearty existence. All you
want Is horse and dog and the rest
takes care Of ITSELF"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
PAPch cANNoNs.
They Are Elastic and llsht and Have
Great Steouotb.

1t was discovered some time agt
that efficient heavy guns could b.
made out Of composition composed
largely Of leather. Now 1t has beer
discovered that a good paper can bt
used for the same purpose.
The body of the gun Is made oil
paper pulp. The core is of meta
and made very much like the core:
OF ordinary cannon. The exterior Of
tho cannon is wound with wire. About
five layers Of copper, brass or steel
wire are firmly wound on, thus bind.
ing the cannon. Outside OF the COW
ering of wire IRE various bands oil
brass, These bands are set with up.
rights, through which rods extend
parallel with the gun. There are lock
nuts on each side Of the uprights and
these hold the rods in place.
The process Of making the gun Is as
follows: A special grade OF paper
pulp in which the fiber Is long is Sc.
lected and well agltated. The usual,
hardening and toughening Ingredients
consisting Of litharge, wax, tallow,
white lead and blue, are introduced.
The pulp Is then run into molds and
cast Of the proper shape. The steel
core Is put in; wire Is bound around
the exterior; brass or steel bands tse
securely set about the whole and the
parallel rods are applied. The rods
being Of steel possess degree OF
spring and rs they are fastened to
the bands the result is a gun which
will give way slightly at each dis.
charge, yet cannot burst.
a person may make his muscles
rigid and fall to the ground, in which
case he Is likely to receive q broken
bone; but II the muscles nre relaxed
the bones will give way somewhat
and will not break. The same prin.
ciple Is applied in the paper cannon.
The pulp, although exceedingly dura-
BILE. will give way enough 70 prevent
u break. The layers Of wire, the
binding OF steel bands and the par
allel rods add strength. In war times
1t Is easy to batter down q brick wall
or a stonc foundation, but q protec.
ton Of bales Of hay, bags Of sand or
similar substance Is not affected, as
the shot Is simply imbedded in it,
The chief points Of the pulp gun are
elasticity and lightness. Being lighter
V follows that transportation will be
easier. 1t Is said that the leather
pulp guns, which, II made of metal.
would require derrick TO move, are
readily transported on light wagons.
Paper pulp Is no heavier than leather
pulp.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
Much Married Folk.

st. jerome mentions q widow who
had married her twenty.third hus.
band, who, In his turn, had been
married to twenty wives. A woman
named Elizabeth Massi, who died ut
Florence in 1885, had been married to
seven husbands. all OF whom she out.
lived. She espoused the last at the
mature age Of 90. When on her
death bed she recalled the good and
bad points In each OF her husbands,
and having impartially weighed them
In the balance she singled out her
sixth spouse as her favoritc, and de-
sired that her remains might be in
TERED near his. The death OF q
soldier Is recorded In 1874 who had
five wives, and his widow, aged 80,
wept over tho grave OF her fourth
husband.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
NEW oieHTHeaIA CURE.
Mestaii y Much Reduced b, ne An.
titoxins Treatment.

A very interesting experiment. In
immunity has been made at tho New
York Infah. asylum. In the country
branch Of this institution, containing
about three hundred and fifty
children, diphtheria was epidemic in
the months Of September, October
and November OF 1894. Since that
time, though the force Of the cpl
denic has abated, new cases have
continued to appear every few days.
Between January 1, 1895, and Janu-
airy 16. eleven cases occurred. At
this date antitoxine was injected into
two hundred and twenty five chill.
dren, this including every child
ut the institution who had not pre-
viously suffered from diphtheria.
The results were most striking. Not
a single case OF diphtheria developed
among the children until February
., when one child was attacked. The
mortality Of diphtheria in thirty.nine
hundred hospital cases treated dur.
ing the four years preceding the In.
PRODUCTION Of antitoxine was 50 per
cent. OF the first three hundred
hospital cases Of true dlphtheria
treated with antitoxine the mortality
was but 20 per cent. There are in
cluded in these three hundred only
cases in which tho diphtherin bacillus
was found. At the same time that
these cases were treated by antitoxine
in one hospital five hundred and
twenty cases were treated in another
without il, with mortality Of 60 per
cent; showing that the results oh.
tanned by the antitoxine could not be
explained by the fact that mildel
type Of disease was then prevailing.
Even 20 per cent. seems high NOR
tally, but IL Is to be remembered In
reading these statistics that every
case Of diphtherla admitted to the
hospital during certain period was
injected, no matter how far advanced
the disease was or how hopeless tho
condition Of the patient. The latei
reports from Paris are even more en-
couraging. In two hundred and
thirty.one additional cases the NOR
tality was but III per cent. showing
that with n better understanding o.
the use OF the antitoxine and greatel
skill In preparing II the results hav,
been steadily improving. It is dill
cult to imagine the excitement which
has been produced In Paris by THU
discovery. Not only the medica
profession but the public have gone
wild over 1t In true French fashion
The whole interest Of the Pasteur in.
stitutc is now centered In the pro
duction OF the serum, and new hos
pital accommodations for diphtlieri,
have been provided with every up.
pliance for securing the very best re
suits. Tho striking and immediate
fall In the mortality in hospitals To-
diphtheria. from ~ or 80 per cent
to from 10 TO 20 per cent. as In thu
reports given. Is too marked to b.
accidental, especially when 1t Ia,
been noted In all parts OF the world
where tho treatment has been tried.
But after all has been said tho per
sonal observations OF cases. even
though this number Is not large. Il
more convincing than any statistics,
1t Is this which has made q convert
Of almost every observer to the new
treatment.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

coat is bought and packed up and At
the freight or express office. No charge
is made to the customer, rs the firm
has an arrangement with numerous
retail nero antile establishments by
which IL gets n certain discount Of
from the market prices, and in this
way makes heavy profits. have been
told that the discount ranges all tho
way from ) to Is per cent, so IL is
easy to see how remunerative the
business is. Absolute honesty char.
acterzes all its dealings, and conse-
quently very few articles are returned
by customers as unsatisfactory "
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
rsilins the Memsnteus News.

An engagement should be an.
nounced first by the family OF the
bride elect. This Is done either
verbally or informally to friends, or
by note to those whom 1t Is desired
shall receive early Information. The
man may ut the same time write ia
those OF his friends whom he desires
to have share in his happiness and
whom the girls family could not 50
we'll reach. Churlish, Indeed, would
DO the spirit to withhold interest In q
new engagement, and the telling OF Il
by the principals almost always In.
spires q kindly feeling for them in
those told. Lovers have, perhaps,
the best founded claim to thinking
themselves Of first interest to q COM
munity Of any class Of people, and
are quite entitled to assume all the
honors and privileges Of the situa'
ton.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
Ahead on Hawks.

At Lafayette, Ga. ,Lum Osburn has
caught up to the present date eighty.
two hawks In steel trap, so arranged
as to capture the chicken catchers
when they come In contact there.
with. His grateful neighbors will
make him up coop of at least one
hundred full grown chickens as a re.
ward for his catchings.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

floral sunshades to be introduced
this spring will create sensation.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-01
MlCHIGAN'S BENEFAC1OR.
AN OFT REPEATED STORY OF
TRUE PHILANTHROPY.
What Charles II. Hackley Has Done
for Western Michigan.
From Grand Rapids (Mich.) Evening
PlesS

lFrOm Grand Rapids (Nllcn.) EVeh1ns
Press.
The most beautiful spot in all this city is
i~nseparably associated with the name OF
Hackley. Chas. H. Hackley has been in
the lumber business here continuously since
1856 and III that time has amassed a fortune
which gives him arating among the wealthy
men Of the nation. But with wealth there
did not come that Tightening Of the purse
strings which is generally a marked charac-
teristic of wealthy men.
1t is no wonder then that the name OF
Charles Fl. Hackley is known at home and
abroad. His munificence to MuskegOn alone
represents an outlay Of nearly half a million.
For the past twenty years he has been a
constant sufferer from neuralgia and rheu-
matism, also numbness of the lower limbs,
so much so that it has seriously interfered
with his pleasure in life. For some lime
past his friends have noticed that he has
seemed to grow young again and to have
recovered the health which he had in
youth.
To a reporter for the News Mr.. Hackley
explained the secret of this transformation.
81 have suffered for over 20 years. - he said
s'with pains in my lower limbs so severely
that the only relief I could get at nightwas
by putting cold water congresses on my
limbs. I was bothered more at night than
in the day time. The neuralgia and rheu-
matte pains in my limbs, which had been
growing in Intensity for years, finally be-
came chronic. Z made three trips to the
Hot Springs with only partial relief and
then fell back to my original state. |
couldn't sit still and my sufferings began to
make life look very blue. Two years ago
last September | noticed an account of DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and
what they had done for others, and some
cases SO nearly resembled mine that l was
interested, so l wrote to one who had given
a testimonial. an eminent professor Of music
in Canada. The reply | received was ever
stronger thar the printed testimonial and it
gave me faith ia the medicine.
81 began taking the pills and found them
to- be all that the professor had told me they
would be. 1t was two or three months be-
fore | experienced any perceptible better
ment of my condition. My disease was of
such long standing hat / did not expect
speedy recovery and was thankful even to
be relieved. 1 progressed, rapidly, however,
toward recover and for the last six months
have felt myself a perfectly well man. |
have recommended the pills to many people
and am only too glad to assist others to
health through the medium of this wonder
full medicine. I can not say too much for
what it has done for me-
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or may be had by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine company, Schenectady, N. Y, for
so cents per box, or six boxes for 81. so.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-01
RELIEF FOR MlsSoURiANs.
The senate Quickly Acts on = BIZ :"
Favor Volunteers.

rhe senate Quickly Acts on . hlsi ~
Favor Volunteers.
! Jan. a4.-Mr. Palmer
of Illinois introduced to-day a bill
which placed on the same footing as
other soldiers, under the dependent
pension act Of June ~, 1890, all OH
GERS and privates of the Missouri state
militia and provisional Missouri mil
tia who served ninety days during
the war of the rebellion AMI
were honorably discharged and
the widows and minor chill
dren of such persons. including
all such persons now on the pension
rolls or who may hereafter apply to
be admitted thereto" 1t was at once
referred to the committee on pen
sions, promptly f%avorably reported.
read three times, ~engrossed, signed
and sent on its way to the house,
where it will unquestionably be
passed with as little objection.
During the war the provisional
militia of Missouri, numbering A.
600 men, was not a part OF the army
of the United States, although it did
excellent military service. In the
pension bill which was passed twenty
years ago, it was recognized as con
tanning worthy pensioners, and its
members were specifically allowed
pensions, as if they had been in the
Federal army. Consequently, when
the dependent pension bill was pass
ed in 1890 the veterans Of the pro-
~visional militia took it for granted
that they were on the same footing
as other soldiers. They filed their
claims, ami to about 5000 pensions
were granted. When Adler A.
Tweedy, one of the %militiamen, not
long ago asked for increase of his pen
sion under the act, Assistant Secre.
tary Reynolds found that the de.
pendent pension law recognized
only soldiers s'of the army, and
navy of the United States.
The claimant did not come
within this category and Mr.
Reynolds not only refused the in
crease, but ordered that his name be
dropped from the rolls. The efec>
of this decision was to strike from the
rolls the names of 10000 Missouri pen
sioners and to bar the claims of abou
1000 applicants.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-01
stevenson's Unconscious Adventure.

SCeNeHNOnS > UNCONSCIOUS Aut0uUur0s
During his last visit to this country
Robert Louis Stevenson escaped a very
unpleasant experience and never knew
it. A journalist, who knew Stevenson
by his published portraits, entered a
railway a at Long Branch, and saw
the lannon's author seated in a corner,
with a black square box on the oppo-
from it. The conductor knew the
journalist, and said to him, pointing
to Mr.. Stevenson:
sl'm going to put that man with the
long hair off the train. He is smoking.
I asked him not to, but he's been at it
again while I've been out of the car
He is not smoking" said the jour-
nalist; that is some device for carry
ing medicine, in the form of a vapor,
which he inhales in his lungs. He is
an invalid. That is Robert Louis
Stevenson, the novelist"
The conductor seemed interested,
but only for a minute. 81 don't care"
said he. "It doesn't matter who he is.
l call it smoking, and he's been at it
after ] told him not to-"
The journalist tried another tack.
"Did you ever read Kidnapped" he
asked.
Nav said the conductor. "Idon't
care what he is; he has got to obey the
rules
The journalist persisted. "Did you
ever read Treasure Island?"
Nav" said the conductor. "Idon't
read many novels; they are all trash,
anyhow.
Hold on" said the journalist. did
you everread Dr.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde?
He wrote hat also"
"What?" said the conductor. "Did
read Jekkle n Hyde? Well, I guess
l did. Couldn't sleep the night l
finished it. I seen it played at the
theatre. too. It's great. ain'tit? Well,
that man is a dandy, amt he? He can
smoke-he can; faint what you cali
smoking, is it? Sick, is he? He does
look sick. I'd like to see anyone OBJ
ject to a man like that taking his medi-
cine.'-Harper's Weekly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-01

IT the Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, MA
wMsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-01
MISSOURI CRIMINAL COSTS.
A Shortage OF $4,000 at Present.
$525,OOO Needed for Two Years.

"A Shortage of $1l7.OOO at Present
$525,OOO Needed for Two Years.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. "a
State Auditor Seibert's biennial re-
port, presented to the general
assembly presents many im-
portant facts, but the chap
ter on criminal costs is especially per-
tinent. 1t is shown that the unpaid
bills of last year amount to SLIT, 4s6. so
which, with the $525,O0o esti-
mated for 1895 and 1896, makes
a total of $642, 426. so to be provided
for this assembly. This item of pub
tic expenditure, now the great
question before the general as
sembly, has been equal to ten
cents per capita of the popula-
tion for fifty years. He recomme nds
changes so as to bring about the more
speedy trial Of persons charged with
crime, limiting continuance and
changes of venue.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-01

He-Is the iIl-mannered person who just
left the room a stranger here? Hostess
Almost; he is my husband"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-01

PERRY, Ok, Jan. 24.-This m orninp
United States Commissioner Te bbe
bound over William Reade of Pawnee
for perjury in making out afidavits
of contests on a large number of
claims near Pawnee. Reade declared
that a company of men got him drunk
and gave him money to sign afidavits.
A number of arrests will be made.