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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-10
Deafness Cannot be cured

BY local applications, as they cannot
reach the deceased portion OF the ear.
There Is only one way to cure deafness
and that Is By constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by an inflsmed con-
dition OF the mucous lining Of the eus-
tachian tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing, and whom it is en-.
sirely closed deafness Is the result, and
unless the inflamEa alton can be taken
out and this tube restored to its norm al
condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out Of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but en- in
damned condition OF the mucous SURF
faces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case OF deafness Caused by catarrh)
thatcannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. free.
r. j. CHENEY 81 CO., Toledo. O.
~ Sold by Druggists, Use.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-10

DON'T be satisfied with anv other
preparation. Ask for Ponds Extract
and insist on getting 1t.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
NOTES FROM GOTHAM.
NEW YORK AS THE WOOL MARErT
OF THE COUNTRY.

Opening of the New Wool Exchange
Boom in the Building irade - Defences
of the HarEor-RecorderG oT' s Sensat OIL
al Act A Labor Conference.
SPECIAL New Ysrk Letter.
The opening of the new Wool Ex-
change, at the corner of Beach street
ind Broadway. is expected to make
New York the wool market OF tne
country. Boston has heretofore been
the centre of the wool trade, but al
eady many Eastern merchants have
taken offices in the Wool Exchange
building, and it is believed the bulk OF
me trade will be transferred here.
There has never before been an es-
tablished headquarters for the market
ing of wool in this country. There
We're many wool merchants and brok
ers scattered about the lower part OF
this city. from Canal to Pine street.
but there was no concert among them.
and no accommodations for out Of town
trade. The new Wool Exchange pro
poses to provide these facilities. Aus
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14

liability of human testimony. There h
scarcely a doubt that the Recorder was
right in his action. although public
sympathy Is against Langerman
whose reputed character was not such
as to warrant belief in his innocence.
A movement among labor organiza-
tons to consider means Of getting
through Congress a plan to amend the
Constitution in aid of workingmer
generally, is attracting attention. a
conference is to be held in this. city
soon, at which many of the most prom
inent labor leaders will be present
The main object of the proposed
amendment is the creation of a nation
al department of labor, TO have at its
head the President and ten officers
elected by the nation at large. The
conference in this city is to be follow
ed by a series of conferences all over
the country. The text of the proposed
amendment will soon be made public
MILTON s. MAYHEM.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
A Konderful Railroad.

A railroad running across a lake on
palm leaves. some of them twenty-five
feet long. is certainly unusual. Such a
railroad has just been completed on The
wonderful Pitch Lake of Trinidad. This
lake is situated near the village of La
Brea, on the Gulf of Paria- At first
sight lit appears to be an expanse of
still water frequently interrupted by
clumps of trees and shrubs. On APP
preaching it. it is found to consist of
mineral pitch, containing numbers OF
crevices filled with water The surface
is not slippery nor sticky, and will bear
any weight. 1t is about 100 acres in ex.
tent and occupies bowl-like depres-
sion in a truncated cone on the side OF
d hill covered with tropical jun giles. The
cone consists of both asphalt and earth.
4 heavy stream or asphalt has over
flowed to the sea, forming a barrier
reef for a considerable distance. Some
diggings have been pushed to forty feet
below the surface of the lake without
finding bottom There is a steady out
flow towards the sea through the side
of the cone.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
TUG AND SEVEN MEN LOST.
The Teari L. Campbell Sent to the Bottom
OF Lake superior.

Duluth. Mimi, Dec. 10--The Inn:a3
Jug Pearl y. Campbell and crew G
seven men are at the bottom of LAX
Superior. The lost are: William Nc
Gilvlay. master; John Lloyd, mate
George McCort. chief engineer; Free
England, second engineer; the eco.
md two firemen. names unknown.
The news OF the disaster came t
Capt. B. 3. Inman in the shape of thu
following telegram from A. Ratty. mas
ter Of the Inman tug Castle dated
Lanse, Mich, and reading as follows
"P. B. Campbell and crew lost OF
Huron Isle, about twenty miles, Satur
day morning, December Z. See letter
Huron Isle is about forty miles NORTH
of Marquette. The captain of steame
just arrived says that a fifty-mile hur.
ricane was blowing when the tug was
lost. Lanse IS a small station on tn,
1uluth South Shore and Atlantic Cop
per Peninsula Branch. The Campbell
and the Castle had been trying to iloat
,ne SchoonerS Kent and Moonlight
which were driven ashore some month:
ago near Marquette. They had mad.
good progress when the weather com
PEELED them to abandon work unit
next spring. At midnight on Frida
Capt. Inman parted from, the two
crews at the Marquette dock.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
WARSHIPS TO BE ADMITTED.
Report That the Sultan Has Signed the
Firmans.


Firmans.
Constantinople, Dec. TO- - Notwith-
standing the general belief that the
eX-Grand ViZier, Said Pasha, would
persist in his reported determination to
leave the country. it appears that the
Sultan has at last persuaded him to
forego his intention of remaining un-
der the protection of the British Am
bassador, for last evening he left the
Embassy and returned to his residence
1t is believed here that the resolution
adopted at the meeting Of the represent
tatiVes of the powers on Thursday t.
HE effect that the powers would sup
port him should he again accept the
Ifc.st Of Grand ViZier was an impOrtan
factor in causing him to reconsider Ii:
determination to eXpatriate himself.
1t is officially stated here that there
is perfect quietude in all the province
except Zeitoun, where the Armenia.
rebels are still in possession of the
town.
Paris, Dec. 10.-The Courier Du Soil
publishes a dispatch from CONSTANT
I,ople stating that the Sultan has sign
cd firmaGs. with certain reserves, per
hitting the extra guardships to ente!
the Bosphorus.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
INSTEAD OF POSTAGE STAMPS.
A New Scheme That Is to be Tried by the
German ostal Authorili,s.

German ostal Authori,i.s.
A novel system of paying postage or
letters. a so-called postage adder" has
been accepted by the German postal
authorities The new apparatl Is in
tended to save labor AMI time to such
f,ins or individuals as have a very
large business corresr on6enca It Will
do away with their using postage
stamps, and enable them TO pay for
Their postage according 10 the figures
registered by the apparatus.
This apparatus, in the shape Of 3
box. is not very large, and bears in the
front several dials, arranged like those
of a gas meter, showing units, tens,
hundreds and thousands, etc; under
meath the dials there are six push but
tons, each of which bears figure cor
responding with the values OF the Ger
man postage stamps principally in use.
viz, three, ten, twenty, twenty-five and
fifty pfennigs. A long, narrow slot is
provided which will admit the letters
to be stamped Within the box and
just over the slot there is steel die.
representing a characteristic symbol;
in this case the arms of Germany. with
the inscription, "Deutsche Reichspost."
as we'll as an Interchangeable number.
which is the registered number of the
apparatus, Below this-are stamp
giving the date and hour. and a wheel
containing dies for the various values,
fastened in such way that the six
push buttons control the wheel bearing
the figure dies, while the clockwork re-
gulating the day and time is accessible
only to the postal clerk. who comes to
inspect the apparatus once week. II
number of letters are to be postmark-
ed. they are placed one by one into the
slot. and a pressure upon thu knob on
top of the apparatus will stamp the
necessary amount upon the envelope
with indelible ink. The stamping of an
envelope takes less than two seconds,
so that, with some practice, it Is pos
sible to postmark about 1000 letters per
hour with this little apparatus
further advantage of this system is
that it is not necessary 20 cancel the
postmark at the postoffice, which will
save considerable work there another
advantage Is the possibility of paying
for the postage, say, once a month,
which is there regarded as of CONSIDER
able benefit to both the public and the
postal authorities. Since L..
tus registers automatically the entire
amount Of postage used by urn, and
since the mail matter placed into
postof1ice can be revised and counted
up without much trouble by the postal
clerk in charge at the receiving window
for mail thus stamped, it will always
be possible to compare the figures of
the machine with those of the postal
department, without entailing much
labor upon the clerk receiving the mat
ter.
The new apparatus has been patented
by Munich engineer, and bids fair to
revolutioniZe To a great extent the pres
ent system of selling stamps.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
Charmed Snakes With Her Violin.

With music drawn from her violin,
Miss Ruth Brown, a beautiful young
lady, of Lake City, Fla, has succeeded
in charming about fifty rattlesnakes
that have their den under an Immense
rock near her home. Miss Brown is
the daughter of wealthy parents, who
reside in a magnificent home on the
Suwannee River. She is an accom-
pIished violinist and for six months
has been accustomed to sit on the rock
mentioned and play on her violin
While playing to the snakes that sur
rounded her she says she is uncon-
scious of occurrences, beyond the rep
lillian circle. Miss Brown is well known
in social circles in Florida.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
LONFoN TINES HINTS AT VAR.
FONTS to Il Paris Jour IL itena-k That ~
Haven't ..avy En- Ugh 10 Hell eli. Zuel &.

FONTS to Il Paris Jour IL Remark That ~
Haven't ..ayy En- Ugh To Hell Ven, 2uel
London, Dec. lh.-The Paris corrz
spondeEt Of TIE Times quotes this con.
meEt Of the Journa! des De bats :: =
the Venezuelan incident: In spite Il
INN ense Industrial poser, the Unit
States have not the military I'D .4l>
forces which. after al. a.e IT the boz
tom OF every diplomatic t..stGsSi
which is carried rather tar"
The Times editorially co-ter6s tn
the Nom o. doctrine cannot De appli
either to the boundary lire dispute {,
to Great Britain demand Tor repair:
ton on account of outrage upon L
officers OF British Guiara
1T is no more possible" says Il
Times. Ito submit the territory VIII
the Schomburgll line to arbitrat;f
than it would be for the United Sta,
to submit to arbitration should Spa
set up a claim to part OF Florida II
remarks OF the Journal G>s Debats a.
not conceived in a friendly or a del
cate spirit, but they have an elemer
of truth which sensible Americans ca
not Ignore. 1t is easy to see that .
this controversy Is not sililfullv handle
state Of things might arise amor
the ill-governed Central and Sout
American republics which would il,
voive the United States in a large eX
penditure for the army and navy tina
are now happily unnecessary"
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
Husband Found Her Dead.

Jersey City, Dec. 10. - When job
Krobenbitter, of No. 1105 Summit ave
nue., returned from work last night h
found his two young children cryiI
IN the front stoop. They told him tina
heir. mo her had locked herself in
room early in the afternoon and tina
they had not seen her after that. Kro
henbitter burst in the door and foun'
his wife hanging from a nail on tn
ok of the door The body was COLI
when cut down. Mrs. krobenbitte
was thirty-two years old. No cause i
known for this act.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14

ing from prison Walter L. S. LANCER
man. who was practically convicted .
an Infamous charge on the teEtlnlo
of one Barbara Aub. Through con
fession by the girl, made first to &
lady member CT the mission known
the Door of Hope" and afterwards
the Recorder himself, the places OF
criminal a. d plaintiff were charged
an instant before the court. Just VIII.
the audience was waiting to hear II
words that would send Langerman |
prison for at least twenty years, ~
was set free and his accuser commit
to prison to be tried for perjury upor
her own confession. 1t is believed u
a few that the whole matter needs
view. and an attempt is to be made II
behalf of the girl, baged upon /
ground tat she was bribed to make
her confession releasing her allegSl
assailant and condemning herself to
felon's cell. The case is certainly q
remarkable one in many respects, but
only throws a new light on the unre'
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
The Laurada's Captain Held.

Charleston, S. c., Dec. 10,-Judge "
Fl. Brawley, of the United St"t"~
trict Court, sitting as United State
Commissioner, Sr>t>I LAY liz, I.-a ~.
ion in the case of Capt. Hughes, Of thu
steamer Laurada, holding the captaii
tor trial d: the January term of til
District Court. The opinion holds that
while no violation Of the neutra!it.
laws was shown to have occurred i
the southern district of New Yorl,
sufficient proof was established OF
,ilitary expedition being formed cut
side Of New York to justify holdii
capt. Hughes for trial Tor offenses com
'nitted on an American vessel on Ii
nigh seas. Trial must be had in tt,
district where next discovered c
brought. The amount of Capt. HugEe.
bond has not yet been fixed.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
Wool Merchants Talking 1t Over.


tralian wool will hereafter be sold here
erect to manufacturers. Native WOO!
will also be given a fair chance The
warehouses attached to the Exchange
have accommodations for 25,000,0uU
pounds of wool.
One who listens to the gossip among
merchants, bankers and tradesme1.
generally is impressed by the idea OF
the optimistic feeling prevailing here
intrade circles. Apparently our city is
about to enter upon an era Of greater
development than ever before. The
Greater New York scheme seems now
in a fair way to achieve success at the
hands of the Legislature, and New
York will at once take it's place as the
second city in population in the world
1t will be the first in wealth and COM
mercial Importance. L was talking
with an Englishman the other day
and was surprised to hear him frank
ly admit that he considered New York
to have already surpassed London in
Importance as a great port of com
merce. Of course. he took in the whole
aggregation of cities that surround this
most magnificent of harbors.
The building activity of the coming
year promises to be unprecedented.
The new buildings already planned
will aggregate $4,000, 900 in cost. The
strike among a portion of the Workmen
in the building trades has been hap
PLY settled by a compromise satisfac-
tory to both sides. Go where you will
in the city, new buildings are going
up, and one cannot but Oe struck b!
the solidity and architectural adorn-
ment of most of the new structures
Extravaganza in outside as well a.
interior decoration is quite feature
OF the building trade at present.
It is pleasant to know that all the
great Wealth of this city is to be nc
longer exposed as the prey of any
powerful nation that might suddenl.
declare war upon us. The defences OF
the harbor are rapidly assuming shape,
and will soon be practically impregna-
bIe The new forts on Sandy Hoo
and Plum Island are completed, and
the War Department is now about tc
mount a number of the heaviest rif1ed
cannon in the magnificent earthworks
that constitute the chief defence O!
Forts Hamilton and Schuyler These
earthWOrkS were Dullt during the wal
and mounted with heavy columbiads
which are now to give way to the best
modern guns. They are magnlice1
specimens Of engineering art, and
armed with rifled guns on disappear
ing carriages, they will thoroughly
protect the Narrows and inner bay
The first of the new guns, ten-lnc
rifle, weighing thirty-three tons, ant
throwing shell weighing $40 pounds
was mounted on the outer parapet
Fort Hamilton this week. A numbe,
of eight-inch, twelve-inch and sixteen
i-ch ours will be added in the future
The penetration Of the shells of tn:
new gun at 1000 yards is equal
twenty inches of steel. It's range
about ten miles, but. as matter O.
fact, even the best modern guns al
not formidable at over five miles, eX-
cept by the chance explosion of shell
Recorder Golf has shown no little
originality as a judge since taking HI
seat on the bench. His most sensa
tional act. however has been In rescu
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
Temperance Eefurmer at 10.

Gas City, Ind, Dec. 1O.-The ter
year-uld son of John Champion, 8
ioon-keeper of this place, has lor
been opposed to the continuance of Ii
father in the LIQUOR business. On Sal
urday night there was a row in the So
loon and the boy decided to adopt e.
IRENE measures. The house in whic
the saloon is located was left TO t.
hoy by his mother, and he locked til
door and refused to surrender the key
The father has no lease and fHo 9"
remains closed. The people Of the tow
are backing the boy, and it is believe
Champion will abandon the business.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
Plotted Against the King.

London, Dec. 10. - A Shanghai dis
patch reports that Russians in the
Lihaushin conspiracy against the King
Of Corea have identified some -Ameri-
cans who took part in it. Americans
opposed the King because the gold
mine concessions granted by the Queen
were revoked, and because their saia-
ries as advisers had been reduced.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14
Swallowed a Safety r an.

A remarkable surgical operation was
recently performed by doctor at
Loughborough, England. Some six
teen months ago a girl, between fifteen
and sixteen years Of age, swallowed
what was thought at the time to be
nshbone. The usual means to prevent
choking were taken, and with success.
Recently, however, the girl, who is
the daughter of laboring people, became
troubled with an abscess near the neck.
Probing became necessary, and, for
eign body being felt, the patient was
nut under chloroform, when the doctor
extracted an ordinary safety min
(closed). The pin had remained In the
throat of the girl for sixteen months
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-12-14

Big Heated Whales.
The heart OF Greenland whale Is a
yard in diameter.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-05-11
Castoria.

ssCastoria isso well adapted to children that
Irecommend it as superior any prescription
known to me- II. \. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
IL So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, n. Y.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-05-11
How His Wife Caught Him.

A gentleman living in the west end
has been in the habit Of going t. the
lodge almost every night in the week,
says the Cincinnati Tribune He
manages to get home just sober enough
to deny ary lnsinuatlon of his wife
that he is intoxicated.
One cold night last winter the ce-
ment walk which runs from his front
door to the gate becan" ver. slippery.
With wonderful foletinught lie
sprinkled it with ashes. He then in.
formed his wife that it was necessary
for him to attend an important meet
| ing of the masons and departed.
His wife had noticed him sprinhllng
| ashes on the walk and she smiled
grimly as bright idea suggested
itself.
Fifteen minutes after n.r dntiful
lord had departed she sailed forth
from the house. bundled up and armed
with broom and abont fifty Feet Of
hose. She carefully swept the ashes
from the walk and then, after attach
ing the hose to the hydrant, literally
flooded the place.
She retreated and left the rest 10
Nature and her husband. Nature did
her part by turning the water into ice
so smooth aud slick that old Boreas
himself could not stand upon it. Early
next morning the husband proceeded
to 60 his part. He was in his usual
condition and there was but one
thought that renamed clear and dis.
tinct in his mind and that was that he
had placed ashes on the walk.
He opened the gate and confidently
! and brlsklv started for the door. In /;
few moments his feet tried to exchange
places with his head, he reyolved sew
erdl times in the air and then returned
very forcibly 70 the earth.
When it came to astonlshment ani
surprise that man could have stood Iii
ground against any one in the world
Again and again he essayed to wall
but every effort was bnt repetition
of the frs. Finally he gave it III
and tried to think out IA ws,y to reacl
the door.
! After an hours thought lie sncceed
ed in devising y way to slowly bu
surely get there. He played quadrupe.
and advanced on hands and knees
| When he was within a yald nf the
door it was quietly opened and hi
;wife appeared.
! "Henry," she said, "what on eartl
{ is the matter? 1t cannot be that yol
are drunk =
That was the straw that broke the
camel's back and the now lumbet
and penitent Henry replied: "ltsm
I'm drunk. But Ill he hanged if
don't believe the man who SAID ashe
wasn't siip'ry is a liar. $50 Chicago Rec
ord.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-05-11
Quebec,S Smart Blacksmith.

"Ordnance experts all over the
world will be very much interested in
the experiments being conducted by
Francois Allard, Quebec blacksmith,
who appears to have succeeded in
hardening ALUMINIUM so as to permit
OF its use in the manufacture of can
non," said Col. E. f. Bateman, a re-
tired English officer.
"Allard is the same genius who re
discovered some years ago the lost art
Of hardening copper but 1t is too ex-
pensive process to admit of such
metal being practically used. Recent
~ he made small cannon of TEN
pered aluminium about thirty inches
long and with Il bore five inches in
diameter. From this he repeatedly
fired charge of Il pound of powder
without injuring the piece.
The most remarkable part Of these
tests was that the metal of the barrel
was only a quarter Of an inch thick
There is no telling what revolution
may be brought about in the manu-
facture Of big guns if Allara's future
experiments in this line turn ont as
well as those already made. Wash
ington Star.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-05-11

The effort of George Peabody to
provide better dwellings for the poor
of London has met with more success
than was thought possible in his day.
The fund he gave new amounts 10
S5,500,000. Twenty-thousand persons
live in the II, 300 rooms that are built
according to his plans, and the aver
age rental Of a room is "a cents a
week. That Mr.. Peabody had II sin
gularly practical mind j. proved by
the result Of all his benefactions.