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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
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knights of old-crusaders who went to
conquer the world, could not hope to
succeed anless they were i'll virile, hearty
health. A man cannot face difficulties if
his stomach isn't i'll good order Dis
ordered digestion will make sluggish
coward ont of any man. 1t makes his
mind stagnaut, and lie cannot think
quickly enough to accomplish anything.
1t makes Ills movements slow, and takes
all of the snap out of him. Every man
i'll business i'll America has a fight on his
hands Just as much as ever had belted
knight 1t is Il matter of life and DEATH
just the same with him as it was with the
crusader. Indigestion and all the ills
that go with il. most frequently start in
constipation. That keeps all sorts of nl-
purities i'll the body, forces them into tho
blood, and SO deranges the whole system.
Constipation is one of the coinmonest
ills, and to it are traccable most OF the
disorders that make people sick. Once
difficult TO overcome it. Temporary re-
sicf can be obtained III thousand ways.
There are medicines on the market that
will help as long as YOU take them.
There is only one remedy that is a real
remedy-that you don't have to keep OH
taking forever. That is Dr.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. The Pellets are
tiny, sugar-coatcd granulcs, mild and
efficient i'll their action. They effect q
JscJHu0Hcnt cure. You don't become
slave to their use, as with OTHER pills.
If you will send =. onc-ccut stamps to cover
cost of mailing 0nii, will send yor FREE the
most useful medical book cXtnnt. This is Dir.
plain English bool, of 1908 pages. profusciy
illustrated, The great expense of preparing which
has been covered by the sale Of $1,000 copies
at the regular price $50 per copy. Address.
Worlds Dispeusary Medical Association, No cog
niui.l Street Buffalo N V
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
HUNTING THE OSTRICH.
Profitable sport, But.Likely to Lead to
determination of Species.
Gonris Fignrol

An ostrich chase is very attractive
sport; or rather the sale OF booty is so great
as to attract hunters. The Arabs give
themselves to it with real passion. Mount
ed on their fine little horses, they try as
much rs possible to fatigue the ostrich.
for it is eight feet high and has very
strong legs: it possesses n quickness Of
movement, which the best horse cannot
attain. 1t has great Endurance. Over
taken by the hunter it seeks to defend
itself with its feet and wings, but more
often it still strives to escape by flight,
uttcring Il plnintivc cry. In fact, the os-
trich is deprived of the power of flight by
reason of its great size. The muscular
force with which nature has endowed It'll
not equal TO lifting such Il weight. Its
peculiar organization has made it the
courier of the desert, where it is able to
quickly traverse the almost limitless
cNpanse.
The Arab knows very we'll that it is the
habit of the ostrich to make great detours
about its nest in circle. He chases it
then without ceasing until it is almost
there, when, worn out, it succumbs, con-
cealing its head in the sand in order not
to see its enemy, or instinctively hoping
to escape danger which it cannot see
any more. This chase requires eight or
ten hours, but it offers large rewards.
The plNmes are worth II considerable
sum, the skin makes good leather, and
the Arabs are very fond of the flesh. Be-
sides, in spite of the fact that il repro
duces its species rapidly, the ostrich is
all the time becoming :arer, and it is
hunted for export and domestication in
other countries. 1t is one OF Africa's
great resources and may become IL new
source of prosperity to sAlgerians, if
they are willing TO make the effort. The
truth of the popular saying, 1.-THE stom-
ach of IN ostrich" has been confirmed
recently by I'm autopsy on one, doubtless
for Il time captive, when the following
was found i'll its stomach: \ parasol
handle, two keys, two great pieces of
coal, Il glove, il handkerchief, II pair of
eyeglasses, ring, IL comb, three large
rocks, the neck OF two beer bottles, the
sole of II shoe, Il bell and n little har-
monica.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
GRANTS FIRST NAME.
How the General Came to be Called
Ulysses

How the General Came to be Called
Ulysses
The story was curious. As related by
the father afterward, it appeared that
the common difficulty in choosing IL name
for the babe arose.
Mu!tltudes of suggestions only con
fused the young parents the more, until
Mt last it was proposed to cast the names
into hat. This was done a romantic
aunt suggested Theodore. The mother
favored Albert, in honor of Albert Galla.
tin. randfather Simpson voted for
Hiram, because he considered it hand
some name. The drawing resulted in
two names, Hiram and Ulysses.
Ulysses it is said, was cast into the
hat by Grandmother Simpson, who had
been reading II translation of Fenelon' s
"Telemachus,n and had been much i'm
pressed by the description of Ulysses
given by Mentor to Telcmachus. "IIe
was gentle Of speech. beneficcntof mind. ~
''The most patient ofsmen" she
says nothing that is false, hut when il
is necessary he comedies what is trne. His
wisdom is seal upon his lips, which i,
never broken save for an important nur
pose
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
HEARD HIM OFF.
The Purchasers Ire Got Lost in II Maze
of Financial Calculation.


of Financial Calculation
There WAS an air of resolution ,bo,it
the man with II bundle which bodied iron.
bic for the clerk in II local iewelry store.
The young man behind the counter. how.
ever was rs elusive and dehonair i'm his
greeting az il there had been IL big order
in prospect. says the WASHINGTON Stnr
''i.ovely day. isn't ity' he said with Il
genial infection, which almost thuwed
the icy determination in tho VISITORS face.
II Thought it would be nice weather bv
this time although it did seem threaten.
ing early in the week.
Young man" was the reioinder. ssI'm
not competent to draw comparisons be-
tween this and other days. I'm not
sure know what day of the week this is.
I've been trying to tell time By this clock,
which l bought from you,~~and could
make an affidavit that we're not Iaboring
ut our house under the impression that it
is this afternoon when in reality it is day
before yesterday evening""
'You mean, [ suppose, that the clock
gains time"
''That's precisely the condition of
affairs. It's persistentiv in too big n
hurry to get around the track and start
in for another heat"
Can You give me any, idea of how
much it varieS?''
-''As nearly as l can observe it gains
one hour out of every twelve. Time is
money with me, and | can't afford to
waste it making elaborate calculations
every day to discover whether I'm over
due mt the Office or getting up in the
morning before I've had eight hours
sleep"
My dear sir,' said the clerk, .syou
are one of these people who are lucky
without realizing it. You've drawn Il
prize. Are you IL business MANI"
"No, I'm not
Then, maybe you won't appreciate it,
but we'll have to change it for you. But
hate to spoil II good thing. You say
the clock gains one hour in every twelvc:'
We'll, sir, II gain OF one on every
twelve is profit OF l3 per cent That's
Il mighty big return these hard times
OF course, if you insist upon it we'll
change it, but YOU mus admit that this
incident goes to show that it's very
difficult matter to provide for all tastes
- Il very difficult matter, indeed"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
TIE GOSPEL BY TELEPHONE.
y Deaf Church Attendant las an Iustrt,.
ment in Her Pow

JehersOnvlle is probably the only city
in Indiana which can boast of having Il
telephone installed in one of its churches
permanently for the purpose of convey
ing sermons and services to II member,
says the indianapolis Journal. The
church which claims The distinction is
the First Presbyterian.
On it's pulpit long distance phone
gathers up the Sunday and week, day ser.
vices and conveys them 70 the residence
of Mrs Dan Howard, an invalid, who can
thus enjoy all the singing, preaching
and praying which form part Of the church
proceedings, without leaving her house.
which is probably one mile away How.
ever, even when ut church, Mrs. Howard
uses the phone, which connects with
her pew, where n small transmitter is
suspended, rs she is hard of hearing.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
FOOLS JUSTICE RICHARDSON.
Plausible Yarn Told by a Cyclist Arrested
for Fast Riding

for Fast Riding.
When the case of The People VS.. John
Doe was called in Justice .Richardson' S
court last Thursday, II bright young man
appeared as the defendant, aud the prose-
cutting officer told how he had arrested
him for riding II bicycle ut night without
light. ''Hc was not only riding with
out light, judge" said the officer, "but
he was breaking the law against fast
riding Here's the wheel. You can see
the evidence Of hard riding on it.
ut was like this, yonr honor" said the
defendant. I'm down at Eighteenth
street and sees two men trying to break
into store looks for cop and there S
none in sight, so starts to ride to the
station to give the alarm, an l rides so
fast the wind blows me light out Just
before gets to Harrison street this cop
jumps up and pinches me an won listen
to what tells him about the thieves =
Discharged officer, give the man
his Wheel
Annoyed ut the outcome o! the case, the
oiliccr pushed the wheel over to the de
PENDANT with no gentle force, and the Ian
tern fell off and broke open. The officer
picked it up and as lie did so a smile
crossed his face
Guess he 'conned' you judge Look
at this
The bowl of the lantern was dry and
rusty. 1t was plain there. had been no oil
in it for weeks People who were close
to the bench declare they heard the Jus.
tice say something that sounded like:
swell, Hi be DID
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11

Ola GotraX (savagely)--So you want to
marry my daughter, do YOU? DO you
think two can live rs chcaply as one,
Young Softy Slightly cmbarrassed)-I
u hardly think YOU will notice ans
difference, sir-Puck
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
NS s w NorfuIkflmsWes
,l,rzxz-zzzzHna Schedule in Effect
WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY
November 8, 1896.

WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY
5:45 a IN. washington and Chattanooga
limitedD for Bristol, intermediate sta
tions and the South and West. Pull
man sleepers to New Orleans and Mem
phis. Connects at Radford for Blue
field and Pocahontas.
40 y. m, the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Bluefield, Pocahoutas, Kenova,
Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis,
Kansas City, Columbus and Chicago.
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Roanoke to
Columbus. Also for Pulaski, Wythe-
Vile, Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga
and intermediate points.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT ROANOKE.
From Norfolk $50 a. m. 4:15 D. m.
From Hagerstown $3.50 II. III. 4:10 D. M
From Winston rs p. m.
From Bristol and the West ! 80 p. M
1l;10 p. III.
NORTH AND EAsTBoUND, LEAVE
ROANOKE DAILY
1:j0 p. IN. for Petersburg, Richmond and
Norfolk.
1:45 p. III. for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
11:30 p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleepers Roanoke to Norfolk
tilu lIyncnDurS 10 ftlcnmOnu-
1l:25 p. IN. washington and Chattanooga
limited) for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York. Pullman
sleepers to Washington via. Shenan-
doah Junction and Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Durham Division--Leave Lynchburg
Union statiom daily 400 D. III. for
South Boston and Durham and inter
mediate stations
Winston Salem .Divison-Lcave Roanoke
(Union staCionD daily 200 p. IN. and
500 a. IN. daily except Sunday Camp
bell street station) for Rocky Mount,
Martinsville, Winston Salem and intel
mediate stations.
For all additional information apply
at ticket Office or to w. b. Bevill, General
Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va.
NJ. r. Bragg, Travelling Passenger
Agent.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
JOHNNY WAS soRDIn.

Mr.. GotroX (pointing IL moraD-Now,
Johnny, which should you prefer to have
me drop in your little bank--this gold
dollar or this silver dollar?
Johnny-The gold dollar, if you
please, sir
Mr.. GotroX dropping it in.-Quite
right. .Iohnny-nOw tell me why.
Johnny-Rccause l can shake IL out
easicr-Puck
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
IN HARDeLUCK.

Mrs. Rock gold-I thought you told me
only last week that your father was n
merchant. Now you are begging. How
is this? -
Little Miss Speghetti-Hc was, kind
lady. He kept peanut stand, but last
week he took in IA bad 50 bill and failed.
-Washinuton Times.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11

When most needed it is not unusual
for your family physician to be away
from home. Such was the experience
was Mr.. J. Y. SchencA, editor of the
Caddo, Ind Ter, Banner, when his little
girl, two years of age, was threatened
with IA severe attack of Group. He says:
My wife insisted that | go for the doc.
tor, but us our family physician was out
OF town. purchased IL bottle of Cham
her Immediately. will not be without
it in the future 81 and 30 cents per
bottles for sale by The Chas. Lyle Drug
Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
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a DEPLETED STOCK-

II understand that you have relics of
the war for sale, my little man., said the
Northern tourist to the towhead. eve
did have" replied the boy, "but they
have bought us out, an the swords
daddy buried last week won't git rusted
fore winter. ''-Atlanta Constitution.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11

TEARS KEEP THE EYES COOL.
1t is probably now very well known
fact that shedding OF tears keeps the eyes
cool. Such is the case, however, and no
matter how hot the head may be, SO long
as there are tears the eyes will be cool.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
THE TRUE REMEDY.

W. N. Rcpine, editor Tiskilwa, ILL.,,
"Chiet, says; owe Won't keep house
without DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Tx.
perimenten with many others, but never
got the true remedy until we used DR..
Kings New Discovery No other remedy
can take its place in our home, as in il
we have certain and sure cure for
Coughs, Colds, Whoopine Cough, etc" 1t
is idle to experiment with other RENE
dies, even if they are urged on you us
just as good as DR.. Kings New Dis
covcry. They are not II, good. because
this remedy has a record o! cures and be
sides is guaranteed 1t never fails to
satisfy. Trial bottles free at Nlassic's
Pharmacy, 100 Jefferson street.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11

Major p. C. Picton is manager of the
State Hotel, at Dcuison, Tex, which the
travelling men say is one of the hest
hotels in thar section. In speaking of
Chamberlan's Collie. Cholera and Diar.
rhoea Remedy. Major Picton says: 81
nave ased it myself and in my family for
several years. and take pleasure in say.
ing that ] consider it IN Invaluable cure
Tor dlarrhoca and lysenterv. always
recommend it, and have frequently ad =.
ministered it To my guests in the hotel
ana IN every case it has proven itself
worthy of unqualified Endorsement. {"
For sale by The Chas. Lyle Drug Com
pany.
The record-union., 1896-06-29
ADJUSTMENTS.

This evening at the Clunie Opera
house the Davis Moulton Company will
return to comedy, producing Nat Good
wins famous low comedy, Turned
Up" with Moulton as the unhappy un-
dertaker, Bones, part in which he Is
so ludicrously funny that he keeps the
audience In roar of laughter. The en-
tire company, excepting, perhaps, Mr..
Dowling, will appear, the latter acting IN
melodrama and emotional parts mainly.
The play has been one of Goodwin S
greatest successes. MoultOn is as good
a comedian as Goodwin in all he un-
dertakes. The styles of the two artists
differ, and broadly. but they are equals
in most roles. The Davis -Moulton Com
pany really has no first nights, for it is
as well up in the plays with which it
opens its week runs on the first night
as on any other, because the plays are
familiar to them, are of their repertoire
and were played by them steadily just
before they opened the season here.
Consequently, there is no reason for not
attending the first night, as well as any
other. With most previous stock com
panies appearing here this was not So
as they had no repertoire and their
first nights were frequently little more
than rehearsals. But with the present
company this is not true, as it is as per-
feet in the plays presented as If they
had been having runs, which indeed is
literally true, as the troupe has been
producing them for some time, as
stated.
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HE OPENED A CAR WINDOW.
But in Accomplishing the Feat He
"Gave Himself Away"

Suddenly the cars continued to speed
onward.
will you please open the Window"
1t was a pretty girl who spoke, and
the young man in the next seat stepped
on himself in three places in his haste
to intercept the drummer with the
black mustache.
Then the conductor had a try at 1T,
and the porter fetched out some iron
instrument and pried in vain.
"Will you permit me?" said a courtly
voice.
A dark man with a shiny valise in
his hand stepped across the aisle. Out
of the shiny valise he took some mys-
terious-looking implements, highly pol
ished and delicately wrought. Adjust
ing these with great nicely and operat-
ing them with infinite skill, at the end
of two hours the window slowly re-
sponded to the dark mans endeavors
20, thank you,' murmured the pref
ty girl, as the cars at that moment
stopped at her station and she got out.
Hawkshaw, the detective, who sat on
the coal box, smote upon his forehead
There's but one man who could do
that job" he muttered. Then, laying
his hand on the dark mans shoulder,
you are my prisoner" he said.
1t was Reddy the Blacksmith, the
celebrated craftsman.
The cars continued to speed onward.
That Is because they We're going in
that direction.-Chicago Tribune.
The record-union., 1896-06-29
DOMESTIC HAPPINESS.
How 1t VIII be Affected by Woman
Suffrage.

One of the objections often urged
against woman suffrage is the appre-
hension that it would lead to domestic
strife. Husbands and wives, it has been
suggested, might differ so warmly upon
political questions that the peace Of the
home might be imperilled. This is an
objection which the advocates of suf-
frage have treated with special scorn.
Nothing of the kind they have insisted,
would occur. Husbands and wives
would be able to oppose each other Wig
orously in the caucuses and at the polls,
and to defend widely different views of
public questions without in the least in
terrupting the tranquility of the home
circle.
1t was not singular, therefore, that it
occasioned some surprise when so emi-
nent a suffrage leader as Mrs. Liver
more, being asked to account for the
fact that SO many of the women in
Massachusetts, who might have voted
on the suffrage referendum did not do
So gave the following explanation:
do you wonder why SO many of the
women who registered did not go to the
polls? I'll tell you why they didn't.
They were afraid of their husbands. 1t
meant sacrifice of happiness domestic
happiness in many cases, to go to the
polls Let me tell you of something
which happened to my own knowledge.
A woman, friend of mine, came to me
Tuesday, and there were tears in her
eyes. Mrs. Livermore,' she said, my
husband hasn't spoken to me for three
weeks, since l registered That is the
way, often and often.
If differences of opinion between hus-
bands and wives ON a mere abstract
proposition without practical bearing
were so sharp that it involved, as Mrs.
Livermore says, a sacrifice of domestic
happiness for women to go to the polls,
what would be likely to happen If de-
finite policies, individual candidates and
all the issues of a hotly contested ma
tional or municipal contest were in
volved? What would become of do
mestic happiness on opposing sides
under such circumstances? ?-The Re-
monstrance.
The record-union., 1896-06-29

Three members of the Board of Trus-
tees are claiming that they will not vote
for the ordinance creating the office Of
Milk Inspector because they do not
want to create another office. Their
Fl etense will deceive no one who has
kept track of their numerous attempts
to get Sanitary Inspector Herr out of
office 1t is purely a personal fight
They do not want to abolish the office
Of Sanitary Inspector, but they do want
to get rid of Herr. Their action war
rants the belief that they would create
half a dozen new offices if they could
down the Board of Health by remov-
ing Mr.. Herr That is all there is to it.
And they prefer that the children of the
city should be murdered with diseased
milk rather than that Herr shall con-
tinue to be Sanitary Inspector. Every
parent who loses a child from the use of
diseased milk will know where to place
the responsibility.
The record-union., 1896-06-29

Still later advices, to Sunday, from
pie and the politicians are much
alarmed over the probable election of
Governor Mckinley. This alarms openly
expressed on change and ia the press
Of the country. All human action is in
spired by motive. The English traders
do not fear the election of Mckinley
because he is a weak man, a bad man,
an enemy Of England, an unsafe man,
or for any cause whatever, save one,
namely, that his election means greater
prosperity for the American people, and
profits the English make at our ex-
pense. This in itself is good reason for
sustaining the Republican nominee; this
motive behind English fear is enough
to satisfy the thoughtful American citi-
zen that 1t Is not the free silver ques-
ton, or the gold question, or interna-
tional bimetallism, or anything but pro-
lection and American prosperity that
disturbs our cousins, and hence it is the
wise thing to do to stand by Mckinley.
If the financial question cut the figure
in our prosperity, as is claimed by those
who denounce the Republican party for
its stand upon international bimet-
allism, we would hear English express
sion upon that subject. But it is not
mentioned in England; it cuts no figure
in public thought there. The one thing
that the English see is a tariff adjust
ment that will hurt English trade and
industries, and greatly stimulate and
protect American production and indus
try, and consequently American pros
perity The voter can make no mistake
in this matter if he takes the side op-
posed to that the English manufactur-
ers and traders adhere to on the tariff
question.
The record-union., 1896-06-29

of the opening of the boilers cam
paign is that in all the sections where
these few are deserting the Republican
party and candidate. most of them Ia
boriously and lengthily excuse them
selves. and in doing so have only good
to say of the party and of its standard
bearer. The exceeding pains taken to
tell why they bolt and to justify them
selves. and 70 make 1t unmistakable