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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17

filled with eating sores; my tongue was
almost eaten away, SO that for three
months was unable to taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly.
and was in horrible fix. had tried
various treatments, and was nearly dis
couraged, when a friend recommended
SIS. After had taken four bottles, 1
began to get better, and when had
finished eighteen bottles, was cured
sound and we'll, my skin was without
blemish, and have had no return of
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from a life
of misery" SIS. guaranteed purely
segeta6Le) will cure any case of blood
poison. Books on the disease
and its treat ~ ~ ~
& {: !: =: !: s. q: S S
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17

sibly visit the aromatic terminal OF tho
car line. She was almost in tears when
u handsome young man obligingly Of
fered to go to the stable for her and get
the coin, remarking in a rich tenor
voice that she could obtain it when she
returned to the city. He also gave her
n $40 bill Us guarantee Of good faith.
She was delighted, accepted his offer
and took the train. After she was on
board she opened her purse and found
the lost coin in one of it's recesses. She
afterward discovered that the $40 bill
was u counterfeit and n very poor one
besides.
What the man said when he arrived
at the stable was not known for some
years, for she did not find him at the
address given, but one night I was at
the Coney Island Athletic club await
ing meeting between two distingue
bruisers, and, the conversation turning
upon the frauds and receptions Of the
wicked city, Mr.. Tommy Root, well
known gold brick virtuoso, said:
II thought l had heard Of all the
games that were operated, but I was
taken in by the slickest of them all
some years ago. 1t makes me mad yet,
it was SO easy. The prettiest girl you
ever saw too. She'd fool even n mind
reader.
Then the gentleman went on and told
how he had been bunkoed out Of $40
bill on bobtail car, narrating the story
just as have told it, only from his own
point of view, meeting with a mixture
Of ridicule and sympathy from his au-
dience, but he never said anything
about the bill being counterfeit
took him aside and told him the
facts in the case afterward and sur.
prised him very much.
well, WE'LL" he said. $50 she was
square, after all! And she had the coin
all the time! And she's got that bill
yeti Say, if anybody but youse told ms
that story wouldn't believe it. SeeT'
WALT MCDoUGALL
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
Blood Poison.

Contagious Blood Poison has been ap-
propriately called the curse of mankind.
1t is the one disease that physicians can
not cure; their mercurial aud potash
remedies only bottle up the poison in
the system, to surely break forth in a
more virulent form, resulting in a total
wreck of the system.
Mr.. Frank b. Martin, prominent
ieweler at o26 Pennsylvania Ave, WASH
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
He Wanfa a Chanee.

Mrs. De Lisle had been to the hair
dresser. II see that pompadour rolls
are coming in again." she remarked to
Mr.. DE Lisle the next morning at
breakfast
THANK heaven for thatp' retorted
her husband do get the recipe for our
cook, for the rolls she gives us now are
regular jaw eakersr'-Detroit Free
Press
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17

ington, ID. c., says:
/ was for a long
time under treat
Inent of two of
the best physi-
clans of this city,
for a severe case
of blood poison,
but my condition
grew worse all
the while, not
withstanding the
fact that they
charged me three
hundred dollars.
My mouth was
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
All Wasted.

Softleigh (sighing)-Oh, Miss Biker,
Will you not smile npon me? Have you
not noticed my soulful sighs?
Miss Biker-Yes, I've noticed them
and was thinking what great scheme
it would be if ] could ntilize them ia
blow. up my pneumatic tires
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
A Bright Idea.

"See here" said the policeman to
the drunken man who had been holding
up lamppost for some time. why
don't you go homer
"Thanksh! Thanksh?' murmured the
jag effusively. "Swat I'll do. Been
thinkin fer hour where / wanted to
go. "-Philadelphia North American.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
What is

Castora Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. contains neither Opium, Morphine
other substance 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregorc Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years. by
Millions of Mothers Castora destroys Worms and aays
fevershness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd
Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teethng troubles, constipation and fatulency
Castoria assmilates food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
toria is Chldrens Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
Many q free usn

Many q free man,
who is sick would
willingly change
places with q.
healthy convict. A.
man might as we'll
be shut out Of en-
joyment one way
as another. If he
Is shut up in a cell,
he cannot engage
in active pleasures.
He cannot see the
beauties Of nature
and art, but he can
imagine them, and
SO get some benefit
fr o m the IN. A
man who Is sick
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17
CaStOria.

"Castoria Is an excellent medicine for chill
.ren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. c. OsGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest of their children. and use Castoria
instead Of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down their Threats, thereby
sending them to premature graves"
DR.. ]. +. KINcHELoE.
Conway, Ark.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-17

has these things before him, but he doesn't
see them as they exist. He cannot look on
anything with appreciative eyes. His ply.
steal condition warps his vision and his men.
tality. He cannot njoy anything, no mattel
how enjoyable it may be in the abstract. A
man with foul taste in his mouth, with g.
bilious headache, and with poisonous refuse
not enjoy anything. He honestly believes
that the world is all wrong, aud that 1t is q
mighty poor place to be in. He Is blue,
Respondent, cynical. Life isn't worth liv-
ing to him. Such simple thing causes
this condition that 1t is absurd and ridicu.
lous to think of sensible man remaining
in it. Symptoms like these come from con.
stipation. 1t is the most prevalent of all
causes of sickness. 1t makes man worth.
trouble when you do not treat 1t properly,
and simple one when you do. 1t is cured
by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They were
made for this purpose, and no other. They
accomplish this purpose as no other prep.
aration ever did. An INSCRIPTIONS druggist
may try to sell you something else. Look
out It is your health that is at stake. II
is your health against an extra profit on the
thing he says Is just as good" Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets don't forget
don't take anything else.
s The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, In plain En-
&fSFI glish. or Medicine Simpfied by
UhoeHJ R.V. Pierce NJ. D., Chief Consult
4 S-l GsDssaIl ing Physician to the 1nvalids Ho-
Ia yA@H innss, tel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo,
1&SH un:p N. ", 1908 pages, illustrated.
$4,000 copies sold at $3.50 Now
sent, paper bound. ABSOLUTELY
H. xaf FREE on receipt Of al onc-ccnt
AsWA stamps to pay for mailing only.
zasS~ Address the Author, as above.
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Castoria.

"castoria Is SO we'll adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
H A. ARCHER, M. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. z.
"Our physicians IN the cbildren's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert
cnce in their outside practice with castoria.
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won US to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARv,
Boston. Mass.
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres
urray Street, New York City.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-07
Taking IL Comfortably.

When 1 was at Cornell a dozen years
ago. said Cornell man to a Washing
ton Star reporter. I'VE used TO have great
times"
(which are not entirely discontinued, %
interrupted the reporter.
y suppose not" he went on. Boys will
be boys, and students Will be something
worse. I know we were. We had one
ing a salary Of $500 year. while his
father receives the largest salary OF any
man in the United States. who was too
much for even US We had a society in
which the initiation ceremonies were
something frightful, including, among
other pleasing features, a coffin, in which
the initiate was buried. That is, we put
him in il. and nailed on the lid (there
were air holes in it that he did not know
about, and then with ropes We let him
where we had pile Of ashes, which were
shoveled onto the coffin in a way that
was really bloOd-curdling 10 the man in
side
well, this chap I am telling about was
to be initiated. but when the time came,
which was Saturday night, he was what
he was every Saturday night, so full that
he couldn't come TO the scratch. We looked
for him, but failed to find him, and the
opportunity passed, but not for long.
About / O'Clock in the morning he was
seen Keeling upstairs 10 his room, and
thither we followed him, carrying the cOf-
fin along. He was so full that he didn'
into his room, after giving him what we
thought was time to get into bed, ne was
found asleep.
I'VE weren't very particular how much
noise we made, and after knocking things
around pretty lively, we had set the col
fin upon some chairs, and then lifted
him out of bed and laid him in it, putting
in a blanket TO make Il easier on him.
Then we withdrew TO think over what
he would think when he walked up in the
morning and found where he was
guess l must have been more curious on
this point than the others, for as soon
as l got up / slipped over to his room 10
sget a place to watch him when he came
to himself. l didn't want to disturb him
while l was getting in hiding, so 1 opened
his door very carefully and poked my head
in, and the sight L beheld almost paralyZed
me-"
"Hs hair turned white in a single
night?' interrupted the reporter, with
more or less of horror
Not in the slightest" continued the
Cornell man. 'He was sitting up in the
coffin as comfortable as you please, Smok-
ing n cigarette and reading Sunday pa
per"
''Of course he concluded. at was on
us~rather than on him, but he explained
that during the night he had had hor-
rible dreams of being put in a coffin and
buried and he had some sort of an idea
that he might be dead, but when he woke
uD he tumbled to the situation at once,
and knew that some of the gang would be
in to see about it, so he sent out for a
morning paper, kindled a cigarette and
was ready for visitors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-07
BRIGHT BITS.

"A BashfuI Lover.-Mrs. Watts-I am
afraid you don't love work
Dismal DaWSOn-Deed | do, mum. but
l am so Observation-Disclosures Journal
Theory worst possible tyrant
is a liberated sIave.r
'Er7~yes. / guess that's the reason so
many devoted lovers make such horrid
husbands. indianapolis Journal.
-she-And you really attended the
queens reception in L4ondon2 The men,
I suppose. stand uncovered in the pres
ence of royalty?
Yes; but not to the same extent as
the women. Life
-Brown-This hypnotism is a confound-
cd humbug. I've looked into it thorough
" and there's nothing in il.
Mrs. Brown-Iiow did you get interested
in it?
Brown-I thought it might come in
handy to put baby to sleep.-Truth.
-she-what beautiful salad-bowl It
would look well on our table. would not
He-It would look very well. indeed, but
1t is too expensive for us.
Sleeve might club together and buy
II for Christmas present 10 each other
Harper's Bazaar 'sis roc re tl
-Buzby-Didnt Virgins forget his
lines at the amateur theatricals last even
ing?
Raxter-No; he only got them mixed up
a little. Instead of saying, Il hear the
tramp of approaching footsteps" he said
II hear the footsteps of approaching
tramps. "-'rit-Bits.
Have a paper?' bawled a newsboy
to an old gentleman from the country on
Austin avenue.
mo hurry, sonny, Perhaps after you
have read it I'll glance over it," and as
he passed down the street he murmured:
Mice folks, these Austin people; so polite
to a stranger. Texas Siftings.
THE village wag thought he would
have some fun with the mild-mannered
young man who had recently taken
charge of the county paper. Il say" he
said, coming into the office excitedy,
there's man on the street looking
for you with a club" The young editor
looked up plea sanity. "Is that SOP" he
inquired. 1--WE make special reductions
to clubs How many subscribers has he
got ?'-Truth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-07

Boer is Dutch word. It is bauer in
the German. 1t is pronounced as If il
were spelled boor. In each language it
means tiller of the soil, a husbandman.
or farmer. The Beers of South Africa arc
the descendants of Dutch colonists. who
went to that country in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. The colonists
were sturdy followers of the faith of John
Calvin, and most of their descendants
cling still to that faith. For nearly two
centuries the principal literature of the
Beers has been the Bible and their prin-
cipal occupation the filling of the soil and
the breeding of domestic animals. Their
habit has been to live, each family upon a
separate farm. and seldom in villages.
Thus until recent years it was usually the
case that each Boer lived several miles
from his nearest neighbor, and the head
of each household governed his family as
seemed to him best suited to his religion
and the rights of his friends When the
English came in and settled the Cape
Colony, the Beers, dislilxing them, moved
further into the interior. 50 as to get out
of the way Of the disagreeable interlopers.
The Beers have been likened to the New
England pilgrims in their disposition.
They would prefer peace, but If they must
highland they will fight upon prcvoca-
ton, as England knows fun well-they go
into the battle to win, They are sturdy
and powerful in physique, and are courag-
eous to marked degree. In their en-
counters with the native Africans they
have sometimes been cruel, but the cases
of cruelty were the exceptions to the rule
They are deeply religious people. In
their difficulty with the English in 1SSO-Sl
they would kneel down on the field after
a fight and offer up praises to heaven for
success, or beg the favor of better out
come for the next fight. They believed
their cause holy. and fought in righteous
wrath. As horsemen and marksmen these
South Africans are not surpassed by the
Indians of our own continent, or the cow
boys of our western plains. They live fru-
gally, and observe proper hygienic rules.
as is shown by their powerful frames and
the fact that the birth rate very largely
exceeds the death rate. This brief con-
sideration Of the people is sufficient to
show that the British South African Com
pany stirred up a dangerous opponent
when its representative led a band of fill
busters into the Transvaal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-07
Personal.

The Turkish government has made
overtures 10 N. Turpin. the inventor Of
the explosive known as infinite 10 go TO
ConstantinOple and make experiments
with his new engine Of destruction. he
mas not, however. left France IN response
10 the invitation. but has remained quiz
city at Dunkirk- 1t is not regarded as
probable that the French government
VIII pay any attention 10 his invention
Victor Ballet, a citizen Of AIenin. in
France, now 103 years old, is survivor
OF the battle OF Waterloo. He was made
a prisoner after receiving a severe saber
cut in the head. on June IS 1915. and con-
Quoted TO Brussels with the flag Of the
10th regiment, captured by the English.
The old soldier is still active and loves
10 tell or Napoleon, whom he saw many
times on that eventful day There viii
be celebration Of Baillets birthday in
Menin next April
Cornelius Vanderbilt was elated the
other day because ne was able to eat a
rev steWed oysters and not be distress
ed Mr. Vanderbilt for years. has suf-
Iered from acute dyspepsia, and has been
pleased enough when a bit of cracker and
sip OF matted milk did not bring agony
70 MIN. The gentlemen who told of Mr.
Nanderbiits happiness over the stewed
oysters remarked that they were as much
on Ieast 10 MIN as great course din
ner and wines galore would be to
tramp and yet Mr.. Nanderbilt's wealth is
certainly close to S100.000J0O.
-Tolstofs most popular diversions just
now is chopping trees Every afternoon,
ram or sun. he goes to the wood. ak in
hand, to cut through "A big trunk and
strip II ready for the saws Of his men.
he has also a fOndness for bicycling, for
m his 9th year he has bought a wheel
and learned to ride It. TO the great as
constituent of the peasants on his es-
tate. His daughters worried so much
over his wheeling trips that they event
ually decided to take to the wheels them
selves so as to accompany him and care
Tor MIN. They now go with him on al
his excursions.
Prince Henry of Orleans, who started
on tour in Southwestern China, has not
been heard of for some time. Ii was his
intention to make his way through Thib-
q, and so on to India. News was re-
ceiVed Of his having reached Ta-Li-Fu,
a town Of Yunnan, but since then moth
ing has been heard of him When he
made his former eastern tour he endea-
vored to enter Lhasa, the capital of Thib-
ct. but was compelled to turn back He
was very anxious 10 make another ef-
fort to get inside the city. and il is fear
ed by some that his holiness may have
led him into trouble.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-07
Capt. Carter,s Appointmcnt.

Advices from Washington announce the
appointment of Capt. o. NJ Carter, U. S.
Engineer Corps, to the position of aide
de-camp to the commanding general Of
the army. 1t is thought that Capt. Car
ter's position as engineer in charge of
the Improvements of the harbors and riv-
ers on this part of the South Atlantic
coast will not be changed by this addi-
tional honor that has been conferred on
him, but that he will perform the duties
of aide-de-camp in addition to his present
work. Any honor conferred on Capt. Car
ter is a source of qualification to the
people of this part of the country They
have learned to appreciate his ability
as an officer and his devotion to the
work intrusted to him. While rejoicing at
any good fortune that comes to him,
they would regret it greatly if his
promotion should result in taking him
to another post of duty, thus depFiv-
ing the river and harbors of this section
of an engineer who has done so much
to make them capable of meeting the
steadily increasing demands of commerce
upon them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-07
The Bond Issue.

Bids for per cent. bonds in small or
large denominations have been called for,
and months time has been given to
those who wis1-to purchase the bonds TO
make their bids. We don't see that those
who have been calling for a popular loan
can find fault with the terms stated IN
the call for bids, unless they think bids
should be received at all the postoflces
in the country. We don't think. however.
that the chances for the success Of the
proposed loan would be increased II bids
should be received at postofices. It is
not a difficult matter to communicate
with the different sub-treasuries.
We are sure the general wish is that
the loan viii prove to be a success. There
may be a few here and there outside
Of the silverltes who would ike to see
1t fail. We are inclined to think. how
ever. that if there are people throughout
the country who have small sums of gold
boarded they will hold on TO it. because
they are not fully satisfied that gold will
not go to a premium. The small investor
is naturally timid. and would rather pay
more for a bond after confidence in the
government credit has been re-established
than to help re-establish IT.
1t is noticeable that the stock market
showed weakness yesterday at the clos
ing hour. indicating that there is a doubt
as TO the success of the popular loan
scheme. a few days will determine
whether or not the scheme is likely to be
a success. Perhaps If the New York
World subscribes for 100000 Of the bonds
at 10, subscriptions may be stimulated.
The World offered to take that amour,
of the bonds and it ought not to hesitate
moment about doing so.
The Senate is given plenty of time to
pass the House 3 per cent. bond bill. In
view Of the fact that the finance commit
tee yesterday reported free silver coin
age bill in place of that bill there is little
hope that congress will enact any Iegisla-
ton that would afford the treasury relief.
If congress should do nothing and the
popular loan scheme should fail there
would be little room for criticising the
President if he should finally go to syn
dieate for gold even IL he had to accept
less favorable terms than he could have
obtained before a popular loan was tried
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-07
Thrnshed Into christianity.

Among the many stories which are
going the rounds concerning Rev. Peter
Mackenzie, who died the other day, is
one which shows he was thorough be-
lever in muscular Christianity. says the
Westminster Gazette. Many years ago,
after delivering q lecture in a country
village in the north, he was returning 20
when he was accosted by robber The
latter was believer in the right Of might
and requested Mr.. Mackenzie to turn out
all the cash he had got. "WeIl, my dear
man" replied Mr. Mackenzie you know
1 am big enough to thrash you. If it's
money you want. I'll give you half a
crown" The robber would not accept
this very charitable offer Mr. Macken-
zie "doffed" his coat, and gave him what
the man is now pleased to call "a dashed
good hiding" That thrashing did the
man a great service, for he afterwards
left the paths Of vice, and became one OF
Mr. Mackenzie's numerous converts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-07
A Case of s.Pnnh.,

That push so-called, has a great
deal more to do with much of the success
achieved in New York than actual merit,
says the Press of thatlcity, may be shown
by the clever performance of a certain
woman. She was taken to a prospective
buyer a tapestry painting which she had
agreed to sell him for $50. on the way
it struck her that she might get more
by a bluff"
ering the painting, .'who admired this
SO much that he offered me $50 for it.
OF course If you hold me to our agree
ment, it must go at $50, but do not
think you ought to stand in the way OF
my making SIS more"
Her tone was plaintive, and the man
''i'n give you S75," he said, after a
moments silence, and the woman went
off triumphant, having won her point