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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11
rclephonlng to the Moon.

Both Edison in America and Prceco in
England have. long maintained that 1t is
possible to establish OH the earth record
of the electrical disturbances that tako
place on tho sun. An electrician now
holds that 1t is easily feasible 10 telephone
to tho moon. He bases his belief in tho
possibility of this communication on tho
we'll known lnws of ether vibration The
ocean of ether quivcrs to every touch 1t
binds tho planets together with an iron
hand, flexible yet firm, solid yet infinitely
elastic. 1t Is tho ideal medium for tho
transmission of signals. When it moves
evon 10 an extent inconcciyably small, our
sight is affected; We see. These ether
waves arc eight minutes coming to us from
the sun, travelling at the enormous velocity
OF 1872, GOO miles Il second. 1t is possible
TO produce waves moving at this terrific
speed by electrical means, rs, for instance,
In the telephone, which Is actuated by in
flnitoly small pulsations.
When an iron mass Is in the vicinity OF
these electrical vibrations buzz or hum
Is given out. This noise may be distinctly
heard In some systems of street lighting
apparatus, where tho current is trans
formed from high to n low pressure. In
accordance with this principle it is pro-
posed to send electrical pulsations far out
into the ether and have them act upon any
metallic mass llkc iron with sufficient
force To produce sound. II tho moon con
tainS iron, and there is reason to believe
that 1t does, tho striking upon 1t Of these
marvellous vibrations would give rise TO u
murInur OF sound. 1t is suggested that
this daring experiment could be carried
out by means of gigantic coil mounted
vertically with its axis in line with tho
moon.--St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.

Rlvicrc, the French rider, recently rode
523 miles In Pa hours
John ;. johnson is the way the vouno
professional is said to write his name since
he left the amateur ranks.
I. d. Potter, the New York state chief
consul, Is being doomed for president of
the League of American Wheelmen.
1t is said that a. A. Zimmerman, the
professional rider receives 50, 600 for COM
pctinR in the bicycle meets In Australia in
addition to a guarantee for every raco In
which he rides, win or lose
Willie Windlc the former well known
racer, is training on the Waltham track
and will go for all the class A records
shortly Windlc WAS at ono time Zimncr-
mans most formidable rival
Cyclist l.. u. Cabanne is in very bad
shape, and it is doubtful if he will be able
TO do any racing for some time to come.
Cnbannc received II very bad full at Asbury
Park In the first days races and has not
recovered from the elects.
John :. Johnson was the first bicyclist
to ride the mile inside of two minutes in
the following different ways The mile fly-
Ing start standing start, strHightaway TN
paced, standing competition and living
competition. The first performance was
done three years ago.
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OLIVER TEBEAU.

or, was the meek response. Its the same
old drunk" So with Tcbcau It's tho
same old injury A bad knee, which re-
mains weak and is easily rcinjurcd. has
kept him out of uniform most of the sea-
son. But his mastery directing hand Is
seen in the clubs success
Uncle Arson has been injured too. So
the report goes. have seen it stated and
never denied that at least two of his lar
board ribs have been unhingcd from his
backbone and are swinging loose mt that
end like broken down panel of board
fence They tell SO many lies about the
baseball Bismarck, however, that this may
be one of the July mSnthly Inventions
Yet I believe that Ansc without any rib
connection whatever with his backbone
could play about as well ms some of the
professionals could with a double set, all
fast and rivcted.
But the old man Is growing anxious as
the season wancs. He realizes his team S
weakness-just where pointed it out sew
erai months ago. He needs pitchers. Con-
sequcntly he has agents out in the woods
cunning for specimens. According to cur
rent rumors, he is gathering in new pitch
crs by the gross from the prairics, the com
mons, the frontier and the back counties
If there be any unconscious Rusies
Eoungs, Hawlcys or Brcitcnstcins wasting
their talents in the wilderness our Chicago
uncle Is tho man to find them End bring
them to the front. No one doeibts that
they are needed in the business. Cleve-
land, New York and Pittsburg may not
need them, but other clubs do This Is cs-
pecially true of Philadelphia, Baltimore
Brooklyn and Washington
Tho excitement which comes from the
great National league championship race
makes President Youngs task of supply
ing competent umpircs very hard and
trying one. He has been experimenting
all season in an effort to find few Ems
lies, McQuaids or Lynches, but failure aft
or failure has met him in the work. Belts
Campbell, Calvin and Tuthill have drop
ped from the list, ard others are officiating
whose sole duty in life it seems Is to call
down the anathcmas of rootcrs wherever
thc!- are assigned to umpire
MIR. Young has long since learned that
umpirs do not grow on bushes nonis the
art of umpiring II drug in the sporting
market IT looks Us easy us rolling off I.
log. and many are the men who learned
differently when they tried it. Emslic and
K0ic Of all the present League staff have
given satisfaction this year to the teams
and spectators generally, but even they
have not escaped scot free.
Il is notable fact that the majority OF
this years umpircs in the League have
been pitchers ut some time in their profcs-
sional life. Emslic. Kccfc, Calvin ana
o Day are the prominent examples OF the
theory that pitcher should make good
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Alicrtons and Astens Not Plentiful.

Do You ever expect to raise another AL
lerton or an Ax;cil:" Il Chicago Tribune
reporter recently asked G. W. Williams.
81 hope TO, but can't say that 1 expect
to do so Tho more experience have In
breeding the more certain l am that AL
lcrtons and -Axtnlls do not grow on every
bush. have some young things that /
think we'll OF, but I shall not lie discour-
aged II they are not record breakers. You
know there never has been 3-ycar-od rs
fast as Axtoil or u 5-ycar-old Al!crton's
equal, and, That being the case, have done
very We'll even i: should produce TO more
like them
win npo;hc- ,rot;cr sell for a.oo, 900
within 20 years."
u dcn't know rhc fac; is only two
trot;crs have ever been sold Tor tina.
amount. senator Stanford sold ...r:on for
1929, 00o and sold AXtell fo- *l05 oGo.
They wcro sold during prosperous times
and WHEN money was plenty but rs we
will surely lave Us good tinos again it
may be that some colt or horse having phc-
nomenai spool will sell for rs much or
even maze th;,r that paid for Ar:on or AK.
tell"
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SECRETARY moRroN.s TRIBurE.
HIS Talk Has Done Good--ue VIII Prob.
ably buy . Yirgieia Earn

his Talk Has Done Good-ue VIII Prob
ably buy yirEisia Farm.
WASHINGTON. August 10 Tho Post
says there are sNong probabilities that
SECRETARY Morton will buy Virginia
farm. II he does, he will divide his
iuture residence between Nebraska and
the Old Dominion. On the e2nd of
August, Secretary Morton, by the
earnest invitation Of the leading men OF
manassas will deliver an address at the
town OF Manassas. Not only will SEQ
retary Morton make q speech on that
day but incidentally he will look over a
farm lying near by Manassas with d
view Of Its purchase.
Inc farm holds in the vicinity OF 200
acres and is furnished with house,
oarns, orchards, lawns, field and wood
land. It would and will make an sd-
mlraole country seat, and 1t is one of
the strong chances OF the future that
Secretary Morton will become its
owner.
Yes" said Secretary Morton to the
Post reporter, when approached on the
subject OF his possible transportation
10 virginia, I'm going TO look al a
place out toward Manassas. l shall
speak there on the 22nd, and at the
same time go over the farm havs in
my eye:
Inc Interview the Post printed,
wherein | spoke Of the excellence of
Virginia soil and the moderate figures
at which her lands might be bought,
brought forth a storm of letters. Ihave
received them from almost every North
ern State this side of the Mississippi
and they are still pouring in
1T shows the interest people take in
cheap farming lands. understand the
railways running into Virginia have
taken hearty grip In the matter 1t
Will DO good. 1t ought to. There's DO
reason on earth why Virginia should
not swarm with vigorous agricultural
lie. The more l think of 1t the moro
I'm impressed, and the wonder ia that Il
should be at the very door of an over
crowded North and GO unnoticed 80
long"
There isn't word which I said of
the strength Of the harvests which lie
asleep In the soil Of Virginia which
overstate the truth. All II needs Is
industry. energy and know how, and NO
farm would pay better, produce better
than the farms OF Virginia. One hears
and has heard Of the overworked soils
OF the South, until. In the North at
least, the assertion Of sterility goes
without challenge. 1t Is bosh, never
was a bigger humbug in the way OF
statement. The South. Virginia for in
stance, Is as fertile a region as lies out
OF doors to-day There is hardly crop
but 1t will produce, and abundsntly at
that"
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heart, while Richard Mansfield is still tell
Ing of how shabbily he WAS treated over
there. Therefore when an American with
out reputation mt home goes abroad and
wins fame it Is all the moro gratifying
And that Is what Lyln Kavenaugh has
done.
Miss kavcnaugh Is Philadelphia girl
OF good family who was we'll educated and
gently reared. She became magnificent
performer on the piano and several other
instruments before her voice received any
particular attention. Then it was discov-
cred that She was possessed of n phonom-
email vocal organ, and Miss Kavonaugh
went to New York and put herself in
charge of tho famous instructors, Mime
Rodcrick and Signor Bcllari
The young singer found Mt the end Of
her period of preparation TINT her work had
only Just begun. 1t was next to impossi-
bic to get an engagement that she was
willing TO accept and Miss Knvenaugh de
cided to go to Europe to look for work
She went to Paris and signed u contract
soon after her arrival. Before its cxpira-
ton Vert, the great London imprcsario
heard her and engaged her for long term
in the British capital, to he followed by n
season in Berlin. Miss Kavcnaugh's work
has evoked genuine enthusiasm, and she
Is such strik!ngly handsome woman that
her portrait has been published by nearly
every illustrated paper in Franco and Eng
lond
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Higher Low-Art Lying at Madrid and
Havana.

high-Or Low-Art Lying at Madrid and
Havana.
II the official literary bureaus at Hs-
vana and Madrid would only secure The
services of few writer's of fiction, in
whom the sense of humor has begun to
develop, the reports sent out from those
points about the Cuban war wauld bear
less obviously the marks OF being In
tended, not as guarantee of good
faith, but for publication The present
employees do not attempt to give their
yarns even the appearance OF PROBABLE
ity The most they consent to admit
when hard pushed, is that some Of the
Victories won by Marshsl Campos are
not SO important and decisive az some
OF the others.
A crushing defeat. like that which he
sustained At Veranzuela, Is kept quiet
as long as possible, and when ali it's
details have become everywhere known,
they say the minister of war has cabled
congratulations to the vnnquished gem
eral, and has informed him that his
recent military achievements" have
created "a deep impression in Spain"
That In one sense Is no doubt true, for
those exploits have made an enormous
mole into which the homo government
Is disconsolately preparing 10 drop the
scanty remnants of Its army and its
gold, but the official prevnricators m ade
mistake in revealing the war minis
ter's cruel bit OF sarcasm. Their bust
ness Is TO expurge words like defeat"
reverse" and disaster" from the re-
ports that reach them from the officers
In the field and to fill up the spaces thus
left vacant with pretty phrases for the
editcasion OF marines. New York
Tribune.
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THE ROANOKE TIMES, SUNDAY, AUGUST II, 1895.

umpire. Snyder was catchcr. So was
Honest" John Kelley Ferguson was al
infieldcr, and believe Lynch never played
professional game in his life. Ono of
the best finds NIr. Young ever made
was Stage, the professional sprintcr OF
Cleveland, who served part of last season.
His work was cSccllcnt, and general regret
followed his resignation on account of i'll
ness.
The National league magnntes believed
after their legislation last spring that they
had solved the umpire question and had
hit upon rules which would suppress ex-
cessive kicking on the ballfield They now
find that the question Is rs far from being
solved ms ever Tho system of fines which
was adopted ut the spring meeting will
not answer. Cmpires recognize them as
excessive and refuse, except In rare cases,
to intlict them. Players soon realized this
weakness In tho code and have taken I'D
vantage of - In my opinion the only way
to prevent useless wrangling on the ball
field Is to prohibit all questioning of UNI
pircs' decisions absolutely. But it would
even then be uncertain whether tho kickcrs
could be suppressed.
There are ball players who kick quite as
naturally as summer girl nirts. The man
who will suggest n plan TO Suppress that
class of players Will merit the reverence of
million baseball patrons
o. i. CAYLOR.
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A very convenient mucilage, says In
~ention. can be made out of onion Juice
by any one who wishes to use it. A
good sized Spanish onion after being
boiled for short time, will yield, on
being pressed, quite "a large quantity OF
very adhesive fluid. This is used ex-
tensively i'll various trades for FASTING
paper on to tin or zinc or even glass, and
the tenacity with which it holds would
surprise any one on making the first ut
tempt 1t is cheap and good mucilage
and answers as well as the more costly
CementS
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11

HTevPntPdy
Every year thcre-ariscs discussion over
the merits or dement's of playing managers
OF ball teams. The question of course has
its two sides, and each side has it's warm
advocates. Therefore 1t Is by no means
settled In tho baseball public's mind that
club Is better off to have Its manager
among its players than to have him as a
nonparticipant in the game. ST. Louis,
Chicago. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburg
and New Ycek have managers who are nc
tive players. The other National league
clubs employ managers who never put on
uniform unless In one or two instances,
rs Irwin of Philadelphia McCloskcy of
Louisville and Foutz of Brooklyn, when
the uniform Is donned to permit the man
agcr to coach.
Inst year Arson began the season rs
manager by sitting on the bench in citizen
dress. 1t didn't work well in his caso, and
not till he took up his knickcrbockcrs and
went hack upon the nine did he succeed in
imprcssiDg his players with his strong per
sonality. presume, after all, 1t is not so
much question of playing or not playing
us 1t Is of the nan adaptation. Men like
Arson, Doyle. Tcbcau and Ewing will DO
better by taking part in each game and
participating in the work of the team be
1t good, bad or indifferent. But the Han
Ions, Sccles and Schmclzcs arc not built
for effective service in uniform
Next TO Arson tie most successful man.
agrr among those who play on their mines
is Captain Oliver Tcbcau of Cleveland.
more familiarly known us Patsy Exactly
where his success lies is hard to decide IIo
is, however, what is called n fighter. When
1t comes to that quality, Arson must rank
below him. Tho nearest rival he has In
his peculiar methods is Manager Doyle of
New York, who, l believe, ut one time,
was Tcbcau's pupil Patsy can heap more
misery upon an unpirc's life in one after
noon perhaps than any man who ever
managed n ball team. He is the umpircs
bcte noirc. With him Kicking is profess
sional life, and when he does kick at u de-
cision 1t Is no half hearted affair, but Is
full of his whole soul. On such occasions
Mr. Tcbcau's language is not always pure,
simple and sweet. Indeed he has the rep
utatlon of being able to express himself on
such occasion with more force than cle-
gance.
This season he has been particularly I'M
fortunate. Accident after accident has
kept him off his nine Perhaps | should
express 1t us the topper did whom no was
brought before the judge for the sixth
time. His honor scowlcd and Numbered:
What! Drunk again. mo, ycur hou-
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TRAVELLING GOWN.

the edge. There Is no way to improve upon
this, and 1t Is unqucstionably the most be-
coming of all models as 1t makes u charm
Ing background for u pretty face and sof-
tens the irregularities, Of an ugly one
Marie Antoincttc fichus are u pretty fin
ish for summer gowns of orgnndie muslin
and nainsook. They are usually edged
with u double rufllc of lace or OF the thin
goods OF which they arc made. This fluffy
style of bodice is of course only suitable
for slender figures and women with long
nocks a short neck Is great defect in
womnn's beauty, and great care should bc
taken by short ncckcd women to- keep nll
bouffant trimming away from the throat
and to wear nothing which increases the
height of the shoulders. The more sloping
the latter can b. made to appear the longer
the neck will seem to be- The contrary
rule holds good In regard to women whose
nccks are too long, although this latter de
feet Is preferable to the former one \
long neck has always been held an attri-
butte OF beauty in woman.
n sketch shows u useful gown uf beige
cloth. The back of the godct skirt is orna-
mcntcd with rows OF stitching at the foot.
while the seams of the tablier arc strapped.
and the tablcr itself Is buttoncd down
with pearl or light horn buttons The
Jacket has short ripple basque and pclcr-
Inc, and the RIVERS art adorned with but
tons like those on the skirt. Underneath
the jacket is worn u plated chciniscttc of
pink batiste The cigot sleeves have strap
ped cuffs, and the belt is OF leather las
toned by u silver buckle.
juno CHoLIEr.
wouldn't Take the Risk.
Wigelc WacgleS-W'ot kind o. pie is
1t, mum:
Lady-Grapo pie
Wigglc Waggles-Excuso me. mum,
but I'm afeard; you know de dangers
of appendicitis. Chicago Record
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Il nj. Sutton u Co,

CAPT. D. c. BooTH, agent OF r. M.
Sutton & Co., Of Baltimore, Wholesale
dealers in dry goods and notions, whose
sample rooms are in the Hotel Lee,
Corner Salem avenue and Commerce
street, has just received and opened up
the largest and most complete line Of
dry goods and notion samples ever ex-
hibi.ed in this city. Captain Booth will
be pleased to see the merchants OF the
city and surrounding country at his
sample rooms.
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LYLA kAVENAUGH.
n Young American Singer Who Has Scored
Great Hit In Europe.
o. =. CAYLoR.

For several years England and Franco
have been dcluging this country with ac-
tors of more or less ability. Many Of these
people have been warmly and all have
been courteously received, despite the fact
TINT with perhaps single exception no
American player has won emphatic success
on the ''othcr side" for moro than two dec
AIDES. Mary Anderson was the fortunate
one. Booth and Jefferson could have done
very much better at home, Lawrence Bar
rott's London experience almost broke his
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11

1T is the best patent medicine in the
world" is what Mr.. E. M. Hartman, of
marquam, Oregon, says OF Chsmberlain's
Collie, Cholera and DiSrrhna Remedy.
What leads me to make this assertion
is from the fact that dysentery in its
worst form was prevalent around here
last summer and 1t never took over two
or three doses of that remedy to effect
a complete cure" For sale by the Chas
Lyle Drug Co.
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To Make Pure Blood

THERE Ia no medicine before the people
equal TO Hoods Sarsaparilla. It is the
standard spring medicine and blood
purifier and 1t possesses peculiar merit
which Others try in vain to reach. 1t
really makes the weak strong Do not
neglect to purify your blood this spring.
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla now.
HOODS Pills become the favorite
cathartic with every one who tries them.
csc. per box.
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Mr.. c. G. STRONG, principal Of the
public schools at Anderson, Cal, SAYS:
~ have used Cham berlain's Pain Balm
and have found 1t an excellent remedy
for lameness and slight wounds" Lame
ness usually results from a sprain. or
other Injury, or from rheumatism, for
which Chamberlain's Pain Balm Is es-
pecially intended and unequalled. II
affords almost mmediate relief and in q
short time effects permanent cure. For
sale by Chas. Lyle Drug Co.
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BODICE TRIMMINGS.
Becoming Pnrnsols = Marie Antoinette
Fichus In Lace and Muslin.

tcfftIH III H1t<e t11ltE NIuSfifi.
"A bodice garnitur of butter colorcd
Lace and dresden ribbon is made with n
perfectly plain collar of tho lace, u square
yoke and shoulder ruf1lcs plated exceed
ingly full. A vnndykc cdging OF tho lace
falls over tho bust and Is healed by band
of tho dresden ribbon, which turns at the
corners of the yoke and extends up to tho
shoulder, ending In enormous upright
bows and loops.
Ono may hnvp parasol absolutely plain
or trimmed to tho verge of absurdity with
puffs and rufllcs and ribbons and be quite
In fashion. a style as pretty rs any is
plain silk. with very full ruf1ie of lace at
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Chamberlaln sye and skin oInfman,

Is certain cure for Chronic Sore
Eyes, Granulated Eye Lids, Sore Nip
Piles, Piles, Eczema, letter, Salt Rheum
and Scaid Head. rs cents per box.
For sale by druggists.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11

If YOU want to post yourself on the
money question read COINS Financia,
School" Price, rs cents. For sale BY
Thompson &c Meadows
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Castoria.

~Cnsto<fa t. mn excellent medicine for chill
..Ser- Mothers have repeatedly told the OF It's
good effect upon their children"
DR. c. c. Oscoop,
Lowell, Mass.
"CnstcVfn IS thc best remedy for Children of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest OF their children. and use Castoria
instead OF the various Quack nos.ru,us which
are destroying their loved ones, bv forcing
opium, morphine. soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down t!icr thrcats, thereby
sending them TO premature graves"
D2. J, L. KINcuEtoE
Conway, ARK
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Castoria.

"Castorfa IS we'll adapted to children that
reruIninc:id II as superior to any prescription
known to me-
IL A. ARCHER N. D., :.
III So Oxford St., Brooklyn, n. Y.
Our physicians In the cbildren's depart
rient have spoken highly of their expert
cnce in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet We arc free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
flvor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIspKSsARy,
Boston, Mass.
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ASPLAYERS
Both Sides of a Regular Annual
Discussion.
0. p. CAYL0R'S BASEBALL GOSSIP.

Captain Oliver Tcbenu tho Bette Noire of
the Umplres-Uncle Arson on a Still
HUNT For New Pitchers-How Can the
'Kicking" of Players 10 Prevented9
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