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The Appetite for War.

There are two little boys now conspicuous
in Europe; one is eleven and the other
eight years of age; one is crown
prince and the other crowned
king; the former is the most dreaTy
and self conscious little pig that ever
was drilled in pipe-clay and buckram,
and the other is still a high-spirited child,
bold, saucy, and lovable; but both the Prus-
sian Kronprinz aud the Spanish Rey Nino
have already but one thought in their young
heads-war.
The pompouslittle German lieutenanton
lives for dreams OF strategy, manoeuvres,
kriegspiel, the Importance of buttons, the
dignity of stripes and grades, the superiority
OF gunpo wdersand chemicals; and the bright
Nino climbs on Marshal Campos' knees and
begs to be told how Moors were killed in
Morocco, Cubans in Cuba, and how many
years he will have still TO wait before he
too can have the JOY OF killing them. Divine
education of Christian princes! Those chill
dren are taken, respectively, to the Lutheran
service and to the Catholic mass; and they
are alike told that they are the servants of
the Son of Peace, and what are they in
truth being made both by education and
example?
They are being made the scourge of their
own generation and of the generations to
COME They are being taught to hope for.
and to aspire to direct, the slaughter of their
people and of neighboring peoples, to find
their toys in military science, their theater
in the battlefield, their ambrosia in blood.
The little lads OF their own age who run
now before their carriagesin the dust, shout
ing their name S with joyous outcry, will be
for them score of years hence crippled,
MANNED, riddled with shot, torn with eX-
plosive bullets, dro wned by torpedoes, blown
up by mines; thousands yet unborn willarise
to curse them; mothers will ask their dead
sons at their hands, and ask in vain; villages
will burn like wisps of straw, and cities
crumble like trodden ant-llills, at their word
they are innocent themselves as the atoms
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1.-THE ALIRI GkUBR

The Alibi Club of Washington. although
comparatively a small organization, has
national reputation for wit and good
fellowship.
The fact of its having included among
its members and guests actors of promi-
nence, poets, painters, dramatists, Cabinet
officers. foreign potentates, Senators and
other prominent people. has spread the
fame of its novel furnishings and unique
hospitality abroad.
IL is one OF the bits of brio a-brac within
the Opaque treasure-cabinet OF Capital
society, Which limited civilization dotes
10 hear OF, proudly boasts of, and sighs
10 think it will never know. Not an
imposing place from the outside at ALL
Just an old-fashioned house on / street
northwest; very much like other houses
in that Sedate neighborhood; pleasantly
passee as an ancient, well bred maiden
aunt.
The shining brass door plate is plainly
engraved with the word - libi;'' but
not tlll the eyes travel to the knocker set
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ed and rustic surroundings. including a
picturesque well and brood OF downy
chickens. At the head of the stairs. moored
to rough piers by rusty chains, is per-
feet ships room.
A swinging ladder leads up to an apart
ment such as the SWEETEST yachts rarely
contain, having every comfort OF life on
the ocean wave, with preservers and tar
paulines and other handy articles, in the
event of "a wet sheet and flowing sea-
Good cheer, real and ideal, with sauce
of wit, and spice OF originality, character
ICES the hospitality OF those who can prove
an alibi,' when asked:
why are you so late, dear?"
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THEY MEASURE DISTANCE
Clock and Watch Makers Find
Cyclometers Profitable.
WATCH TRADE INJURED
But the Demand for the Little InStru-
ment Makes Up the LOsS-End-
less Tapes Fairly Accurate.
New York Sun.

Clock and watch makers who fou nd their
regular business falling OF on account of
the bicycle craze are now making up for it
in the manufacture ana sale OF cyclometers.
Competition is exceedingly lively among
the rival makers TO the great benefit OF the
rider.
Three or four years ago there were only
a few makers OF cyclometcrs, and they were
very heavy and costly. Now cyclometers
are made as small as a silver quarter
weigh almost nothing and can be purchased
at a trirling cost. Many dealers add cy
clometer to the equipment OF a bicycle as
an iuducement to the purchaser, and as
result bicycles without cyclometers are
the exception. Cycling has brought many
blessings in it's train, AMI one OF the great
est of these is the neat little register
which records accurately the distance ira
versed by the cyclst.
IL is practically Il 0,000 mile tape line
in q compact aud convenient form. IL is a
great satisfaction for the rider to see the
miles roll up on the dial as he spins along.
The present cyclometers are very simple in
construction, and as "A rule perform their
duty without error; but too much must
not be expected OF what is merely a me-
chanical ~contrvance. rider can hardly
expect his cyclometer To measure the dis
tance between two points accurately If he
wobbieS from one side OF the road to the
other. In this way beginners cyclom-
eter might record a mile While he has been
pursuing his sinuous course for only half
that distance.
DEMAND FOR THE INSTRUMENT.
Cyciometers are made for wheels of a
given diameter, and IL a 26-inch cyclone
ter be fitted TO a 2S-inch wheel the fig.
ures Will not be accurate enough to be
valuable. For the same reason II the front
tire he soft an appreciable error in the
measurement will occur because OF the
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Isl Gssss

relievas in plaster of T. S. Willard and
Morrison are hung near Slab-Iike Persian
tablet, several feet i'll height. incised
with comeiform inscriptions Further long
on the slant of the stairway are some
billowy and buXom- figured prints, by Ber-
tall telling the story in brilliant flat tintS
of The Widows Pra ycr'' and other lugU-
briously mirthful happenings
A Cuban machete from the battle ground
fthe Spaniards and insurgents hangs high,
a bit of harpOon that distances Jonah and
Nellie Bly, in experience, having travelled
around the globe several times in the body
of whale, is framed protcctingly menu
of the first dinner OF the original Thirteen
Club OF the Queen City, with the stars Of
the national flag engraved with the wines
and the stripes with the numerous savory
dishes served is found in 4 CONSPICUOUS place
Above the doorway OF the music room. a
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A FREAK BICYCLE.

Another freak bicycle has appeared, bat
its advent has not beer greeted with dismay
by the makers of the Feguil models. This
creation of an inventive brain has a chain
which runs over the two usual sprockets
aaI roller fixed Oh the outside OF the
rear fork. The roller revClves in Il ball
bearing and acts as support for the end
less chain, ailo wing the chain 10 move over
itfreely. The driving chain is thus arranged
i'll substantially triangular planes instead
of a parallel, and it is asserted that Il
front sproCket having more teeth and a
larger circumfere nee may be used without
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POOR ART WHICH is GOOD.

narrow shelf holds up squat Toby pitchers
Of Falstarfian contour, and old English
make.
POOR ART WHICH Is GOOD.
a white felt clowns cap, worn by Dan
Rice on his first appearance in the ring, is
suspended on a rail as if waiting Ia top
tie marvellous cantortions of that master
of quips and quirkS once again. Two
water colnrs of ante-benum ballet girls
were donated by some member who picked
them MP in Atlanta, with the art criti-
cism that 1.-THE fact OF their being so
bad. is what makes them so good. you
know
The sitting-room is wainscoted colonial
style with wood painted white Long
panels OF japanese parchment, which are a
gaily illuminated three-volume novel of
the country of the Nikado, written several
hundred years ago, are fastened bet weeu
tbe overhanging white wood rafters Of
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the ceiling. Pillowed divans and luxurious
arm chairs, with Turkish rugs, hearth
tiled with blue and white earthenware
from the summer house of the Duchess of
Marlborough; water color by Gallant, OF
the island of Corfu, a mantle carved with
a wooden semblance of a modern angel are
part of the cosy interior, In space
between the diamond-paned windows Is an
Assyrian tablet, with a sculptured Yenera-
bility walking against time.
A HIGH-TONED GOAT.
Above his head hangs the head of an
uppei-class goat, while at the end OF the
music room directly opposite, the head OF
q sheep is suspended. One of these animals
was native of Alaska. the other Of Colo
rado, but tie fact of their Coming from
distance does not affect their metaphcri-
cal presence in the Alibi Club.
An exquisite Rookwcod bowl painted
on Que side with certain joyial spirits in
caps and aprons, and inscribed with the
opening bars of the famous Catalan song
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A MEXICAN CATHEDRAL.
Its Interior Lined With Countless
Value In Rare Metals

During a Journey from Panama, west
ami north, overland through the Span
ish main to Paso deb Norte. Mexico, OPP
posite Ell Paso, TexassH was bound to SIC
not little OF the churches and the priests
ami to hear no end ofsstunes of the doings
in connection with tiyeinh but of all that
/ saw and heard notiiIg1seemed quite so
impressive as my firse glance into the great
cathedral at Pueblo, Mexico.
People throughout the EOurney had told
me often that OF all dRIreaes of the region
this was the most nElgntficent, invariably
explaining their admi3nti2n by saying that
here was a church SO rRh that In spite
of losses of miiiionss efs dollars worth
of gold and silver takeHl from it by the
Mexican rulers, there remained 10 less
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her set down to pare potatoes for dinner

her set down TO pare potatoes for dlnner''
Potatoes are plenty in the West
THAT'S no reason they should be wasted.
Sugar amt as cheap where Dan lives by
a Quarter OF cent on the pound as it is
PACK In Vermont where L live, an just
felt like screamin' to see Dan'rs wife put
ting two big teaspoons of sugar in her
cup O. coffee ev'ry morning Did YOU
ever! They run to riotous Iivin' awfully
out here in the West"
They don't think so much of economy
as in Vermont
Il should say not. Danrs wife puts
cream in her mashed potatoes an u chunk
o butter as big as walnut on a beef
steak after she's broiled it. 1t Just made
me homesck to see such COINS on, an
amt go no use for a country where girls
are brought up like that. You give me
old Vermont, where folks know the
blessedness of bein' savin'''
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Iessened diaInetet of the. bicycle wheel
If TIE Tire siaks m quarter of an inch
under the weight OF the riiicr't error
in a mile IilesReald. amount 10 fourteen
yards. =.
thus the acGuracy of cSciometer meas
urement varies ipercepubay' according TO
the hardness Of the lire: However, the
average bicycle rider is not an engineer
or surveyor, and the popularity OF The
cyclometcr is in no way enda ngered because
of This slight variation from the truth, a
failing to which the scycsometer is often
mileage record. SO long as the variation
is OH the cyclists side the cycloineter's
future is safe. At any. rate, the demand
for the device is lively, and the makers are
retrenchtng their losses Incurred by the
encroa chInent of the tiieycte upon the watch
trade
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increasing the friction in a ike fatio' III
this way, it is said, the machine may pe
geared to a much higher speed without 1n-
creasing the power necessary to drive the
wheel. On account of the unsightllness ana
added weight of the device, this latest
scheme seems destined to go the way OF
all freaks in bicycle construction.
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Almost Oyerpowered,

A wild-eyed man, with his mouth out of
joint, was found leaning gainst aiamppost
on Fulton street.
Whats the matter with bim?" yelled the
crowd, a it ran up.
Give him air. replied the policeman;
hes a stranger and he tried TO say
Tchoupitoulas street. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The morning times., 1896-05-31
Fable of the Idol and the ASS.

An ass felt it his duty to destroy super
stitIon, so he went up to the brass idol
in the market place aud gave it a vigorous
kick.
A dog came to him as he lay groaniuS
on the ground, nursing his broken leg, and
said: We'll, did you prove anything?
Nothing" said the other, except that
J am an ass
Deductions To be dra wu: Any old thing
Life
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of tubing or the tin sardine boxes which hold
the detonators and iron nails OF the ooro'
but as these are filled with the deadiiest
fumes and fires of hell. so are those boys
from their earliest infancy filled to the
throat with the lusts, the pride, The appetite
of war.-Ouida in the Fortuna
The morning times., 1896-05-31
WHERE FENININITY ENTERS.

A room where the feminine creatures.
who are occasionally allowed to descend
on the place. delight to have their tea, is
4 rranged as a country plaza. with a
stretch of beautiful country prettily paint
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-22
eomRsHELL's BRAVE DEED.
Tho Dog Saved Two Little Children From
Serious Danger.

Tho Dog Saved Two Little Children From
Serious Danger.
While gun was being loaded Bomb
she'll would sit ON the parap1s and
watch the operation. That finished, he
would jump up and look out to sea over
the range and then scamper down from
the parapet and follow us into tho bomb
proof.
AS usual, Bombshell was on hand to
see the test of the new big gun.
He superintendent the loading, and
while was aiming the gun he looked
over the range as carefully as did the
lookout, and from his air Of responsible
ity one might have supposed that to him
had been intrusted the duty Of seeing
that the range was clear
But when we started for the bomb
proof, instead Of following us, as was his
custom, Bombshell remained ON the
parapet, looking out to sea and shifting
the air. In moment he dashed off
through the bushes which covered the
narrow beach between the parapet and
the sea.
Though thinking his actions peculiar,
was sure that he would not remain in
front OF the gun because he had done so
once when quito young and inexperi-
enced, and the burning grains Of powder,
which are always thrown out by the
blast OF q gun, had buried themselves
in his skin, burning him badly. He had
never forgotten this.
Certain that he would take care of
himself, paid no further attention to
him, but went with the others into the
bombproof and took my place by the
electric key ready to fire ut the com
mand Of the captain.
Just as the command Fire |" was
about to be given Bonn bshell reappeared
on the parapet and began to bark fu-
riously into the very muzzle of the gun.
I called to him, but he would not
come. Annoyed at the delay Of the test,
tried to catch him, but could not dc
SO. AS l approached he retreated, still
barking and apparently urging me to
follow him.
Finally, convinced from tho dogs &C
tions that something was wrong, the
electric wire was disconnected from the
gun, and followed Bombshell. Wag-
ging his tail with joy at having accom-
plished his object, he led me through
the underbrush to the beach.
There, concealed behind clulnp of
bushes, were two little children quietly
digging in the sand and entirely uncon-
scious of the danger in which they had
been. Lieutenant John Q. w Brooks
i'll ST. Nicholas.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-22
Tho Glass Was crooked. bu. c,ooror.

Tho glazior OF 90 years ago." says a
Maine man of experience in tho business.
worked differently from what wo do to,
day. Glass was very costly then compared
with present prices, and much of it was so
warped and crooked 1t would DO q ourios-
ity In these times. Owing to tho cost, we
mad to DO very careful in setting it, and
the glazicr of that day had to be wood
carver as we'll rs n man of putty. Tho
warped panes would be laid into the sash
and their shape 'scribod on the wood un.
derneath. This was then cut away, SO as
to make the glass flt into place. Now
adays tho glass is tolorably true and bo-
sides Is so cheap that we mover stand for a
ut. 1t Is sprung into it's place, and II It
breaks 1t Is thrown aside. Tho old crooked
glass was, some Of 1t, Of superior quality.
This was known as Boston crown glass.
or berkshire crystal. 1t WINS clearer and
more brilliant than most modern glass.
Only the better quality houses had this
KIND, but there arc still many old resi-
dences throughout Milne in which it may
be found. Lewiston journal.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-22
The Stage,

! believe that if n pastor of a fashion
able church were to denounce any partic-
ular play rs positively immoral it would
very soon disappear from the stage. a
very large percentage of the ordinary
playgoers are communicates of the
churches, and q we'll considered con-
demnation Of a play would certainly in
jure its popularity. christian people"
would not think it respectable" to sit
through play which had been con-
demned by their spiritual pastors. All
that is needed is a little more minis
terial courage with regard to the stage,
and it will very soon be seen that the
pulpit really possesses more power in
this direction than it ever had in the
history of the modern drama One thing
is certain-if the stage is left to it's own
devices, it will become fruitful source
Of injury to the moral woll being of the
nation. Rev. Thomas p. Hughes in
Forum.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-22
LEGAL NOTICES.

8 D: FERGUSON vs.. THE yINToN LAND
Ne improvement Company OF Roanoke, va, ct
city OF Roanoke, Va: so1.'' Aoe 'no
40 . tho yinton Land improvement Com
BANK OF OF GGSSa ,is,i, Va. corporation; the
Fidelity Loan s and TfS,s soTpOrsiion the
ration; y. v; Waggoner, franklin Rogers. q! 3.
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You and each Of You are hereby notified that
purenant to decree OF reference entered by the
Corporatlon court for tho city OF Roanoke, Vir-
ginia, on January slst 1896, in the cause in chan
cory pending in said court in the above abort
stytc, wherein You are defendants. 1 will al NV
ounce In the kirk Building In the CITY of Roanoks
Virginia, on Tuesday, March 10th, 1896 ar I'd
ociock, q. M proceed to take, state and report
10 the said court the following accounts as di
First: All the real estate owned by the de-
Iendant corporation, the Vinton Lana Improve
ment Company OF Roanoke, Virginia.
second. All the lions upon tho real estate of
tue ueIendant corporation, The Vinton Land I'm
p.ovement company Of Roanoke, Virginia, and
the priorities OF the said liens.
Ihird. What notes OF the defendant CORPORA
OF Roanoke, Virginia. secured by the deed o.
trust executed BY said corporation dated March
lOth, 1892, to William Lunaford, trustee. eonyey-
Ing the real estate In the bill and o. hibits in this
s nause mentioned, remain outstanding and nm
paio, IN whole or In part, and who are the hold
OTIS OF tne said notes aud what amounts still
remain unpaid upon said notes.
II Is directed by said decree that this order of
publication shall be In lieu OF personal seryices
II the taxing OF said accounts DO not com pIeted
on the above named day the eame viii be ad
lonrned from day to day at the same place and
honr until completed. paw anu
Given under my hand as commissioner in
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S n,s o. Ming, p. q. Commissioners,
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too strongly insisted upon that a moder-
atoly hot iron is tho drossmaker's best
friend Where sewing is being done at
homo irons should always be kept hot, in
readiness for Immediate use, for they
should DO employed at almost every stage
OF the putting together of garment.
In pressing open tho seams Of cloth
skirt or bodice use not very hot iron and
bear as heavily upon 1t rs possible. Do
not pass it to and fro, as that is apt to
leave gloss, oven on the right side of the
goods, which it does not touch. Aftor ono
portion Of the seam is pressed lift tho iron
along It's length and sot 1t down again,
and so on. Do not moisten tho cloth be-
fore pressing without trying piece of the
goods with water previously to be sure
that the color Is not changed by dnmpness.
Neyer put m iron on the right side Of the
goods, oven with IA piece of muslin between
it and the cloth. For convex curves, like
the lowor edge of n standing collar, press
heavily with tho iron, drawing tho ma.
terial ut tho same time. For concayo
curves like the top of the collar, or for
any place where it is desired to decrease
the fullness, moisten tho cloth and apply
tho iron allowing it to remain until the
cloth is dry.
Tho figure in tho illustration wears a
gown of coaohman's CLOTH The skirt is
very wide and is ornamented around the
foot by three stitched bias bands. On
each sido of the tablier tho bands are
adorned with steel buttons. Tho half
long cape Of velour du nord is mounted in
J. largo flutes on u yoke which is covered by
pelorine of sable, with high, flaring
collar and % trimming of tails. The toque
Of green felt is edged with sable and trim.
med with choux Of velvet of two tones,
mauvo and violet A plated aigret Of
green velvet is placed at the loft side.
.TUDIC CUOIIET
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-22
The Gulf Stream.

Remaining upon some of the geo
graphical charts now available to the
student Of physical science, it is pointed
out by writer that elsewhere in the
world there is not so majestic flow of
water as the gulf stream, remarkable
body having its headquarters in tho
gulf of Mexico, from thence flowing
northeasterly along the shores of the
United States to the banks of New
foundland. Then, rushing across the
Atlantic ocean to the British isles, it is
divided into two currents, one flowing
northward to the Atlantic ocean, the
other southwark to the Azores, and the
velocity Of this immense flow being also
more rapid than that of the Mississippi
at New Orleans or even Of the Amazon
at 100 miles above its mouth. Phenom-
email, too, is the fact that, although its
bed and banks arc cold water, yet tho
vast stream is very warm, and so great
is the absence of affinity or commin-
Cling between these waters that their line
of junction is distinctly visible to the
eye. Further, the waters of this Won
derful stream do not i'll any part of their
course touch the bottom of the sea. They
are defended at the bottom and sides by
what has been termed trough of cold
water, one of the best nonconductors.
Consequently very little heat is lost,
and the warm water is carried thou
sands of miles, losing only four degrees
of heat on the journey from tho gulf of
Mexico to the British isles.