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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
THE CARS LAST GIFT.
An Instanco OF tho Thoushtful,es, of
Alexander.


Alexander.
The late car of Russia NAV haye mir.
sued mistaken and somewhat cruel
government policy, but in his domestic
relations he was nll thoughtfulness and
affection, says foreign exchange. It
Is told that last summer the car md
empress visited n great shop in st.
petersburg to buy jewels for their sons
future bride. The empress greatly nd
mircd beautiful bracelet, and told tho
car that she wished to possess it. On
Their return one of the serious attacks
TO which he was subject came upon
hlm' and the empress forgot the brace
let. The car died, and to the empress
III the early days of her widowhood
came, November II, the first birthday
snc must pass alone. On her other
birthdays the car had been wont to
place bouquet in thcInorning room of
inc empress Inside the flowers was
always found some rich, rare rift.
chosen months beforehand. Tho
empress had avoided the room nc too
full of painful memories, but this morn
ing, the morning of his wedding dov
Nicholas requested his mother to 20
There rs favor to him. Tho first thinr
She saw was the bouquet in the usual
place, ind inside tho flowers was u case.
fastened and scaled by the cars own
hands. 1t contained the bracelet. Ito
had ordered it on the same day that tho
empress saw it, and on his dcathbcd
had given instructions for the birthday
gift, bidding his son to be near to com
1ort her when She received it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
7 hin Children.

The reason why they arc thin
is because their food does not
nourish them. Probably they
do not assinilatc enough fat.
Cod-livcr Oil is the most easily
assimilated of all fats, but in its
natural state it upscts the stom-
ach and dcrangcs the digestion.
In SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
liver Oil with Hypophosphites
this difficulty is overcome. 1t is
half digested already and is very
palatablc. Children grow fat
on it when all other food fails to
nourish them.
Dont5e persuaded to accept a substitute!
Scott G Bovine, Ny. All Druggists. Soc and ST..
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
CLOTHES MADE OF WOOD.
ono OF tho Things Which tho Future VIM
Probably Bring Forth

VINO OF tho innings Which tho Future VIII
Probably Bring Forth.
Time was when references 70
wooden ovcrcoat were understood as
the lrrevcrcnt equivalent of mcasurinr
Mman for u coffin, but it would seem
That suits of clothes made of wood NAV
soon be an accomplished fact.
The writer, says the Edinburgh
Scotsman, is indebted to n merchant
OF the city of cloth-Lccds-f n
glimpse of samples of species of cloth.
and also of sort of cotton, made
wholly out of wood fiber, these two
woven pieces having all the aDpcar-
ancc OF attractive articles of their own
kind. Both these novel textile fabrics
are the result of prolonged expert
ments with pincwood and spruce, which
have been ingcnously torn, to pieces
III the first instance and then blcachcd
by an elaborate chemical process
After chemical treatment in many
ways the wood becomes q soft. white
pulp, which is run through perforated
plates, the resulting threads bcinr
dried by stcaming process. These
threads can be woven, and the ma
terial Is susceptible of taking readily
any sort of dye. The fabric can bc
made at an astonishingly cheap cost: if
looks we'll and has n certain amount &c
strength experiments in this connca-
ton are now being carried ouD. and its
appearance on the market, sooner or
later, is absolutely certain, especially
IN the form of imitation cotton.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
BUYING SNOW.
Wild Western Idea of Now Yorl, Dinner
Decorations

Wild Western Idea of New York Dinner
Decorations.
What to do with the snow is ALWAYS
mystery in New York city, saws q
western paper, but portion of the
commodity finds buyers at tolerablv
fair prices. The passion for making a
snow man is strong in the breasts of
all boys, but when snow falls in dimin-
utivc modicums, as it does in the
metropolis, the youths have hard worl,
to get enough for even SNOWFALL
Papas who can afford it have been civ
ing the carriers fair price for their
carloads. In tho few little gardens
OF New York an occasional snow man
has been challenging the admiration
OF ncighborhoods Some carriers have
even been ringing doorbclls where
they knew children lived and Offering
to leave their ablcn wares for o. con-
sidcration. The police are very watch
full for these fellows, however, for 1t is
a misdemcanor to empty wagon.
load of snow in New York street. It
is not unusual for snow to be hcapcd
up at dinner table on some silver tray
or other, with roses and other flowers
arranged about it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
One of L,ncoln's Answers.

Speaking in n recent speech of Ger
tain Washington experiences in Lin
coins time, AIr. Dcpcw said: "yvhilc
was there Mr.. John Ganson, of Buffalo,
was n member of congress. His face
and his head were hairless and polished
like n billiard ball. He was q demo-
crat, but supported the president. The
conditions of the army were very blue
in the east and in tho west Ganson
camc in one day md said: Mr.. Prcsi-
dent, am rislsing my reelection in sup
porting your war measures. The cam
pnign seems very unsatisfactory. OF
course will not give out anything you
tell me. What is the situation ut tho
'front.'? Mr.. Lincoln, in his searching
and sad way, looked Mt him for n mo
ment as if he were about to reveal the
secret of the whole army, and then
tumblcd Ganson out of the reception
room by saying: 'Ganson, how clean
you shave"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
AT LAST.

Some day or other the cross will be lifted,
Beneath which tho pilgrim has journcycti so
long.
Some day or other tho luto that Is riftcd
Shall melody mako In the chorus of song
Some day or other tho hopes early persisted
Shall rise into beauty undrcamcd of before;
Some day or other the hearts fondly cher
ishcd.
The lost and the lonscd-for, tho grave shall
restore
Some day or other tee doubts which hayo
haunted
Shall all be dispcllcd in the light OF His face;
Some day or other tho foes who have tnunted
All "ano"ishcd shall be through the might
e. OF AIS grace.
Some day or other tho toll shall be ended,
The namcless unrest. the vague ycarning DO
past:
Thanks unto Him who thus safely hath
tended
Tho ransomcd shall cry. ut is Heaven at
lGSt."
E. A kelsey, in Great Thoughts.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
Tho Critic COMPOUNDED.

A practice to which large number
of men conform is not lightly to be
found fault with, for it is generally
based upon good reason, of which tho
critic is ignorant. Coleridge, the poet
and philosopher, was once floored by a
Jew, peddlcr of old clothes, whom he
ventured to criticise for abbrcviating q
word The jew had annoyed Cole
ridge by passing him several times,
crying for old clothes in the most nasal
tone. At last, the philosopher was so
provoked that he said to the pcddler:
Pray, why can't you say old clothes, ;
as plain as l do now?" The Jew
stopped, looked gravely ut his critic,
and in clear, grave accent, answered.:
"Sir, can say Old clothes as well as
you can, but if you had to say so ten
times minute for hours together, you
would Och clio rs | do now" lie
walked away, but Colcridgc was so
moved by the justice of the mans re-
tort that he followed him and gave MIN
shilling, the only one he had
Youths Companion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
THE BRAIN AND THE HEART.
If Properly Used Thoy Largely Esoai,e
Scnfle Eailnrc.

If Properly Used Thoy Largely Esoai,e
ScniIe Failnre.
In his work on tho senile heart DIR.
Balfour tells us that there nre two
parts OF the human organism, which, If
wisely used, largely escape scnile fail
urc," says the Troy Times. These two
arc the brain and tho heart. Persons
who think have often wondered why
Drain workers, great statesmen and
others, should continue to work with
almost unimpaired mental activity and
energy up to IL period when most of
the organs and functions of the body
arc iii condition Of advanced scnilc
decay. There is Il physiological reason
for this, and DR.. Dalfour tells us what
it is. The normal BRAIN" he aflirms,
remains vigorous to the last" and
that because it's nutrition is specially
provided for" About middle life or a
little later the general arteries of the
body begin to lose their elasticity and to
slowly but surely dilatc. They become.
therefore, much less efficient carriers
OF the nutrient blood to tho capillary
areas. But this is not tho case with the
internal crUtids, which supply tho capil-
larry areas of the brain. On the contrary,
those largo vessels continue to re-
tain their pristine elasticity, so that the
blood pressure remains normally high
or than within the capillary area of
any organ in the body. The cerebral
blood paths being thus kept open, the
brain tissue is kept better nourished
than the other tissues of the body"
Who is there among those who have
reached or passed middle age that will
not be rcjoiccd to find such admirable
physiological warrant for the belief
that the brain may continue to work,
and even to improve, almost to the
very last hour of lifcp
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
THE "CRowNgR's QUEST"
An Absurd OLD Law Which Has Some
Worry IaGcsirah.c Hcsulta

An Absurd Old Law Which Has Some
Very Undesirable Results
Dickens, who so often studied with
delighted interest the application of
English law to particular cases, would
have found a subject worthy of his
griinmcst hunor in the fact, cablcd
recently from London, that when the
master of fishing smack, cruising near
where the Elbc won't down. saw float
ing in the water dead body, which
was doubtless that of Il victim of the
great disaster, he made no effort TO res
cue it from the waves and carry it
ashore for Identification and burial
Instead he sailed past and away from
the dolcful bit of ilotsam as quietly as
circumstances would permit, not, as
one might suppose because he was u
particularly hard-hcartcd and cold
bloodcd mariner, but because recent
ly, after landing a body, he had been
forced to pay the funeral expenses. :"
Curious as that experience had been
and delightfully."- illustrative as it was
of 'crowncr's quest" wisdom, the cap
tain had no inclination to repeat il.
One lesson had been enough to teach
him the great principle that common
sense cannot be allowed to Interfere
with consistency in the enforcement of
q parliamentary act, and what, in com
parison with that, is the continued
agonizcd uncertainty of some German
wife or mother?
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
HOW FISH ASCEND.
oxygen necessary TO Make Them I,,so Oh.
tanned from Their Own Flood.

oxygen Necessary TO Make Them Rise OBJ
tanned from Thor own Flood.
y curious physiological discovery has
been made in the last year by Prof.
Bohr, of Copenhagen, in regard to the
mode of storage by which n. fish ac-
cumulatcs so much oxygen in the air
that distcnds the SWIMMING or mir
bladder.
The air contained therein has q nor
ccntage of oxygen that may rise to as
much as cighty-fvc, an amount in cx-
cess OF the percentage in atmospheric
air Prof. Bohr tapped the air blad-
dcrs OF Goldfish and drew off the gas bv
means OF trocar and alright svrinrc.
Inc gas had fifty-two per cent. of oyv-
gen. In few hours the air bladdcr
was rcfillcd, apparently by a process of
secretion of gas from the blood in the
capillaries on the wall of the bladder.
In one experiment the gas thus Sc
creted had eighty per cent. of oxygen.
When the nerves connected with the
organ were severed, the secretion ceased
and the organ was not rcfillcd.
1t thus appears that when a fish de-
sends to great depth, and his BODY
Is reduced in size by increased pressure
OF the water about him, nc is able to
attain his former size and rise bv
sccrcting the gas he needs and not by
absorbing the water. Support is thus
given to the theory that the gaseous
exchanges that occur in the lungs of
animals arc not purely physical.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
Tho First Metal.

Gold, because it was found pure and
fairly tractable, was probably the first
metal used by man. Copper, it is true,
is found as metal but only in one
comparatively restricted locality. De-
casionally gold fish hooks have been
discovered in graves in Ecw Granada.
In mining n tunnel in Cauca gold
hook was found in 1851 fifty feet under
the surface of the ground and beneath
what mrst have the bed of river.
Copper fish hooks have bccn found in
many of the ancient buriu! mounds OF
Peru. -
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
4 Curiosity of uunror,on D,vo-oo

a farmer was arrested in village in
hungary for firing two shots through
the window of an inn at his wife and
her father. Fortunately his aim was
Bad. On being asked hi; reason for the
attempt he stated that lIe had already
had nine wives, who bad all consented,
at his request, tobo divorced. His tenth
and present wife, hlcyevcr, acting on
Tho "i2jad'riou advice D. ter father,
refused and consequently he :elt au-
moved.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
HAD FAST TRAINS EVEN THEM.
High Speed mt Which tho Expresses Tray
clcd Fifty Years Ago.

High Speed mt Which tho Expresses Tray
elcd Fifty Years Ago.
If anybody were asked what compar-
ison exists between the speed of rail
road trains now and fifty years ago he
would probably say that hardly any
can be made.
The difference, however, is far less
than is generally supposed. In May,
1S4S, the Great Western railway engine
Great Britain was driven by Engineer
Almond from Paddington to Didcot,
tifty-thrcc miles, in forty-sevcn min
utes, starting and stopping. When we
consider that the brakes in those DAYS
were very crude this is pretty fast trav-
cling.
Nor was this done once, but repeat
cdly.
The broad-gaugc expresses arc fire.
quently timed at the rate of a mile in
forty-cight seconds, or sevcntv-fvc
miles an hour, and even y higher max
lmum was attained for short distances.
The Bradshaw for ISIS shows that
the morning express was timed to leave
Paddington at $50 o'clock and start
again from Didcot at l0:i1. Allowintr
tour minutes for the stop at Didcot the
train must have been officially timed at
Il mile n minute.
The railway records show that the
traiu often arrived under time.
These facts should silence n great
many persons who pirate about the pho
nomcnal progress recently made in rail
road matters in general and rapid tran
sit in particular.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

"A Wise Prccaution. - She - ''Oh,
Charlie, bought You box of lovely
cigars to-day, of my own selection"
llc-"Ihank you, love. Did you get n
life insurance policy to go with it?"-
Detroit Free Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
WANTED MISCELLANEOUS,

A MAN OR LADY To MANAGE DISTRIBUT
IA Ing samples. CARDS, hooks, circulars. Do cor
rcspc ndcnce. send Sylvan Company. Detroit
Mich, ten cents for samples, soap. nc. and ret
special ofrer to you. 3sS-lw
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

yNANTED-AN UNPUBLISHED HOUSE, 6
w to rooms, South nj Eighth avenue south
west. Address with terms, MN" TINES
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

ITO SHAREHOLDERS ROANOKE BUILD.
a ing Association and Investment Company
The annual meeting of the shareholders of the
Roanoke Building Association and Investment
Company will he held on Monday evening, April
10. 1885, at O'Clock at the offices OF Messrs Penn
Il Cooke, sixth aoor OF the Terry building, cor
noke, Virginia, when an election will be held for
president, vicc-president, secretary, treasurer
directors for three years and such other bnei.
ness transacted as may properly come before the
meeting. ID. u. MATSON. president.
a. j. LOUGHERY, secretary.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
NOTICES OF DISSOLUTION.

DlSsOLUTIoN NoTICE-To WHOM ITMAY
- concern. Take notice: The partnersnip
heretofore existing between " p. Nor and j. O.
MOE, under the style and arm name of Moir "
NOR, Is this day by muiuAl consent dissolved. V.
7. NOR buying the goodwill and interest OF the
said d. Z. Moir in and to the stock and fixtures
1895 v p MOIR
32I tut j. Z. NOR
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

NThNTKD TO Buy FOR CASH, A REM
w ington or Smith Prem.ir Typewriter Ad-
dres., with particulars, BON 81, Roanoke, Va
315u
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

WAN ED-ALL YOUR WORK AT THE
~ swiss Steam Laundry, No. 1873 Salem Ave.
W. Phone 3I2. 3l6tf
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

fR'IIE ANNUAL MEETING OF TIE STOCK
holders OF the Norwich Lock Manufacturing
Company OF Roanohc Va, will be held M ;he
office OF the company in Roanoke, Va, on Mon.
day, A prtl 20, at 'ccck p. In. II. j. MONKS,
secretary. 3.gtd
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
FOR SALE.

ENASTER FLOWERS-NOW Is THE
~ time to place your orders for Earter
Out Flowers. Send your orders to j.
SHARTZER, Florist, Salem, Va.
II
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

TOR SALE. = GOOD SET OF BAR FIN.
Il lures. Apply ITO Salem avenue southwest
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

TIE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
the stockholders of the Roanoke Street
Railway Company will be held in the Company's
office in Terry building, RosLoke, Va, Saturday,
April 13, 1895, at u O'clock noon.
ID I'd GRO. G. McCAHAN, Secretary
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
AGENTS WANTED.

WANTED ANvA-sERS FOR NORTH
" Carolina and NirgiDia. Apply Mt once Mt
3p9 Commerce street. Roanoke. STANDARD
1NSTALMENT COMPANY. SSH
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

TIME REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
/ the stockholders OF the Roanoke Electric
Light and Power Company will be held in the
company's office In Terry building. Roanoke.
Va, Saturday, April IS, 1926, at 1890 O'Clock o. m
313td GEO. g. McCAHAN, Secretary.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

EoR SALE TWO FRESH, YOUNG, PURE
e bred, Jcrsey COVE. Call on $ C. WOOD
Washington Heights. 32gtr.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

TOR SALK-A CASH REGISTER IN GOOD
a. condition. Apply ut The Times Office.
3-2-tf.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

SECRETARY of State Kincaid is
standing between the public treas
ury and the railroad commission,
whom nobody elected and nobody
wants. He does not take Attorney
General Idleman's opinion as final
and they will probably draw theil
salaries when the supreme court
decides that they are entitled Il
them. The people will like kim
caid for the stand he has taken
McMinnyille Reporter.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

The Easter services under the
auspices Of the Sunday school at the
IA. r. church last sunday evening was
decided success in every way and o.
credit 10 all the young people who
participated aud performed their parts
so well. So successful nm entertain
ment was mort ;han anordinaly com
,pliment to the committee on these who
had charge Of the preparatory work.
All such services a,e 10th instructive
aud impressive and in their influence
calculated to build up the moral char
acter &C the community. The lenefit
the children and young people receive
from the training and participation in
such services cannot fail to be helpfnl
In after years, In each class of the
Sunday school one or more collectors
had been appointed and at the proper
time the name Of each class ard cpllec-
tor wascalled land placed theirtespective
amounts in the hands 0f the secretary.
These collectors ranged in age from
six to more than sixty years and
while the results showed that each
one had done well, it was interesting
tonole that BoydSimpsou, the youngest;
/ n,,.l f,.,nr,,n tp,,,.Inr tha nl1nct pnnnrfp1
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

THE Oregon crop prospects are
very encouraging. Grain generally
is stooling well and promises to
yield a bountiful harvest. Prices
are also looking up and the hard
pressed farmer can at least see a
ray of hope. Beef, pork and NUT
ton command fair price, the wool
market is strong with an upward
tendency, and the general outlook
is much improved over that Of one
year ago. The signs of the time
are encouraging, although it is not
safe to predict a decided change fol
the better all at once.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

THE work Of preparation at the
Cotton States and International
Exposition grounds, is going on
rapidly. Over a thousand hands
are at work getting things into
shape. The buildings are rapidly
going up, and the timbers Of the
Fine Arts and Electrical buildings
are already in position, and will be
under roof in a short time. Most
Of the buildings will be under root
by May 10, and completed by
Jund /. The grading and land
scape gardening is being pushed,
and the park will soon begin 70
resemble its completed form.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19
DIED.

William John Compton, youngest
son and youngest child Of Amns and
Lucy Compton, was born IN Center
City, Colorado. on the the 10Th day Of
April 1868; died at Woods in TiIla-
NOOK county, Oregon, april l, 1886,
aged twenty-six years, eleven months
and fifteen days. Deceased had re-
sided at Lebanon, Linn county, Ore
gon, a number Of years, and removed
10 l'illamook county Is the fall of 1881.
MEMORIAL.
HALL OF NEsTuccA LoDaE, No. ia,
10. O. +.
WooDs, Oregon.
WAEREAs, our brother, W. J,
Compton, N. e., has been removed
frum our midst by the unsparing hand
Of death; and whereas, we desire tc
bear testimony 70 his high standing as
brother and friend, Therefor be It,
RESOLVED, that we the members D
Nestucca lodge No. IA, /. o. o. F
tender the bereaved wife and reletivei
Of the deceased our heartfeltsympath,
in this, their hour Of affiiction,
RESOLVED, that in the death o
Brother Compton, our order has lost ,
worthy member, faithful worker ant
raising Odd Fellow, and the commu
nifty one Of its best citizes,
RESOLVED, that q copy of this Mem
orial be presented to the family of tn
deceased, spread in full upon the MN
utes Of this lodge, and that copy b
furnished the LEBANON EXPRESS fo
publication.
=. F. Lucy,
l C F. MURPHY.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

DURING his last three months in
the governorship Pennoyer released
from the penitentiary no less than
fifty-two convicts, eleven of whom
were serving life terms for murder,
That was an average Of one pardon
per week for a year, and Oregon
does not point with pride to the
record, she defies any other state in
the Union to beat it.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

A DISPATCH says that there seems
10 be an impression in some sec
tions Of the West that the bill Of
Representative Hermann, to pen
sion the soldiers and citizens who
part icipated in the Indian wars
between the years 1892 and 1865,
passed at the last congress. Un-
fortunately for many citizens Of
Oregon and Washington, this was
one Of the bills that failed. 1t did
not receive consideration. Mr.
Hermann says tnat he hopes il
may be put through at the next
session. The bill would pepsior
the survivors and their widows ol
the Rogue River and other Indian
wars in Oregon and thu
early Indian wars in Washington
The bill was reported fayorably
from the house committee on PEN
sions.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-04-19

Cattle and hogs are going up and
present indications are that the
low prices Of last year will be sue
ceeded by high rates this year.
The cattle men sold down close last
year, and the demand is now fully,
if not beyond, the supply. Stock
men are buying up all the young
cattle they can secure in the
valley.