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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11

NORTH POLE December s. 1896.
To the Good People of Roanoke:
have made my quarters, for the Roanoke District,
at WATT RETTEw & CLAWS, where all my pretty Dolls and
Books and Pictures and Games and Rubber Balls and Toys
and everything for Christmas Gifts be had. My prices
lower than Tell ali the good little boys and girls
will be the night before Christmas distribute my
pretty things. Lovingly, SANTA CLAUS
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11
Dolls! Dolls! Dolls !!

CUCi line of dolls. The prices are
~ wonderfully low. They are Il wonder to
us, when we see what others are asking for
them. We lave complete range of them
from l0c each TO 81 sc each.
l4-inch kid Body Dolls. B:sque heads,
sleeping eyes, with shoes and stockings,
only CSC each.
Large Kid Body Dolls, sleeping eyes,
Bsquc heads, shoes and stockings, only
soc each.
81 inches high, lie size Patent Dolls.
natural hair, a perfect picture Of life aud
beauty, worth $40, for $3.50.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11

EO0 OXFORD Sundav-school Teachers
COO Bibles. genuine French Seal Bind
ing, Divinity Circuit, rouud corners, cold
edges. good clear type. printed on good
paper, aud having all the Oxford hel,'s,
>uigect index, Concordance, PronounciDg
Dictionary Of proper names aud colored
maps, only Ok cents.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11

In CHILDREN'ST ricycles, worth SO so
w for only 81 9S. Largest size for 81. IS
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11

DRET ~ individual sugar and cream
sets, square shapes, l9c set.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-11

400 GAMES, the large size, that usu.
lOO ally sell 374c to soc, our price now
2Oc. See our new improved games of font
ball aud baseball; We have the lntest. SOC
games of every kind l0c to 81 each.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
COOKERY HERBS.
Every Housewife Should Understand and
Cultivate Their Use.

Every Housewife Should Understand and
Cultivate Their Use.
Herbs used in cookery, while they
may be purchased in the markets of tho
larger cities of the United States, are
rarely procurable in those of smaller
towns. To the average ruralist they are
unknown, or, if known, their use is noe
understood. In first rate cookery,
which is one of delicate combina tons
and favors, they are absolutely indis-
pcnsable, and their absence therefrom
is quickly detected by cultivated pal
ates. Chives, tarragon, chevril, savory,
sorrel, etc., may be grown with little
trouble either out OF doors or in,
boxes in the house. Pulverized dried
herbs that are sold in bottles or tin are
Of little value. For favoring purposes
they are hardly more effective than so
much dried dust. Sorrel soup, on &C.
count Of its pleasantly acid flavor, is
much in vogue in Europe. Here it is al.
most entirely unknown, and is rarely
or ever served except in families OF for
eign origin or at restaurants that en-.
courage special clientele. OF all tho
herbs only sage and mint are in uni
versal use with us. For this boon we
are indebted to the favor accorded
sausages, and the popularity Of the
mint julep."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
CLEAR THE ROADSiDES.

One Improvement That Is Almost Sure
to Lead to Others.
Good roads seems to be the cry all
around at this time. If we ever get
better roads it must be by someone
starting out and doing something be-
sides talking. It has already been
talked till there is danger that it will
end in talk I want to see a move in
the direction of better highways. Sup
pose the legislature at it's next session
makes law compelling towns at the
towns expense to cut all the weeds,
bushes and trees in the limits of the
road in the months of August and Sep
TENDER next following such enactment,
and cause the same to be burned except
such as shall be left by special direc-
ton of the municipal officers for shade,
crnamentation or use.
Then compel the owners or AUDITORS
to cut them each year thereafter; and
to insure the execution of the law let
the bushes themselves and carry the
expense of the same into the next years
tax bills in separate column with the
same process of collection of other
taxes.
Do this and in the end it will harm
no one, for the roadsides will be worth
moving for hay, and it will add to the
selling value of nearly every farm
enough to pay the first cost.
I know it is agreeable to ride in the
shade on an August afternoon, but it
is disagreeable to ride in mud up to
the axle, after the driving road is dry
and easy travelling, as is almost always
the case when the road is shaded. Then
take the old walls that disfgure SC
many fields and dump them into the
ditchea and cover them from the old
roadbed. and you may have road that
will be hard the first day after the snow
is off aid keep so till the snow comes
again.
I occasionally, though I admit not
very often, pass farm where the stones
are picked down on the roadside and the
bushes, weeds and grass moved down
every year. When 1 pass such farm
I expect l am passing thrifty farmer.
One improvement always opens the
way for others. Let us clear the road
sides and be ready for the next adj
vance.-D. II. Thing, in New England
Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

much benefit the good roads will be to
them they will at once enter into the
movement with vim and energy that
will be surprising. After the good
roads are built the wear and tear on the
farmers vehicles and on his horses will
not be SO much. He will be better able
to get to the market with his goods; he
will be able to carry more at a time, and
In that way he will get more benefit
from the roads than anyone else.
'tOf course the bicycle riders will be
benefited. They deserve it for the able
manner in which they have enlisted in
a movement that will in the end benefit
the entire state. People dislike to live
in a place where there are bad roads, and
when the good roads are built in Georgia
they will be one among the many things
that will induce the people to make this
state their home.
"Good roads are as essential in a
certain sense as good railroads. Both
are means of transportation, and one
is as important as the other. We will
soon have better roads; they are some
thing that we need badly, and see them
in the near future. When we get these
roads we can put them down on the
list of the many things that bicycles
have done. I look upon the bicycle as
one of tine greatest inventions of the
age, and hope that it will continue to
be pleasure as well as profit to man
kind"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
A GREAT DINNER.
Because Enjoyed by Great Quartetts--
They Are Still Alive.

Because Enjoyed by Great Quartette-.-
They Are Still Alive.
The greatest dinner that 1 ever sat
down to, says Watterson in the Courier
Journal, consisted of leg of mutton,
dressed with mustard. a bit Of hot
wheat bread, and some fresh butter,
with half jug of fine whisky to wash
it down. It was in front of New Hops
church in the summer of ga. Some
one had sent Eustis leg of mutton.
Some one had sent Yeatman a large
pill box of butter. Bragg, Gen. Polk
cook, had some -four. Eustis and Yeat,
man invited Gov. Harris and myself,
The governor happened to have a key
which fitted Gen. Folks medicine case.
All of us united in making the robbery
of a vial of Irish whisky. the general
himself being absent. and that was the
dinner! Glorious dinner!
Please God, the quartette still survive
to tell the tale, which they do when
ever they meet and can get an audi
ence. Eustis is in Paris, ambassador.
the same cool, self-possessed man in de
plomacy he used to be under fire; able,
brave and lazy. Harris-touching the
eighties-is the dashing, brilliant, i'm
petuous boy he was 80 years ago-and,
silver or gold, or neither, I look to-
ward him as write! Yeatman, obtru-
sive only in his courage on the battle
field, lives the life of cultivated leisure
and unambitious rusticity which de-
lighted him most when he was both
younger and richer than he is, though
he still has his ancestral acres.
That was dinner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
TREES FOR RoADsIDEs.
Many Reasons Why Small Varieties Are
the Most Advantageous.

the Most Advantageous.
At the meeting of the Summit county
CO., Horticultural society President
Sperry suggested good idea for road
side planting, which was to use trees
that at maturity are small. The ques-
ton arose upon the recommendation of
MIR. C. N. Gaylord, committee on orna-
mental planting, to use the beautiful
American crab as lawn tree, urging
that there was no tree that was more
beautiful than this when covered with
its blushing buds and very fragrant
flowers. An exhibition by the writer
of some rose-colored blossoms of the
large lowered dogwood (cornus florida),
called attention to another small-siZed
tree of great beauty and value as an
ing more scarce in the forests owing
to the fact that it's small size and slow
growth make it of little economic value.
MIR. Sperry truly said that there were
serious objections to planting large
trees along the roadsides. They pre-
vented the rapid drying of the mud
in early spring and late fall, besides
seriously shading the land on adjoining
farms. Such medium or small-sized
trees as the crab and dogwood were not
open to these objections. The sugges-
ton seems to be an excellent one. l
have long been of the opinion that in
many places the room of naples and
elms was much preferable to their COM
pany along the roadsides. There ara
only three months in the year when
roadside shade is of value, and this
only applies to roads which run in an
easterly and westerly direction.
Another practice which 1 hope will
in time die out, is that of planting large
trees along the sidewalk in front of
houses. In almost every plan l have
been called upon to furnish for door,
yard improvement this feature is in
sisted upon, and coupled with the prac
tice of putting houses quite close to
the road makes it almost impossible to
plan the lawn with any sort of taste.
A maple tree whose branches in few
years will push rs feet into yard
where the house is only 40 feet from
the street line, leaves little room for
anything except small shrubbery which
does not mind shade and drip of larger
growths.
Among small-sized trees besides the
two mentioned are several more very
desirable ones. The red bud, Halesia,
or silver bell, European mountain ash,
Negundo or ash-leafed maple, nettle
tree, cut-leaved weeping birch, cut
leaved alder, and the double hawthorns.
the single being too common to war
rant planting. The pawpaw and sassa-
fras come under this bead, and their
suckering habits make them undesira-
BILE to plant anywhere except where
constant use of the lawn mower keeps
the sprouts in check. Among shrub
berry which almost reach the dignity of
trees in height, but cannot be classed
as shade trees, may be mentioned the
syringa grandifiora, the white lilac, the
purple fringe, the common SNOWFALL
and the white fringe or chinanthus.
The more general use of some of the
small trees and large shrubs in place
of the very large ones would be a great
advance upon the present practice of
using the largest trees, even in places
of considerable extent.-L. B. Pierce,
in Ohio Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
AGRICULTURALHINTS
GEORGIA NEEDS THEM.

Construction of Good Roads Advocated
by Gov. Atkinson.
Gov. Atkinson, of Georgia, at recent
meeting of the Good Roads club of At
lanta, stated that he had had little or no
experience as a wheelman and was not
personally fond of the wheel. But the
movement which the bicycle riders have
started" he said, deserves the hearty
cooperation of every citizen of the coun-
try and of the state. If there is one
thing that this state needs it is good
roads, and the wheelmen should have all
the praise and honor of being the first
to inaugurate the movement.
"Good roads show progress in civiliza-
ton wherever they are found. I want
to see better roads built. l want them
wider and sounder; want them wide
enough so that there will be place on
each side for the bicycle riders of the
state. If the farmers can be shown how
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
BANK FORCING HOUSE.

1t Assures Maximum of Warmth at Small
Expenditure of Heat.
A good plan for securing maximum
of warmth at the least possible expendi-
ture of internal heat is shown below.
Such house is, moreover, cheaply built
wherever loose stones are abundant,
whether the stones be irregularly faced,
or simply rounded cobblestones. A
cut is made into the bank and the wall
laid up in cement, or cement and lime.
The rear and end walls should have a
tile drain laid just outside of their base,
coming out upon the surface at the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
BANK FORCING HOUSE.

front. The rear wall should rise little
above the ground which should be graded
trifle higher in the middle at the rear
than at the ends to turn aside the sur
face water. The tile drain will take care
of all water that soaks down through
the ground. The wall in front is e1-
tended little beyond either end of the
building to retain full bank Of earth
against the end walls. The interior ur-
rangement will of course be similar to
any single-roofed forcing house.-Farm
and Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
Summer Resorts on the Monon.

The Summer resorts on the Monon Route
are having "big season." West Baden
and French Lick Springs are more popular
than ever, and Paoi has started new SAN
itarium to take the overflow. The waters
of these springs have been recommended by
prominent physicians as superior in their
curative properties to those of Hot Springs,
White Sulphur, or even the noted spas and
,'bads'' Of Germany. West Baden indeed
has been fifty called "the Carlsbad of Amer
ica." Cedar Lake is prettier than ever and
Just as full of fish. The railroad company
has fine park there and Is soon to build q
new station.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
500 Truck Farms in virginia.

September 1st and 18th and October and
20 Home Seekers Excursion tickets will be
sold from points in the west and northwest
over the Big Four Route and Chesapeake
and Ohio Ry. to Virginia at one fare plus
81 for the round trip. Those who have in
vestigated the state are of one opinion, that
Virginia is the best state in the Union to-
day for farmers. Situated at the doors OF
the great eastern markets with cheap
transp ortation and perfect climate it has
advantages that cannot be overcome. Small
farms may be had for SO per acre and up
ward according to location and improve
ments. For descriptive pamphlet of Vir-
ginia, list of desirable farms and excursion
rates address U. L. TRUITT, N w. T: A., G.
& O., Big Four Route, 234 Clark St., Chicago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
Roads in Ancient Palestine.

According to the Book of Judges, the
Hebrews at an early day in their occupa-
ton of Palestine had good highways.
In the song of Deborah mention is made
of the abandonment of the high roads
and the use of by-paths by travellers Oh
account of the disturbed condition Of
the country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
A SINGULAR Form of Monomania.

There is class of people, rational enough
maniacs in dosing themselves. They are
constantly trying experiments upon their
stomachs, their bowels, their livers and
their kidneys with trashy nostrums. When
these organs are really out Of order, if they
would only use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
they would, if not hopelessly insane, per-
ceive its superiority.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

VERY low rates will be made by the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railway for ex-
cursions of August1Sth, September 1st 18th
and Harvesters. For particulars apply to the
nearest local Agent, or address JAMES BAR
KER, Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt., st. Louis, Mo.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
All About Texas.

Address D. j. Price, A. G. P. A., I. & G. N.
r. R., Palestine, Texas, sending seven cents
postage, for 200 page handsomely illus
trated book telling all about Texas. Texas
is now attracting great number of settlers
by reason of cheap lands and mild climate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

"IT's cold day when I get left" re-
marked the putative 100-pound chunk of
ice, as it vanished into three-inch wet spot
on the back stoop.-Detroit Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

FITS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use OF DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Res orer. Free 50 trial bottle
& treatise. DR.. KLINE, 933 Arch ST Phila Pa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

FRIENDSHIP is plant of slow growth, ani
must undergo and withstand the shocks Of
adversely before it is entitled to the appella
tion.-Washington
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

PARKE-s'l don't suppose, old man, you
can really appreciate how bright my chill
dren are" Lane-'No; l have never met
your wife"-N. Y. Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

"WHY, Mr.. Portly. you are all done up.
What's the matter2" Bicycle" 'But
you don't ride Wheel" "No, but the
other fellow does ."-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

In the race of life it isn't the fast men
who come out ahead.-Texas Sitter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

WHEN we are good in the right way we
are good for something Chicago Stand
ard.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

WHEN you loaf, remember the rights OF
busy people.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

ONLY the man who gives hoping for moth
ing again, who gives freely, without calcula-
ton, out of the tullness of his heart-can
find his love returned to him. F. D..
Maurice
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

PIsos Cure for Consumption has saved
me many DOCTORS BILLS. F. HARDY,
Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 2, '94.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

The eternal now Is the time to grow
good fruit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16

WHEN WHITING TO ADVERTISERQ
please state that you saw the advert1soS
ment In this paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-09-16
EFFECTS OF A SMILE: YUCATAN KILLS II

IN. 90 per week and expenses to CanvassinD
0OUAgents Add VIM. 8. Burkhart, Cincinnati. q.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

The people of Audubon and vicinity
were surprised and shocked last Fri.
day by the news that Mrs. G. ii. Stemm
had died in Chicago, where she had
been taken but few days before to
undergo a surgical operation for the
removal of a tumor. Up to short
time ago Mrs. Stemm had been in
usual health, and surgical operation
while considered necessary was not
considered as dangerous.
Sarah +. Roberts was born in Rol-
linsfeld, n. H., June II, 1915. She was
married to G. III. Stemm April q, 1881,
in the town of Wilton, Iowa. Joined
the M. +. church with her husband at
Union Hill, Audubon county, and has
been member since that time. Died
in the city of Chicago, aged 30 years, 8
months and 81 days. She bore her
sufferings with great patience fully
trusting the blessed Savior. alii
The funeral services we held at the
M. E. church conducted by Rev. |. III.
Elliot assisted by Rev. Dudley, after
which the remains, followed by many,
sympathizing friends were laid to rest
in Maple Grove cemetery. The text
used by Mr.. Elliot is found in the 80
chapter of the Psalms and the 18th
verse. -
$50 teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom" III $500 III a,ttss{
"Asleep in Jesus Blessed sleep, gst
From which none ever wakes to weep, ,a
A calm and undfsturbed repose, ~
Uubroken by the last OF foeS.sl 4 a31a
"Aseep in Jesus. far from thee '4
Thy Kindred and their graves may beia az;
But thine Is still q blessed sleep,
From whiclrnonc ever wakes to weep. .is
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

w. A. Mcconnell, of Omaha, was Wis
iting II. M. Gray Monday.
E. F. Shoesmith, of Guthrie county,
has moved onto.the Jarman farm south
of town. Mr.. Shoesmith formerly lived
in Audubon and was employed in the
Stuart grain office.
The republicans of Leroy towns ship
met in caucus at the court house Mon
day evening, and selected delegates to
the county convention next Saturday.
The delegation will be as follows: o.
Kennels, Owen Davis, Matt Gardner,
Matt Johnson, Fred Vermilya, John
Norris, II. b. Herbert, John A. Nash,
J. A. Overholtzer, J. E. Griffith, Theo.
F. Myers, J. w. Rosenburg, NJ. A. Mar
shall, II. S. Foulk, Geo. Agnew, A. L.
Viewer, f. S. Watts and L. d. Phelps.
VIM. Hawley Smith is an exception
ally talented artist, and is especially a
master of dialect and impersonation.
The real effect of his selections lies in
their naturalness. There is nothing
stilted about them. Art in his case
only adds lustre to natural talent,
That he is a finished elocutionist, skill
ed in all the rules and practices of that
difficult science, is true, but he is more
than that; he is faithful interpreter
of nature through the marvellous fine
ness and complexity of his own being.
He possesses the soul of the true poet,
and so great is his power of presenting
the multitudinous phases of human
feelings and action that representation
seems to clothe itself with reality as
we listen to him.
Mr.. Smith will lecture at the opera
house Saturday March 18th, in the in
terests of the public schools.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05

Lars p. Larsen and wife, Sharon
township, a daughter, Friday, Feb. %.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Scott, of Douglas township, Satur-
day, March 7th.
Nels Thompson and wife Of this
township are the happy parents of a
son that was born Tuesday.
Those wanting wagon and carriage
work done should call at Wolfe's ma
chine shop.
Rev. J. II. Ygggy, of Naperville, Ill ,
was in Audubon last week looking
after his business interests in this
county.
Just received a large shipment of
Davis Vel tical Feed Sewing Machines
that must be sold regardless of cost.
Sold by G. w. Hoover.
b. w. Monk and his sister, Mrs. G.
Eyer, are at Iowa City this week on
business connected with the settle
ment of their fathers estate.
Henry Morey returned from Chicago
where has been for some time past,
Friday. Mr.. Morey will remain in
Audubon for only short time looking
after business matters.
L will give q special discount of 20
per cent on ladies shoes ranging in
price from $3.50 to 1926 from March
4th to April LIST, also 20 per cent dis
count on all Dress Goods worth from
% cents to 80 cents, until April 1st.
1. w. BAKER.
The famous Riverside Cook Stove
and Ranges still continues to lead the
stove fraternity of Audubon county,
The greatest fuel savers, the quickest
bakers, elegant in design, unequaled in
finish, the best stove that the world
has ever produced. Sold by G.. w.
Hoover.
Ed Tricks sale Tuesday brought out
farmers and stockmen from far and
near, in spite of the rather threatening
weather. The sale was very large
one, running from six to eight thou
sand dollars. Everything offered
brought good prices, this being espec'
tally true of cattle and hogs. Nate
Carper did the job of his life in call
ing the sale, finishing up the whole
business in four and half hours.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-05
CARD OF THANKS.

To the many friends and neighbors
who extended their kind offices and
sympathy during our recent severe
bereavement, our most heartfelt thanks
are extended. May the kind Heavenly
Father bless them and remember them
for this kindness extended to us.
G. II. STEMM,
G. e. STEMM,
J. G.. STEAiM.