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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

DIR. ANNIE WALKER, of Mississippi,
IS superintendent of the hospital Mt Foo
Chou, China.
Mrs. EMMA SCOTT, of birmingham,
Ala, has been elected enrolment clerk
OF the Alabama senate.
MISS FRANC BAKER is writing his
tory of the Woman's Foreign NIissiona-
ry society of the Methodist Episcopal
church, which has GIGS organizations
with 153,5 SOB members.
Mrs. FRANCES KLoCK has introduced
n bill in the Colorado house providing
for IN industrial school for girls and
appropriating $4,000 for its establish
ment and maintenance.
Miss CARRIE LIEBIG, who has Just
been appointed division surgeon of
the Northern Pacific railroad at Hope.
Idaho, is the first woman physician to
be appointed in the railway service
Mrs. HARRIET DUTERTE, n colored
woman, is one of the most successful
undertallers in Philadelphia. She has
carried on the business for about
twenty-five years, furnishing all tho
requisites for funerals.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11
Literature and Art.

Those who pursue literature or art in
its various branches in this country ana
have talents in some degree commensurate
with their ambition are now generally
able TO make q comfortable livelihood. In
deed the men and women in the very front
rank are beginning to receive incomes
which would be highly satisfactory To IL
leading lawyer or physician. OF course
original work in literature or art demands
special ability and fitness, but the general
utility man is beginning TO have many OPP
portunitics presented TO him III connection
with what may be called the clerical work
of these professions. The great magazines
and publishing houses have an increasing
need for trained, scholarly men, for capa
bic critics and discerning advisers in the
field both of letter press and illustration.
From " Occupation, by Robert Grant,
In Scribncr's
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11
ORIGIN OF THE BANJO.
a Primitive Instrument In 1910, With It's
Own Peculiar Airs.

Own Peculiar Airs.
The banjo was III use long before the
day of doc Sweeney. 1t was principally
played by the negroes and was indeed Il
rude and simple instrument The first
one ever saw was made III this way:
a large gOurd covered with a rtw sheep
skin served for the drum, and the strings
were OF horsehair pulled from Il White
horses t;il 1t had only four strings I
am confident that Sweeney added the
bass string. My fathers carriage driver
was banjo player He played two or
three chan@clcSs tunes on ono cord I
saw Joe Sweeney Cor the first time about
1912, while [ was at school at Prince
Edward Court House. He and his brother
Sam We're together. Joe led on the VIC
lin and Sam played the banjo Both had
good voices, especially Sam, rich, full
baritone Of great sweetness and power
Even at this distant day l can recall
some of the tunes they sang Old Dan
Tucker, " do Johnnie Booker, " "Jul-
anna johnson, "Oh, Susanna. - ''Thc
Blue Tailed Fly" Jim Crack Corn, A."
and II Don't Care. -
When l saw the brothers again, the
character of the music was somewhat
changed, and was much more sentiment
tai and sympathetic. They rendered such
pieces as Dearest May, Rosa Lee, !"
Annie of the Vale, - "Nclle Was a
Lady" and "Ellcn Baync," with wor-
dertul effect These airs were melodious
and concordant, and often brought tears
TO the eyes of the audience Joe Sweeney
was above the medium size, and Of
line proportions, He had light hair and
rudy complexion. He had wonderful
facial powers. He could change his ex-
preston i'll - moment from grave to
comic
sweeney as u negro delineator was in
lmitablc. He knew the negro well, and
was perfectly natural, and, like Polk
Miller, never ovcrdid his work One Of
his performances always excited APP
Qlause, His old Virginia breakdown, Il
jig tune, lie danced, and made his own
music with his banjo hung around his
neck with string. Sweeney was entire
ly uneducated, but he was naturally
bright, and he often made smart local
hits that brought down the house.
Sweeney gavo notoricty to the banjo and
brought 1T into popular favor His habits
were improvident, and he was the sub
Ject of many temptations. He lived a
life OF unsclfish generosity and died in
poverty. He spent his last days in tho
county OF AppOmattox. 1 have heard
this story about him. do not youch for
its truth:
Before he died, his mind wandering,
he said to his sister: Come here. The
old banjo is out of tune, the screws are
slipping, and the bridge is about to
fall" These We're the last words of the
old fellow, who had charmed two con
tincnts with his melody and song. His
brother Sam was III the cavalry service
during tho war. Hc often played for
General Stuart. and the brave troopers
woald dance To his merry music as he
sang
If you want happy time, jinc the
cavalry. -
Ineyer heard Of him after tho war
Richmond Dispatch.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11
Their Needssupulied.

WISHES expressed by q number of
people TO Frank Bonner, proprietor OF
Bonner's Restaurant, for bed rooms in
connec ton with his restaurant, has in
duced him to fit up in queens taste sew.
eral rooms just over his restaurant. and
which can be furnished to all transient
people, together with the best meals in
town. at price lower even than the best
hotels in the State.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11
Four Big Successes.

HAVING the needed merit to more
than make good all the advertising
claimed for them the following four
remedies have reached phenomenal
sale. DR.. Kings New Discovery, for
ooneumptions, coughs and colds, each
bottle uarsnteed-Elec.ric Bitters, the
great remedy for liver, stomach and
kidneys Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the
best in the world, and DIR. Kings New
Life Pills, which are perfect pill. All
these remedies are guaranteed to do
just what Is claimed for them and the
dealer whose name 10 attached herewith
will be glad to sell you more OF them
Sold at Christian e. Barbee's drug store
GET ready for the special diamond
sale all day Tuesday, the 14th Como
in and examine goods at Ill Jefferson
street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11

GRAND auction sale OF diamonds on
Tuesday, 14th, at Davis trustee sale OF
FL. Silverthorn's Lynchburg stock.
Come in and examine goods
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11

Frederick tho Great had sharp, hat
chet face, with cold, blue eye, that, rs
one of his contemporaries said, "gleam
eal like reflection Of light from Il bay
onet. y
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11

A LIVE Cat OrcheBira with the Grea
Wallace Shows
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11
GLEANINGS FROM EUROPE.

THE salary list of the Bank of Eng
land, including pensions, aggregate
e30O,000 per annum. There are LOO
employees in the bank
THE Falls of Foycrs, one of the most
picturesque spots on Loeb Ness, have
been sold to manufacturing company
for the manufacture of aluminium.
LONDON BARRIERS hold the record for
excessive charges. Truth gives a case
where two men were charged $50 apiece
when the barber got through with
them.
BLACK fabrics are never used to cover
collins in Russia. For child or young
person pink shade of cloth is the Gus
tom; crimson is the style for the coffin
of n married woman, and brown for
widows.
a FEATURE of the Paris exhibition of
1900 will be a section devoted to the
history of Christianity from the begin
ming to thc present day, with repre-
scntations of the Temple of Jerusalem,
the scenes of the life of Christ Pagan
and Christian Rome, Constantinople
and the lives of the saints
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11
SUITS.

We are not closing business or leav-
ing town, but will always guarantee
prices aud give you first-class goods.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11

SOME people waste u good deal of
time in praying for joy, who are not
willing TO become unscllish. Rams
Horn.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11

M Y0TI want to sell anything: Try the one
cent-a-word column OF THE TINES
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11

Five pieces new Black Serge, lust opened 46 inch
w we'll worth G24 Gus, melting away 80 cents.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11

~ TUG may have as loud whistle as
an ocean greyhound, but the ship
carries the most freight.
II God answered all prayers, the
heavens would always be raining fire
on somebody's head.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11

rt,ng - See our lovely new line
11rs' corded Dimitics in black and viii
white, for hot days. Lots OF other
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11

FLATS.

Straw Hats-100 dozen, Csc, SOC,
75c, and 81. Styles perfect; value
uneXcelled.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-11

Grod and hundreds elegant 5Oc
~i ~ - 'oc and slOo Great
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
HIS UNCLE'S BOX.

"Also to my nephew, Oliver Brinton,
the square iron box in my study. On each
anniversary Of my death he is to open the
box and act as circumstances shall direct.
AS he shall carry out these my instrue-
tions, may God prosper him.
We all agreed that this was a very singu-
lar clause of Our late uncle's will. He had
not been the kind of man to cherish
secret, and mystery was quite the last
thing you would suspect him of.
When our mother died, we had not a re-
1ation in the world save him. He took
Horace and me home with him after the
funeral and henceforth our home was at
Wildcliff Hall.
1t was a quaint, old fashioned country
house, with beautiful grounds, Strawberries
and woods that made summer a delight.
1t was a happy life we led. Horace
would come over at the weeks end from
Sleighford and stay until Monday.
Our uncle's death came upon US as
great shock. We were not in any way pre-
pared for it. His health was always robust,
and he was what is described as well pre-
served man.
While dressing one morning he was
seized with an apeplectic fit, and ere help
could be summoned he expired. We laid
him to rest beneath an i1nmemorial yew
in quiet corner OF Wildcliff churchyard.
When the will was read, it was found
that ample provision was made both for
Horace and myself. Then occurred the
puzzling clause which gave US much food
for thought.
The months chased each other swiftly,
and it was the day when l must carry out
the dead mans instructions.
inserted the key into each lock and
flung the lid back. Inside the outer lid
there was placed cork shell, forming, as
a matter of fact, an inner box of cork.
Summoning resolution, with a swift
movement I threw back the cork lid and
looked in. With cry / fell back a step,
for there lay, in all its shriveled hideous-
ness, a severed human hand.
AS l looked intently into the box, to my
horror the hand moved, assuming the at
titude of writing, the fingers foreshorten-
ing and the knuckles rising. Slowly, with
the utmost elaboration, it wrote.
The writing was large, round and in
tensely black, showing wildly against its
light background of cork.
Every letter branded itself on my brain
as read these words:
''Oliver, my dear nephew, loved a
woman once. love her still. She could
not marty me. She married another.
While in life believed that she was dead.
She lives widowed and poverty stricken
with her only child. Her name is Ethel
Elston, and they live at Dalton, 20 miles
south Of Wlldclif. Go to them, relieve
their necesElties and do as you know
would wish you to do Farewell
The next morning found me in the town
of Dalton, bent on carrying out my In
structions. made many fruitless in
quiries for Mrs. Elston, but no one seemed
to know anything about such person.
began to doubt the accuracy of my su-
pernatural directions, when by happy ac-
cident I chapced upon the house I was
loQkipg fQE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
THEIR EASTER GREETING.
THE BEST THE WORLD CAN GIVE-HEALTH AND
WEALTH.

Mrs. Geo. E Mooney, Lansing, Kansas,
says: The World Medical Institute has
completely cured for me a case of nerv-
GUS trouble that had baff1ed all previous
efforts to overcome. 1 suffered so that
my mind was affected, and know they
have saved me from insanity.
Mrs. Mary A Rouserer, who lives at
319 Locust street. Topeka, says: 81 had
suffered nine years with Chronic Catarrh.
Stomach and Liver disorder as we'll as
with very painful female disorder. No
difference who went to, or what took for
relief, 1 was always disapp ointed-not
even relief came. Two months ago l
visited the physicians of the World Med
ical Institute. 631 Quincy street, and then
decided to try them. l am glad to say
that am so near myself again that it
has been a surprise to those who know
me. Never have I received such per-
manent and satisfactory as well as prompt
benefit-more than I had hoped for. l
simply make this statement for the ben
eft of those suffering as l have. Try
them for yourself
Mrs. R. L. Mitchell, Address North
topeka, says: II WAS SICK with indIgos-
ton catarrhal condition of the entire
system; was always sick and unable to be
around. took medical treatment of the
physicians of the World Medical Insti-
tute, 631 Quincy street, less than three
months ago. and they gave such surpris-
ing relief from the start and continued
to do SO until l now feel like myself
again They have accomplished more
for me than I had hoped for when |
commenced treatment They are GER
tsinly worthy the entire confidence of
the sick and afflicted everywhere
Mr.. j. T. Price, of Topeka, Kansas,
aged 70 years, who had suffered with
severe and &ggravating bladder trouble
for long time, and could find no relief
day or night, now says: l commenced
treatment with the Physicians of the
World Medical Institute, at 631 Quincy
street, less than three months ago, and
by the World Medical Institute system
of treatment was cured of all the pain
and annoyances attending such ag
gravating diseases. l suffer from It no
more, and it is certainly permanent
They gave me perfect satisfaction.
Mrs. T. Hulin, Butler, Mo-, says: I
could not walk for ten years because of
complication of nerve, stomach, and
liver troubles. for which l could get no
| relief. In three months time the World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
Toll Not Nor Spin,

A very untidy and reprehensible per-
son hurried up the steps of big house
early Sunday morning. Her hair was
untidy, and her shoes were run down at
the heel. She talked to herself, too-a
disgraceful habit.
"Hot coffee and two eggs Yes, the
two eggs for Easter,'' she whispered as
she rang the bell Her eyes shone. A
plump little rosebud of a girl opened
the door. The woman smiled eagerly.
"'I've finished it, F" she gasped.
''Well, it's about time, - scolded Miss
Rosebud. ''You had no business to keep
me in such suspe, E. I've worried my
self almost sick. ~
She took the bundle and hurried up
stairs.
please, - faltered the reprehensible
person, please, the money. I worked
all night
"Come some other time,'' said Miss
Rosebud over her shoulder. Don't
bother me now.'
The untidy woman went down the
steps, Her lips trembled, but Miss Rose
bud had the IOveliest dress Of all the
lovely new dresses in the big church on
the avenue that morning. At least that s
what one young man in the congrega-
ton said, and he ought to have known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

There are two things which are per-
haps to be desired above all others
health and money-which is the more
desirable of the two is easily determined
For while it certainly is often true that
money can buy health, it is also equally
true that there is health which not all
the wealth in the world can purchase.
While millions are of no account with
out health, perfect health has all it re-
quires though confronted by a scarcity
of pence 1t is true that, just as
the moneyed man tells you, the
thing he needs is health. The sky is
only blue to US while we have good
health. 1t is only then that the light of
the sun is pleasant and nature smiles,
we realize that, indeed the sun ia always
shining somewhere in the world, and if
it is not quite where we are standing,
why, it will be soon. The days are short,
the nights not long; if it is now winter,
tomorrow brings no roses, and then what
sweet rapture is in the roses. The fruits
of the earth, how good they are; and
how pleasant a thing it is to eat when
one is healthy; but when sick dare not
touch. 1t is often said: 1--WE envy Smith,
his good health; he has never had a
doctor in his life"
He is probably blessed with good di-
gestion-which is about as desirable a
possession as a man can have. Possibly
three fourths of the ills which affect
mankind have more or less remote con
nection with the digestive organs. He
who can within reasonable limits eat and
drink what he pleases, who can sleep at
will and rise refreshed; who never
knows those dark hours which are the
bane of the dyspeptic-that man is the
owner of a treasure, the full value of
which he will not know till he has lost it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

Pasta's voice extended from low A to D
in altissimo and was one of the most re-
markable illustrations ever furnished Of
the value of musical culture in overcoming
natural blelnishes. Her voice was stub
born and unmanageable, but by dint of
study and indefatigable perseverance she
brought it to a state of perfection that was
the admiration of her contemporaries.
Her delight was tae bravura style of orna-
ment and where the composer had not
been sufficiently liberal in bestowing or
namentation on her part she invented cav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

Medical Institute had me taking three
mile walks, and / continued steadily TO
improve under their advice till now I
am we'll
Mr.. Earl Williams, CT Olathe, Kansas,
says: The physicians Of the World Medi-
cal Institute shall be our doctors here
after They cured me completely of
stubborn liver disorder, attended with
dyspepsia, malnutrition and nervousness
They also cured my wife of very an
toying female trouble.
John ". Green, the Unknown stock
buyer at Rosedale, Kansas. says: "My
entire nervous system had been a wreck
for ton years. / was melancholy, could
not remember things, and felt that had
entirely lost my usefulness as a man
among men. In just five months the
World Medical Institute had me as we'll
as / ever was ia my life"
Mr. g. b Brown, foreman in Swift's
Packing House, a-d who lives 1886 AL
len ave, ArmourdGle, Kan, says: II
had what WAS called catarrhal consump-
ton l raised blood, had night sweats,
coughsd terribly, had all the nervous
phenomena attendant on such condi.
zion, was weak and emaciated, had to
Civ up work entirely. Tried our local
physicians for a year, but steadily grew
worse. In September the World Medi-
cal Institute took hold of my case and
today / am strong and healthy"
Mr.. s. X. Hook of Lawrence, Kan,
says: had been a sufferer for ten years
with Catarrh, and could find no relief I'M
til took treatment from the Physicians
of the World Medical Institute. The re-
suit is l am suffering from it no more.
E. L. Cooper, Oiathe, Kansas, says: I
had suffered with nervous debility and
bronchial trouble for six years, and could
find no one who seemed to understand
my case until | saw the Physicians of
the World Medical Institute They
treated me and l am a we'll man now,
and l know they cured me.
Mr.. Fl. w. Farren, Kingfsher. Okla,
says: ~ feel rejoiced to think it was
my good fortune to have placed my case
10 the hands of the physicians of the
World Medical Institute My. trouble
was catarrh and nervous prostration.
They have completely cured me sound
and we'll.
Mr.. ]. L. Lluellin, the well-known
liveryman at Olathe, Kansas, says: 81
cannot speak too highly of the physi-
clans of the World Medical Institute.
They have reduced large Goitre for
me aud cured me of dyspepsia and
nervous heart disorder"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

But with the advent of i'll health a more
sober note comes in the voice, the sun
shines more seldom. Sometimes one
wonders if it ever shines at all, any
where, and, if it dees, what we notice is
that 1t is trying to the eyes and how it
worries one, and how slowly the time
passes, while to speak OF the pleasures of
the palate is to talk rank folly. 1t is
with pain of the stomach that such are
better acquainted when their health is
gone.
Health, someone has said, is freedom
from paiu There is something in that
The man with pain can scarcely be a
healthy man. On the other hand, it is
by no means certain that man is healthy
because he is free from pain, and there :
fore thinks that all, physically, is right
with him; it, unfortunately. does not
necessarily follow that it is, as many
such one has learned when he has en-
deavored to effect an insurance on his
life. You may be without the SEM
blauce of ache or pain, in the best of
spirits, full of faith in the good which
the years shall bring you, and yet already
sick unto death-the disease which per-
haps in another week or month will
cause you to be numbered with the great
majority.
If you are sick or are not sure of your
physical condition, call and be examined
by the expert specialists at the World
Medical Institute, 631 Quincy street,
Topeka, who will be frank and tell you
if you can or cannot be cured. A thor
ough examination free of charge. Drop
all fake nostrums and humbugs and use
your best reasoning powers, for such
people will soon find out after taking our
treatment what the difference really is
and get what the following persons
have received:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

VIM. Ackley, 1865 Harrison street. To-
peka, says: 1 had very severe case of
catarrh of the head and throat, extend
ing through the entire system. took
treatment of the physicians of the World
Medical Institute, 631 Quincy street, in
doubt whether I would be benefited or
not, but to my surprise 1 have been 80
completely benefited which seems that
I am absolutely cured It is the most
satisfactory treatment have ever tried,
as well as the most pleasant l think it
safe TO say in this connection that they
cure their patients.
Mrs. ]. S. Jordon. Wakarusa, Shawnee
county, Kansas, sayss l had catarrh of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12

Bessie Footlights-I should like to show
you my new dance but there isn't room
for it here.
Manager-Wait till 1 move this table
out of the way
Bessie Footlights-That won't do any
good. The ceiling is too low.-New York
World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-12
JUST WHAT EVERYBODY SAYSl

the head and throat, which had extended
low down the bronchial tubes and had
given me much uneasiness and had an
noyed me for several years. I could find no
one who could even give me, relief. Ihad
begun to think there was no cure for me.
! consulted the physicians of the World
Medical Institute at 631 Quincy street,
and they told me they could cure it. So
l reluctantly took their treatment, and
find that it has disappeared from my
throat and head, and 1 am satisfied that
they havesthe best treatment for that diff
fculty known. They are honest and full
~ understand their profession as expert
specialists. They have certainly done
more for me than l had hoped for