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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04

There is moral excellence attainable
by all who have tho will to strive for it,
but thoro is an intellectual and physical
superiority which is above tho reach of
our wishes, and is granted only to u few.
-Cfabbe.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04

Tho first wearcr Of scale armor was the
common flea, which is provided with q
,oat of mali in overlapping folds and with
aigh resisting power.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04
BEST lunch counter in town.:
Free Pills.

Send your address to H. e. Bucklen
& Co.,. Chicago, and get 9 free sample
box OF DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
triAl will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of
Constipation and Sick Headache. For
MHlafia and Liver troubles thcy nave
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone to
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
.he system. Regular size S5c. per boz.
Sold by Masaie's Pharmacy, 100 Jeffer-
son Streei.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04

"IN the town of progress" is what we
are to-day and we want you to listen
for just one second. We want to tell you
OF the good BLOOD Wine" will do you
and your family. 1t Ia positive cure
TOR indigestion, stomach troubles and all
diseases OF the blood, liver and kidneys.
This remedy ia called BLOOD Wine" be-
cause 1t Is the wine of the blood. 1t
gives your blood good rich color d
also gives you perfect circulation, and IL
you have the two things you have got
good health. We ssllit
JOHNSON 81 JOHNSON.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04

EXPERIENCE Is the best teacher. Fiji
teen years experience has taught w. X
Andrews &5 Co. what the Roanoke people
need in the way Of fuel, and they are at
all times prepared to deliver on short
notice. dry coal, wood or coke. Look
out for their belled teams. You may
know their teams by the bells.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-25
THE FERN INDUSTRY.
Extensive and Profitable eaic Of the
Numerous Varieties.

Il
Numerous Varieties.
We learn from. a Massachusetts pu.
per that about. eight years ago gen.
tlcnnan In that State thought that 1t
would be profitable to have picked and
placed on the market some Of the ferns
which grow In abundance In his neigh.
borl,ood, and from this modest Begin
ming the business has grown to such
proportions that last year he disposed
of 100000 ferns. Previous to 1851 the
gathering Of ferns In their natural state
was almost an unhear,l.Of industry.
The new ferns put on the market were
raised In hot houses. though n few
florists sent their men after wild ferns.
but how the Massn chusetts ferns are
shipped to every State and almost every
large city In the country, and. strange
as It may seem. there has been no fall
ing on In the trade during the business
depression, the demand constantly en-
cccdlng the supply.
There are two varieties of marketable
ferns which always find n ready sale
the delicate lcafed 'fancy" and the
ccarser dagger" fern. The season
for gathering and shipping the ferns
Is from Oct. I TO May 1. Although now
some two hundred persons are cnga gcd
IN fern picking. only about sixty do 4,
constantly. Good pickers can earn from
81 to 80 dry. while the pay of others
not 80 skillful In finding the natural
treasures amounts to only'$2.
Inc ferns are brought In by the pick
crs. tied In bundles of twenty-five each.
and 10 cents n thousand IL paid for
| them. An average amount Of - q day
Is paid the pickers. The ferns not
needed for immediate shipment are
| packed In low rooms, containing each
about 100000 ferns. There are eigh,
buildings containing these rooms. The
ferns are placed In beds of 10000 each.
dry moss In placed between the layers.
and the whole bed II covered with wet
moss. The greatest care and daily
watchfulncss are needed to keep tho
ferns from becoming heated. and thus
cached or covered with white spots.
Tile ferns are Invaluable to the flor.
lists. rs they form really essential
groundwork for designs. ana they arc
nlso available for general decorating -
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-25
An Exc ting Gran Game.

One Of the notable features of a not
otherwise Interesting crap game down
in FlcmIngsburg, Ky. the other day
was that after 1t was all over the doc.
tors removed three tiattened pistol hui.
let's from under the scalp Of one OF the
negro players. Aside from the slight
punctures In his scalp the man was nm.
injured. The bullets had not even dent.
Cd his skull. or the other players, one
was badly slasllcd with u razor, anOtll.
or had a pistol bullet In his thigh. anoth.
cr had a bullet In his arm, and another
had n bullet In his hip.-St. Louis
Globe. Democrat.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-25
Earlx pays Of. Pade rewski.

Paderewski was u musician from his
earliest infancy. Left mOtlerless ut the
ut the age OF 3. he was already able to
play, and before quite years old was
Immersed In study. He received Ills
first lesson from fiddler. and ut III
made a tour through Russia. playing
chiefly his own compositions. He
married when 10. and. his wife dying a
year later, he threw his whole soul into
music,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-25
Must DO Pen.nce for a Fortune.

An eccentric old bachelor, who died
lately ut Odessa, RUSSIA. bequeathed
1000, 600 rubles (abOut $2.OOO.OOO to his
Four nieces OH condition that they first
go into service as chambermalds, wash
frwOmen or coal women for fifteen
months. The local police are charged
with the duty OF seeing that the con-
lition of the will Is strictly compiled
with. SO far the heiresses have receiv.
fd 500 offers OF marriage.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-25
A WORD With : Pedigree.

so dreadful word IL 'bOoxe" In the
sense Of ''lrink" that one II disposed to
take for granted that It came from SONIC
extremely modern slum and has not yet
even earned place In the slang diction'
aries. Such II by no means the case.
Spelled "bouse." but pronounced exact
ly after tO.day's fashion, It occurs IN
Massingers famous play. "a New Way
TO Fay Old Debts" The middle En'
ylish form was "hOwse."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-25
Eound Beer in tho Sink.

a peculiar incident occurred In New
York ON a recent Sunday. While n
policeman of that city was trying to SEQ
what was going on In a suspected"
saloon he soiled his hands; he noticed
4 sink In the ante-rOOm OF the saloon,
and when he turned on the faucet no
was surprised to find that he was wash.
ing his hands In beer. The keeper Of
|the saloon was, Of course. arrested.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-25
Mex,con's Divorce March,

Mexican's Divorce March.
Ambitious Mexican-l have fame ut
least In my grasp.
"lIow SOP
"YOu know Memberships wedding
March helped amazingly In making Ills
fame"
swell, what Of IT."
II am going to write a divorce
march. '@Exchange
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-01-25
That.

TOow
Here Is an example OF how far the use
{ the word shat" may BIZ carried: The
|utor said, In speaking Of the word that.
Plat that that that that lady parsed.
Ias not the that that that gentleman
|equested her to analyxe. This sen.
ence. though rendered intelligent by
pad choice Of words. u grammatical.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17
ABOLISHED.

The office of the Customs Col
lector at this place has been
abolished and the Custom House
closed. The Customs Inspector
received notice from headquarters s
some time since to hold himself in
readiness to be removed.
If the United States ofcials who
have been instrumental in abolish
ing this Office were acquainted with
this section they never would have
issued orders to do away with the
Customs officials stationed here
At no other point on the frontier
between here and Nogales is o
Custom House in 90 much demand
as right here in Yuma and there is
no other place along the whole
boundary line between Mexico
and the United States that affords
such opportunities for carrying on
extensive smuggling business as
Yuma does today.-Sentinel.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

Seekers after new fads will has
ten to initiate the phosphorescent
tea party which was given in Paris
at 8 o'clock on a recent evening.
There we're no lights of the ordin-
ary kinds, but ceiling. chairs, pic
lures, teacups and flowers were
aglow with phosphorescent starch
just invented by M. Henry, of the
Academy of Sciences. The ma
terial may be used as a face powder,
and the faces, arms and shoulders
of the ladies-as we'll as their
dresses-shone brightly.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17
TRUE TO THE SCENT.

Orittenden Robinson, the wing
shot, has the best trained hunting
dog on the coast. a black pointer.
At the pigeon shoots, where other
dogs 90 crazy at the cracking of
the guns and the dropping of the
birds, Robinson's dog lies in the
shade asleep. A whistle and the
dog is OF, his feet pointing with
every muscle tense and every nerve
strained. At q signal the dog re-
trieves and in another minute is
as sound asleep again us If nothing
had happened. No matter where
the dog is he will drop at a blast
from Robinson's whistle und lie
there unmovable for hours at "a
Robinson tells good story that
illustrates the true scent OF the
dog. He came down out OF the
Mills building with an attorney
one day when the lawyer found he
had forgotten his gloves and pro-
posed TO return for them.
"I'ls send the dog" said Robin
son, paa, - '
"But how will he know my
glovesW asked the doubtful attor-
ney. ASt@" aeqi "a 1857
"Just let him smell of your
hand" asi 'fiD5 'to'
The dog was given the scent and
dispatched up stairs. Tn a few
minutes he returned with ribbon
The attorneys typewriter had been
wearing around her waist.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17
"PA FELT LONELY"

A Cleveland family was in court
the other day. A daughter was
one of the witnesses, and she had
this to tell of her father "Pa was
sitting in his saloon, feeling lonely.
He went to the barn, and putting
a halter or his horse brought him
into the house, saying he wanted,
the animal to eat supper with him.
Pa made me set plate for the
horse. Then he took hold of the
horses front legs and lifted them
up on the table. We all sat down
to supper and the horse began to
eat. Pa picked mp mug of beer
and began to laugh and throw both
hands in the air. The mug hit the
horse on the nose, The beast
pulled his feet down, dragging the
tabblecloth and upsetting the table.
The horse backed up and sat
squarely on redhot stove. This
burned it's tail so the animal kicked
the stove over and ran out OF the
door. I screamed and pa threw a
lamp at me. The house came near
catching fire, and a policeman came
in. Pa has been arrested lO8
times"
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

An interesting and probably i'm :
portant discovery was made at the
last Swiss federal rifle meeting. It
was noticed that the steel clad
bullets became magnetic through
the proximity of several telegraphic
cables running near the range.
The result was that the bullets
went wide of the mark, diverSing
according to the side from which
they were fired. After this was
fully ascertained, experiments were
made with artillery at 5000 yards,
he targets having been placed
within forty yards of an electric
battery. Forty shots were fired,
and the divergence was not less
than fourteen degrees. It is sug-
gested that an army supplied with
dynamos on their fanks could rem
der themselves safe from the steel
missiles of the enemy. Perhaps
all army rifles as now constructed
will have to be condemned.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

A visit to the rooms of Santa
Teresa this morning, says the Ell
Paso Herald, shows that the num-
Der of visitors seeking to be made
whole still continues very large
At 8 o'clock there was nearly one
hundred people of every age aud
condition in life, suffering from all
the complaints, that poor humanity
is heir to, assembled patiently
waiting for the fair Senorita to lay
her pretty hands uLon them. and
be cured. Nearly all of her visitors
are Mexicans many of whom have
come from afnr filled with am un-
dying faith that she is one sent
from heaven to relieve their suf
fering. Don Urea, Teresa's father
is loud in his praise of the press for
the fairness shown himself AID
The doctors of divinity
and medicine do not seem to he as
favorable to the fair healer. =
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17
The flag OF China is one of the

The flag OF China is one of the
gayest among ensigns. The body
of the flag is a pale yellow. In
the upper left hand corner is a
small red sun. Looking intently
at the sun is a fierce Chinese drag
on. The dragons belly is IL bril-
liant red and white. His green
back is covered with stiff knobs.
He is standing on his two hind
paws and the left 'forefoot. His
feet are five toed and slightly
hooked. His long, five-forked tail
stretches away in the rear. The
dragons neck is arched back. His
mouth is wide open and nc looks
as if ne were about to try to swal-
low the red sun.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

Good rains have fallen on the
San Pedro and upper Gila, though
there has been little here as yet.
The canals at Stafford are reported
to be overAowing their banks. The
water came down in the Florence
canal Wednesday. and the long
drought seems to be over.-Trib-
une, III
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

Sarcastic exchange: We may
now expect to get pictures OF the
man who bought a horse of Nc
Kinleys father in 1917, of the
woman who taught the day school
III fodunk junction where Mrs,
Mckinley went to school; of the
tack placed on the TEACHERS chair
by Willie Mckinley in 1910; of a
stick whitfield by Grandpa McKin-
ley during tho long winter even
ings on the farm; of the. horse that
kicked at McKinley's father, and
the broom with which Pa McKin-l
ley threshed the horse, etc. '"'i'f
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

A correspondent to the Star
from Yuma says that a few days
ago forty prisoners refused to go
to work and informed the superin-
tendent they were being starved.
They claim they were furnishing
less rations to 22O prisoners than
had previously been allowed to
IT'S, and that they we're too weak
to work. They were all put in
close confinement, most Of them
are still there.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

l.. F. Bruce and Dave Teeter
came in from the Reavis place.
There are now twenty-five persons
in camp and more are expected
soon from Florence The Fourth
was celebrated in a truly patriotic
manner and the ball that was Civ
en- in the evening was enough to
make the old hermit turn over in
his grave at having his sacred pre-
cincts thus invaded. Tempe Nuws.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

An exchange says it takes a rich
man to draw a check, a pretty girl
to draw attention, horse TO draw
the cart, a porus plaster to draw
the skin, topper to draw a cork, a
free lunch to draw o crowd and an
advertisement in your home paper
to drew trade.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

The Yuma Indians nave no use
for surrogate's court, nor a wid-
ow and orphans. Office. Their sys-
tenn is entirely devoid of even the
rudiments of a probate practice.
One of the principal events IN the
programme of the funeral of an
admit Yuma consists in consigning
to the flames of the entire lot of
moveables comprising the estate.
Sometimes his house is also burned
in the belief that it will be the
abode of it's earthly proprietor du-
ring his residence in the happy
hunting grounds of the hereafter.
-Ex. .es.....
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

A woman in Ohio broke her jaw
in talking and then broke it the
second time in explaining the first
accident. There isn't a soninlaw
in the country who won't be ready
to send her q letter of congratula-
tion.-Saint Louis Republic.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

Queen Victoria is no longer able
to walk out to see her old friends,
the cottagers. AS matter of fact
she cannot take any walking exer-
else, and can only walk across the
room with the assistance of her
stick and an attendant.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

8 From up and down the Colorado
river comes report of rich strikes
of ore and placer fields. With the
advent of big mills ard low work
ing charges the river country will
turn out millions of dollars in gold
and silver yearly.-Prospector.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

When God wants a hero he goes
to the humble home. Lincoln was
found in the shanty, Garfield in
the towpath, Grant at the tannery,
and when God wanted a Savior of
mankind he went to the carpenter.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

Lilies of the valley in France
are called virgins tears" and are
said to have sprung upIon the road
between Calvary and Jerusalem
during the night following the
cruci6xion.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

The eyes should be bathed every
night in cold water just before re-
firing, and they will do better
work next day.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

When one is low enough to in
suit you, be too high for him to
reach.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

The world is full Of people with
both hands extended to welcome
any temptation that comes.
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17
HOW RUSSIA PAYS FOR
THE CORONATION.

While reading the accounts OF
the coronation of the Gear, of the
pageants, professions and feasts,
of the pomp and parade, of the
barbaric splondor, of cloth, of gold
land glittering gems, ! could net
help thinking of the poor and mel
ancholy peasants, Of the. toiling,
half-fed millions, of the sad and
ignorant multitudes who belong
| body and soul to the Czar ;.,lalt
I thought Of the backs that have
been Scared by the knout, of the
thousands in prison for having dar
cd to say whispered word freedom.
of the great multitude who have
been driven like cattle along the
weary roads chat lead to the hell
of Siberia. A. III H.
The cannon at Moscow were not
loud enough ucr the clang of the
bells, nor the blare Of. the trumpets
to drown the groans of the captives.
I thought of the fathers that had
been torn from wives and children
for the crime Of speaking like men.
And when the priests spoke of
the Gar as the "God selected man,"
the "God adored man." my blood
Islfsa tils5a ~ Fa ,ates.s + - tsl1 'sf3 |
Siow ,~tni ~ni ti' stds go st}tag pss3 ssdF .ssf
When I read of the coronation
of the Czarina I thought of Siberia.
/ thought of the girls working in
the mines, hauling ore from the
pits with chains about their waists
young girls almost naked, at the
mercy of brutal officials. young
girls weeping and moaning their
lives away because between their
pure lips the word liberty had
burst into blossom. |
Yet law neglects. forgets them,
and crowns the Czarina. The in
Justice, the agony and horror in
this poor world are enough to make
mankind insane. ,..,.,... i.
Ignorance and superstition crown
and tyranny. Millions
Of money squandered for the hu-
miliatiou of man, to dishonor the
people. os t.,tsaa a.o.
Back of the coronation, back of
all the hypocrisy there is nothing
but lie. "sa 'si'i '.s~
It is not true that God selected"
this Gar to rule and rob a hun
dred millions of human beings.
1t is all an ignorant, barbaric,
superstitious lie-a lie that pomp
and pageant. and Haunting flags,
and robed priests, and swinging
coursers, cannot change to truth.
Those who are not blinded by
the glare of Moscow see millions
of homes on which the shadows
fall; see millions of weeping moth
ers, whose children have been sto-
len by the Czar; see thousands of
villages without schools, millions
of houses without books millions
and millions of men, women and
children in whose future there is |
no star and whose only friend is
death.
The coronation is an insult to
the nineteenth century.
Long live the people of Russia !!
R. j. In GERsoLL.
The Ynma Indians nave no use
Mesa free press., 1896-07-17

Paderewski, sweet as is his mu-
sic, cannot soothe himself with it.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-27
Too Much Alike.

Another curious instance of resem-
blance between men was noted last week
at the Shoreham General Wager
Swayne, the noted New York lawyer,
and Mr.. l. B. Montgomery of Portland,
Oh, We're both guests of Mr.. Devine,
and during their stay each was taken
for the other half dozen times The
facial likeness is considerable, and COLI
fusion of identity was rendered easier
from the fact that both gentlemen carry
a crutch, and one limb of each is of the
artificial variety.
Congressman Walker of Massachu-
sets, friend of both, in passing
through the lobby one morning on his
way to the capitol, saluted Mr.. Mont
gomery as general, and it took him
some seconds to understand what the
laugh was about. The next day he rush
cd up to the Oregonian with broad
smile and outstretched hand, and. shak-
ing the others heartily, said, well,
general, took another man for you
yesterday, but I'll not be fooled any
more. "-Washington Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-27

LlNtDLN IN looo-Af lEl AN AMBROIl lf
[By permission S S. McClurel
there is no improperly in utilizing it
here. 1t appears that very soon after his
arrival at New Salem, on being asked if
he could write and answering that he
could make "a few rabbit tracks, " he
was chosen clerk of an election board
But for the story. Here begins the Ms. :
In the afternoon, as things were drag
ging little and votes coming in slow
ly, Lincoln, the new man, began to spin
out stock Of Indiana yarns. One that
amused me more than any other he call
ed the lizard story The meeting house,
he said was i'll the woods and quite a
distance from any other house. 1t was
used only once "a month. The preacher,
an old line Baptist was dressed in coarse
linen pantaloons and shirt of the same
material. The pants, fashioned after the
old style, with baggy legs and flap in
front, were made to attach TO his frame
without the aid of suspenders. A single
button held the shirt in position, and
that was at the throat. He rose up in
the pulpit and in loud voice announced
l shall represent today" About this
time little blue lizard ran up under
meath his roomy pantaloons. The old
preacher, not wishing to interrupt the
steady flow of his sermon, slapped away
on his legs, expecting to arrest the in
truder, but his efforts proved unavailing
and the little fellow kept on ascending
higher and higher.
Continuing his sermon the preacher
slyly loosened the central button which
graced the waistband of his pantaloons
and with a kick off came that easy fit
ting garment. But meanwhile Mr.. Liz
ard had passed the equatorial line Of
waistband and was calmly exploring
that part Of the preachers anatomy
which lay underneath the back Of his
shirt. Things We're now growing inter-
esting, but the sermon still ground on.
The next movement on the preachers
part was for the collar button, and with
one sweep of his arm off came the tow
linen shirt. The congregation sat for an
instant as if dazed. AT length an old
/ lady i'll the rear of the room arose and
glancing at the excited object in the
pulpit shouted at the top of her voice,
If yon represent Christ, then I'm done
with the Bible. - -
The few years spent by Mr.. Lincoln
at New Salem were no doubt the hap
piest Of his life. Away from his family
whose companionship was in no way
calculated to promote his fortunes, he
felt the absence of such restrictions and
boldly, prepared to strike for himself.
Contact and competition with stranger,
sharpened his wits and thus prepare d
, him for the varied career that gradu.
ally opened up before him As merchant,