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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
Minis.erinE to Quiet Kentucky Flock.

Ministering to n Quiet Kentucky Flock.
In pleasant, social little Kentucky
town not long ago new minister arriv-
ed. Fervent i'll his mission against the
world, the flesh and the evil one and
not duly considering the points of his
compass, he delivered from his pulpit
the first Sunday TRADE against card
playing. On Monday the wealthiest
member Of his flock called ON him and
said:
Oh, dear Brother Parker, your ser.
mon was very unwise. You will offend
half your people if you talk against
cards. We are just little quiet com
munity all by ourselves here, and we
play cards whenever we want to. Don't
say anything more about card playing. 4"
so the next Sunday the new preacher
launched out on dancing. Again the
wealthy member visited him to say that
his church people had always danced all
they wanted to, and he must not say
anything more against dancing. The
CIVIL OF horse racing was his subject the
following Sunday, and this brought the
rich member to him il great distress Of
mind
Great goodness, Brother Parker, this
Is one of the finest horse sections in the
state! Yon are beside yourself when
you try to put down horse racing"
We'll, said the Respondent preach
er, IF you say so I'll have to let these
evils alone. Next Sunday I'll abuse the
Jews"
All right, remarked the wealthy
member. but don't overlook the fact
that I'm the only Jew in your congre.
CATION. louisville Courier journal.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
THE TRACER.
How He Follows Up Dishonest Purchaser,
on the Instaliment Plan.

How He Follows UP Dishonest Purchaser,
on the Instaliment Plan.
One of tho most important men in the
employ of firm that makes q specially
OF selling goods on the installment plan
is the tracer" His duty, as his name
signifies, is to find out the whereabouts
OF delinquent customers, who think to
get out of the trouble of future pay
ments by quietly moving away and neg
Letting to leave their new address.
Nothing could be more foolish than
such course, for this is feature of
the business that the installment houses
have reduced to science 1t is obvious
that in this city the great majority of
those who purchase goods on weekly
payments live i'll flats. This makes it a
comparatively easy matter for the deal
ers to keep them under surveillance, for
one of the first things the collector does
is to see the janitor and inform him
which families i'll the house have bought
goods on the installment plan. 1t pays
to fee the janitor for this service, for he
is i'll q position to know when any NOV
ing is about to take place, and the in
formation he gives the collector has
been the means of nipping in the bud
many we'll laid scheme to get out of
paying furniture bill.
Sometimes, of course, it happens that
dishonest family will move away in
such hurry that the janitor is unable
to inform the firm in time. In such an
event the tracer" is put on the case.
He sets about his work with the method
of the trained detective. He is familiar
with the name and address of every fur
niture mover in the city, and his ac-
quaintance among the helpers is SO ex-
tensive that it is more than likely he
has personal friend among the men
who moved the family he is seeking.
With such advantages his task is not
nearly so hard as the uninitiated would
imagine. and there would be fewer at
tempts made to "beat' the installment
dealers if it were better known how lit.
tie chance Il person has to succeed. =
New York World.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA.
Half tho History OF tho World Has Been
Written Within Its Borders.

In Romo itself ono loses sight of the
Vatican and of the oupola of St. Potorc
The view of them is easily shut out whom
Gao Is near. But Mt u little distance, rs
yod drive out upon tho campagna, tho
Somo rears itself up by degrees, rs though
a giant wero slowly thrusting up his hel-
meted head from tho horizon, and rs you
so farther away tho mass rises, STILL In re
speot of the littleneSses around 1t, onor-
nous out of oil foroseen proportion, until
it hugely mnsters and thrusts down oil the
rest beneath tho Lowell line of mist and
towers alone above everything in vast i'm.
portal solitude.
But out upon that broad expanso Of roll.
ing land ono need not look forever at ST.
Pctor's dome. Half tho history of the
world has been written in stones and
blood between the sea limo and tho ranging
mountains. The memory of Brahmin
sage, the tongue of u Homer, tho wisdom
Of Solomon knoaded into ono human
genius, would not suffice to recall, to de.
scribe, and to judge all that mon have
done in that bounded plain. Where the
myths of ages wero born and grow great
and died, where the history of five and
twenty centuries lies buried, romance has
still life to put forth fow tender bios.
SONS. For although tho day Of tho Caesars
has dceponed into night, tho human heart
has not yet lived out its day nor earned its
rest.
On the very spot whore you pause, dim
primeval battles wero fought, Christian
MARTYRS died, barbarians oamped, Roman
barons slow ono another, and foreign con-
quorors halted before besieging Rome.
Where you are standing fair young St.
Julia may have breathed hor last upon the
cross; Augustus may have drawn rein
moment there, while Julius Cnsar's fu.
neral pyre still sont up its pillar of smoke
from the distant Forum, rs tho Jows fed
the flames, bewailing him through seven
days and nights; tho Constable Of Bour.
bon passed this way, riding to his death;
by this road Paolo Giordano Orsini lod his
young wife to haunted Gnlera, having in
his heart already determined that she
should die; Savelli, Frangipani, Orsini,
Colonna, Viteleschi, without number,
have ridden by, in war and peace to good
and evil deeds.-Marion Crawford in Con.
fury.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
A Houeeh Ola Treaaure.

D. W. Fuller. OF Canajohsrie, N. Y,
says that he always keeps DR.. Kings
New Discovery in the house AMI his
family has always found the very best
results follow Its use; that he would not
be without 1t, IL procurable. G. A. Dyke
man, Druggist, Catskill, N. Y, says that
DR.. Kings New Discovery is undoubt-
used isin his family for eight years. and
It has never failed to do all that Is
claimed for IL. Why not try remedy
so long tried and tested? Trial bottles
free OF Msssie's Pharmacy, 100 Jefferson
street. Regular size SOC and S1.0O.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
HOW HE WON.
xhe Stroke of Genius That Gave "a wei,
Known Reading Clerk His Place,


fhe Stroke of Genius That Gave q Well
Known Reading Clerk His Place.
One of the interesting incidents at the
opening session of q new congress is the
selection of the reading clerk of the
house. The reading clerk is appointed
by the clerk Of the house, but candidates
for the place must take part in o COM
petitive speaking contest before the
house. John A. Reeve, who was read
ing clerk during Harrison's administra.
tion, was politician from Cairo. Ills.
and one of the best known characters in
Washington at the time. Reeve tells this
story:
81 didn't suppose had any show for
the place when it came to the test" said
he, "for most of the candidates were
college men, and some were elocution-
lists, while the only elocution had ever
practiced was calling hogs in southern
Illinois, though had been able to get
up in political meeting and make tho
fellows on the back seat hear me: so T
thought would go into this contest
anyhow and do my best in my own
way. But you ought to have heard those
elocutionists. The way they rolled their
RS and Missed their SIS and said 'ah' and
ZIP was caution Some of them didn't
talk like human beings and others had
voices so rich and melodious you
couldn't hear them 40 feet away.
BY the time my turn came I had
sized up the hall and knew just about
where to throw my voice, and I deter.
mined to make myself heard if I did
nothing else. Each candidate had re-
ceived copy of house bill to read. I
noticed that the other fellows started
out this way, 'Uh BILL and SO on. Now
'uh' is sound that won't carry, and
You can't attract tho attention Of the
house by granting 'Uhr So when I
started sang out in loud, clear voice
that took them Off their feet, 'A-a-a-a-a
bill!-long "a They weren't used to
that, and wondered what had broken
loose, but it seemed to catch them. I
saw I was on the right track, SO I went
on singing her out clear as a bell, and
when got warmed up felt as good rs
ever did i'll the hottest speech Of u
campaign.
"The thing they gave me to read was
terror. 1t had words in it as long as a
dictionary, hut 1 hurried up and slid
through them and was doing pretty we'll
when I looked down the page and saw
lot of Spanish proper names. Now,
didn't know Spanish from Apache, but
was going about 100 words minute,
SO without stopping I gave them two
verses of little German poem 1 had
learned when boy. and hang me if q
man in that hall seemed to know the
difference except Congressman Med
ringhaus Of st. Louis. You ought to
have seen him laugh when he heard his
native tongue worked off on the house
Of representatives for Spanish.
Eyes, got the place, and it was the
long "a and the German poetry that
saved me. n=NeM York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

Tho dolasses of tho Kaffirs and Hot.
tentots used for divination are not our
dice, but substitutes for them. Precise.
~ tho same things served in the most
ancient time for dice, and these are
knuckle bones, which, under the name
OF astralgi, children played with in old
Greece and Rome. we have TODAY a
beautiful antique statue of girl play.
ing with knuckle bones. The Masbonas
use something made of bone which re-.
sembles the Roman tall These dolasses
do not bear numbers. but peculiar,
small lncised pictures. Mr. Bent, in his
Ruined Cities of Mashonaland, (" dc.
scribes these dolasses.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
Lots Of Sweets.

II wonuo:-," said stroller, "if our
taste for sweets is increasing? Seems to
mo 1 never saw so many street stands for
tho sale of candy rs there are now nor go
many push carts with candy for stock.
To be sure. many of these push carts look
as If they were supplied from one stock
as If they might be tho venture of one
man. But even If they are they wouldn't
be sent out, and If they are individual en-
terprisos they wouldn't be taken out, If
they were not profitable. And you see
some of the push carts out ut night, when
the small boy, who might be presumed to
be their best customer, is at homo. I am
inclined TO think that our sweet tooth is
growing, along with our general growth
In means and luxury. New York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
anecdotes illustrating This Phase OF the
Co1ored Mans Nature.

That the negro has humor goes without
saying; that he has wit some will deny.
Whom Frederick Douglass was asked how
no felt when some ono called him mig
ger' and replied, ~ felt that jackass Ind
kicked and hit nobody no used wit,
keen, biting.
Wit is q foil without tho button; hui
NOR foil with tho button
a few examples of negro humor which
have been collected from steamboat deck,
from cabin and from church arc given.
Charles Lambs famous bonmot was al.
most equalcd by ~ rough rooster" rs
roustabouts arc called along tho Ohio
river.
Lamb, 1t will bo remembered, sat ;.p all
night playing cards With Miller, who was
very untidy. AS daylight streamcd into
the room through the shutters Lamb
caught sight of AIiller's remarkably dirty
hands.
Miller, said the w.t. "if dirt were
trumps what hands you d holdr'
The negro roustabout. who of course
had never heard of Lamb or his famous
witticism, was coming along with nail
keg on his shoulder, when he stumbled
over tho enormous brogans of ANOTHER
rooster" who, being off watch, was ly-
Ing stretched out on deck taking q sun
Doei. 0lbnCluB QOWu at tho COLOSSAL 1ecG
ho exclaimed admiringly, 'Ef feet wuz
trumps, dat niggah dar could play high,
low, jack and de gamo!'
Coming up the Ohio river from Cincin-
natl on ono of the steamers that run in
tho Pittsburg and Cincinnati trade the
negro cabin boys were engaged in q sur
reptitious game of craps the great game
OF tho river negro. Two of the boys were
chatting each other numerically, when
one gave the other knockout blow which
put.an end to the war of words "Nig-
gah, he said, ''you need'n' to talk Wen
you como on dis boat, you done been so
long widout somepin to eat dat you DIES OF
light ez ur fodder. Wy, niggah, you could
cut do Mobile Buck on ur eister crackah
and nebbah bus dc crus'r'
AT certain colored church in West Vir-
ginia the pastor announced that the sacra-
ment would be administered in the morn
ing instead of in the afternoon, as was
customary, as no would be called away.
Immediately mn old elder arose and said
"Brcdderin, I'ze Off hyahd oh dc Lawd Is
suppah, but ncbbah urfo' hyahd OBJ dc
Lawds brakfusv'
Tho sacrament was administered at the
usual time.-Chioago Times Herald
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
Are the NIoslems t|ruel?

II tho treatment of on-Moslems In
lslamic countries wero compared with that
OF non Christians in Christian countries,
it would be found that tho balance of hu.
manity, generally speaking, inclincs in
favor of Islam. From the earliest times
MOslem sovereigns made no distinction
between their subjects on the ground OF
faith or creed, and Christians and Jews
have held important Offices in common
with Moslems. Under tho Mogul en-
perors of Delhi Hipduos commanded arm.
les, administered provinces and sat in the
councils of the empire. When were the
Catholics and Jews emancipated in Eng
land? And even in the present times can
it be said that in no Christian empire rul.
ing over mixed nationalitics and crceds is
any distinction made of creed, color OF
race.
Crucltics occur in Moslem countries, az
they occur among Christians. But while
we hear so much about the former do we
hear ono word of Reproduction about the
latter? The cruel poisoning of several
thousand Indians in South America, the
massacres of tho Yomad Turkomans, the
terrible persecution and deportation of
several millions of Jews in Russia the
1laying alive of negroes, tho rolling of ne.
crosses in spiked barrels are passed by.
Moslems may be impaled and burned alive
by Christians, their women outraged and
their children killed. their villages reduced
to ashes, and the hystcrioal brotherhood
whose disordcred brains saw in Albanian
scarecrows gibbeted Bulgarians remains
voiceless. Century.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
When Solid Iron Floats.

Experiments lately mado in England
snow that if ball of solid iron is low
cred INTO mass of liquid iron by means
OF metal fork the ball ut first sinks to
inc bottom with the fork. But in q
lew seconds 1T leaves the prongs and
rises to the surface, where it continues
to Heat until it melts The rising is OK
Pi"ihcd by the expansion of the ball
aNc to heating. whereby it becomes,
Do!k for bulk, less dense than the mott
cn metal.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
SALEM NEWS

Mrs. S. NJ. Martin leaves to day for
Baltimore on an extended visit.
]. n. Nininger, an attorney OF Blue
field, W. Va, is in town on blu mess.
There will bs Lenten services at the
Lutheran Church thls evening at 1880.
Henderson Lee returned yesterday
from business trip to Warren county.
Mise Lille Ringer, of Blacksburg,
stopped here yesterday visiting friends
on her way to Augusta, Ga.
j. w. TYPES has returned from White
Gate, Giles county, whore he has been
holding very successful meeting.
Evangelist Clarence B. Strouse leaves
to-day for Tazswell Court House, where
he goes to conduct series Of meetings.
Judge R. c. McClaugherty, of Prince
ton. w. Va, WAS in town yesterday on
visit to his son, who Is q student at
Roanoke College.
Geo. w. Logan has returned from
business trip to Atlanta. 1t is rumored
that he has come into possession of some
valuable real estate in that city.
The mountains to the north of Salem
have been on fire for several days, and
az night they present, at q distance, q
very beautiful appearance TO the on
locker.
Rev. M. o. j. Kreps and family. who
have been visiting at e. II. Carper's,
ave to-day for Augusta, Gs., where
Mr.. KEEPS has accepted q call to q
Lutheran Church there.
The Salem LAyman's Union have been
holding a series of meetings at Zion this
week, and report very interesting
revival. Eight conversions were re-
pOrkRd Wadnaaday niUht
The high school will give it's mid
winter entertainment in the town hall
tonight. An excellent programme. in
GLIDING two humorous plays. has been
arranged and large audience will
doubtless greet the performers.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
81 : = : w AorfoIksBestsInlaI!5zI

SCHEDULE III EFFECT DEC. 1, 1898.
Westbound Leave Roanoke Daily.
6:ls q. M. Washington and Chattanooga
ltmtted) for Bristol, intermediate sta
tions and the South and West. Pull
man Hleepers to New Orleans and
Memphis. Connects at Radford for
Bluefeld and Pocahontas.
ABS p. m. the Chicago ExpreGs for Rad
ford, Blueheld, Pocahontss, Kenova,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, ST. Louis.
Kansas City, Columbus and Chiosgo.
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Rosnoke
TO Columbus. Also for Pulaski,
Wytheville, Bristol, Knoxville, Chat
sanooRe and intermediate points.
Trains Arrive at Roanoke.
From Norfolk 5:55 o. No.; AIS q. N.
Hagerstown 600 G.. m; 4:05 p. m.
" Winston 400 p. m.
Z" Bristol and the west 1905 noon;
11:40 p. m.
Herth and Mnutboupd, Leave Roanoke
DAILY.
1918 noon for Petersburg, Richmond
and Norfolk.
1918 noon for Washington, Hagers.
town, Philadelphia and Now York.
1850 p. m. for Richmond snd Norfolk.
Pullman sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynch burg to Richmond.
11.s5, p. m. Washington and oha.sa.
noogn limited) for Washington,
Hsgerstown, Philadelphia and Now
York. Pullman sleepers to Washing
ton, via Shenandoah Junction and
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
Durham Division--Leave Lynchburg
Union station) daily $3.50 D. m. for
South Boston and Durham and inter.
mediate ststionn.
WlnHton-Sslem Division-Lssve Ros-
noke (Union station) daily 1928 noon
and 800 q. M. daily, except Sunday
Campbell street station), tor Rocky
Mount, Msrtinsville, Winston-Salem
and interMediete stations.
For all additional information apply
ticket Office or to w. B. BEVILL,
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke. We
n. r. BRAGG
Travelling Passenger Agent. 4
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
sroCKRoLDRR.' MEETING.

TN ACCORDANCE WITH A RESOLUTION OF
4 an adjourned stockholders' meeting, held
Land and investment COMPANY w.. With ali Of s
appurtenances. located in Vinton, near Roanoke,
remaining unaolt. will be offered for Gale on
SATURDAY, MARCH il, 1896, at 10 o'clock a.
M, on the premises to the highest bidder, either
for cash or stock OF the company at twenty five
cents on the dollar. Parties desiring to purchase
will receive Information from either OF The I'M
dersigned: r. u. WOODRUFF, President; HER.
MANN CRUGER, Secretary. 216 BOD
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
Oad Yoa Ezan

Ifs Electric Rtttsrs as o remedy for
your srouhies2 II not, get a bottls now
and Ret Selief This medicine has been
found ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to she re-
lief andcuye of al Eem ale Complaints
exertiug A4wonder3ul ,direcS influence in
Givingasrength,ena ftnne-to tho organs,
~ you have 1sussof Appetite, ;Oonsiipa-
tion, Resdache, EEintfng Spsils, or are
Nervous, SlesplHss. Exnitkbie, Nolan,
enoly or troubled with Dizzy Spells,
Eleosdc Bitters Is the medicine YOU
need. Health and strength are Rusrsn-
seed by Its use. Fifty oents and 81. 90
ct Massie's Pharmacy, LOB Jefferson
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
The LAST STRAW.

These aro the letters sho sent me
Sad little spcndthrift of ink
VowinS her love to content me,
Fifty times over, on pink.
These arc my foolish old letters
All that wrote her-rcturned,
Shacklcd i'll dainty silk letters,
Captivos condemned to DO burned.
Pleas for forgiveness or pity,
Questions and tender replies,
Mlssives Inclined to be witty.
Dozens. and none Of them wise.
Stayl Here's sensible billet.
All. It's her ultimate note:
We have been long enough silly.
Please return all that wrote"
-CleYalanflcr.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
A Broad Assertion, But True.

w. z. ANDREWS & Co.. 219 Salem
avenue, have larger yard, more shed
room, buy more coal, sell more COAL
keep stored under their sheds greater
variety Of coal-own more teams and
run more teams than any coal dealer in
the city. Look out for the belled teams.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
Cold and Clothes.

People who are susceptible to the cold
should make a point of wearing loose
clothing i'll cold weather. Loose gar
ments arc always warmer than tight
fitting ones, not only because they allow
room for circulation, but also because
they permit layer Of air between the
skin and the outside cold.-New York
Sun
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
Nemesis.

Nemesis is lame, bdt sho is Of colossal
stature and sometimes. while her sword
is not yet unsheathcd. she stretches out
her huge left arm and grasps her vic
tim. The mighty hand is invisible, but
the victim totters under tho dire clutch.
George Eliot.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

Tho Cydippe, peculiar water insect
propels itself with pair of paddle,
which both in shape and general appear
ance closely resemble those in use h,
Oarsmen.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
Advice Is Cheap,

BUT II you want to save money buy
your coal and wood of W. X. Andrews
IL Co., 219 Salem avenue. They don't
force you to buy snow or water, but will
furnish you just what you buy. Look
out for the belled teame,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

W. *. ANDREWS g Co., 219 Salem
90 enue, keep larger assortment. OF
: Il and more of sort than any dealer
Roanoke. When you want coal again
them deliver it 10 you with their
b+-iled teams from their extensive sheds.
where the winters enows snd rains can.
not reach it.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
You Can Believe

THE testimonials published In behalf
OF Hood'a SArssparilla. They are
written by honest people, who have
actually found In their own experience
that Hoods Sarssparilla purifies the
blood, creates m appetite, strengthens
the system and absolutely and perma-
nently cures all diseases caused by i'm
pure or deficient blood.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
No Use For 1t.

There is ono variety Of cake that the
small boy will not seize upon with avid
ity, namely, the cake of soap. Boston
TRANSCRIPT
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

The Venus fly trap produces juice that
to nearly all insects is deadly poison
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

PRACTICAL sympathy counts for
something in this busy, hustling world. .
You cannot better show your sppreoia.
tion OF the comfort and happiness of
your friends than by urging them to
ouy coal and wood OF w. K. Andrews
Co. 2l9 Salem avenue. They will
aellver It promptly in large or small
quantlsles' fresh and dry from their ex &.
], tensive coal sheds. Look out for the
9Belled teama,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

IT will bs to your interest to call and
see our stock of buggies. "Studebaker"
ana Piedmont" wagons, harness,
saddles, etc, before purchasing. Far
mers supply Company, Market Square.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

HOODS PILLS TOR the liver or bowels
act promptly, easily and effectively.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28

When DaDy was sick, we gave he's Castoria.
When she was Child, she CT ed for Castoria.
When she became MISS she chung to Castoria.
, when she had Children. she gave them Castoria.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
AGENTS. WANTED.

A GENTS WANTED FOR THE SALEOF OUR
"A goods. A STRICTLY BUSINESS PROP
OSITION.. None need apply unless prepared to
furnish references and bond. BONSACK BROS,
los Jefferson street. 251m