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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-29

NOTlCE.-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
IN the shareholders OF the Pocahontas Coal
Company will be held on Wednesday, May 9th,
1885, at 945 O'Clock .. m, at the Office OF the com.
pany. In the city OF Roanoke, Virginia, when an
election will be held for seven directors for the
ensuing year, and such other business transacted
as may properly come before the meeting. A. j.
HEMPHILL, Secretary. dis Id
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-29
A FEW OF THE BEST:

CRATES, bath with hot and cold water. good csiia'
near West End roundhouse, southwest. Original
COSY $S,SU. Can be bought now for $t,35O-emali
cash payment and easy monthly payments
Very nice aroom residence in southwest, in
hot and cold water, all other modern convent
e en- large lot with shade in the yard. Price
Special bargain on Salem avenue s S
l2room house, hard wood finish. cabinet mantels.
bath with hot and cold water, stable and carriage
mousse shade In the yard, lot b0x1bO Price
$40 0; cash 5000. balance on easy terms. NV
Something very nice and cheap on Church ave-
dence, newly painted and oil modern Improve
ments, hot and cold water. house heated bv
5000 Price now $500 cash 500 Balance so on
Groom residence near franklin road south
west house In good repair. Price $500; cash 500,
n Groom residence, with cellar and bathroom. on
minutes walk to market house, ali newly
papered. Price $3.50; one third cash, balance
one and two years. This is a fine bargain for a
Bargain for railroad man on First avenue north.
vests room house with bath. house papered and
In good repair well located for boarders Cash
$50; balance SIS Fer month without interest
Groom house In Southeast, nicely papered, in
to shops. fine view and very cheap at $500; cash
$50 monthly psyments IS.
5-room house in Southeast. large lot, near
shops, convenient to the market. Prico S1OO:
cash S25. monthly $3.50.
sroom house in Southeast, nicely papered and
well provided with pantriee and closcts, stable on
lot and fnc garden, shade in the yard. Price
6l,3OO cash el5O. balance on easy terms.
Groom cottage on farewell avenue southeast
corner lot, stable and barn, lot 49x2l2 feet. This
ie special bargain at price offered, $105c; cash
S2oo, balance on best or terms. No better loca-
ton for shop man.
room house In Northeast convenient to shops.
good neighborhood. Cost to build the house
$3.50; can be bought for $3.50; cash s75 monthly
payments at $40.
esY- List your property with US II you want it
sold.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-29

Wy AN II D.-CUSTOMRRS FOR SASH,
w Doors, Blinds, Limo and Cement. CA
TO9NI BROS, Market Square. 4Stf
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-29

NOTICE.-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
IN the shareholders of the Virginia Mineral
Halfway Company will be held on Wednesday,
May 9th, 1886, at S45 O'Clock a. m. at the office OF
when an election will be held for seven directors
Tor the ensuing year, and such other business
transacted as may properly come before the
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-29

The Mississippi No Longer Holds First
Place In North America-A River OF
Writing Fluid-wonderful Channel of
-China's Sorrow
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-29

WANTRD-TO BUY GOOD SECONDHAND
w piano. Will pay cash. Apply to 723 Henry
street, w. 425 1W
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-29
There's as Much Difference

Between real estate agents a. there ia h..
tween doctors and lawyers. In every citv
there Is one concern that gives better ser
v1co than all others. 1t has bigger and bet.
ter liste from which to make selections nv
thoee who want to other ell, buy or rent
real estate. We think we are the beat
agents In this city, ana are sure we will
give You better terms than anybody else.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-29
FOR RENT,
FOB BALH.
WANTED.

XITANTRD-AN ACTIVE, WIDE.AwAKE
It. W. SPINDLE 81 co. 28tf
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12

DR.. James Weir, Jr., who has studied
strange Inhabitants OF the Mammoth
Cave in Kentucky, says that the cele-
brated blind fish from that cavern,
when placed In illuminated aQuaria,
seek out the darkest places, and he be-
lleves that light Is directly fatal to
them, for they soon die If kept In a
brightly lighted tank. The avoidance
Of light seems to be a general chRrac-
teristic of the slghtless creatures dwell
ling in the great cave. Doctor Weir
has seen an eyeless spider trying to
avoid the light, and animalcules from
the waters of the cavern hiding under a
grain of sand on the stage Of his mi
croscope. he thinks the light in these
cases is in some manner perceived
through the sense of touch.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
OnahinR,s Heroic Deei.

In 1861, at the very beginning Of our
civil war, a young lad named William
Barker Gushing entered the navy as a
volunteer officer, though he had pre-
viously been through the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis. He was only 10
years old, but drawer or more reckless
sailor never grasped a cutlass or stood
by a gun. Never a fight but he was In
the thick Of l., never a battle but Cush-
ing's name was mentioned in orders.
He dared do anything that man dared.
One dark night, at Plymouth. N, o.. he
took a boats crew and, stealing quiet
ly away, he crept up beside the Con-
federate ram "Albemarle" a1d, taking
the chances OF almost certain death. he
sank her by a torpedo fired from his
steam launch. Then he fought ut Fort
Fisher with great bravery, and, what IL
ever rarer, he used sound judgment, Sc
curing for his command all the fruits OF
the victory.-St. Nicholas.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
AEauaoleum in . Tree.

One OF the most curious mnuRoIsuma
In tho world was discovered the other
day in an orchard at the village Of No
ebdenttz, in Saxe-Altenburg. A gigan.
tic oak tree, which storm had robbed
Of its crown, was up for public auction
Among the bidders happened to be 4
Baron Won Thnmmel, scion of a fam
lily OF ancient lineage that has given
the world OF literature one charming
poet and the Fatherland many distin-
guished statesmen. The Baron, who
lives on a neighborlng estate, had rid
den to the auction place quite acciden-
tally. Finally the tree was knocked
down to him for 200 marks. Upon hin
arrival at the castle he told an old SER
want OF his purchase, describing the
tree and its situation. The old servant
said he remembered attending the flu
neral OF Bardon Thummel seventy or
eighty years ago, and that the body
had been buried in a 1,000-year-old
oak, belonging to the parsonage. In
Vestigation clearly proved that the or
chard had once been the property of
the village church, and that at one side
or the old oak was an iron shutter,
rusty and time-worn, that the people
OF the town had always supposed to
have been placed there by some joker
or mischievous boys. The iron shutter
proved to be the gate to the mausole-
UNI Of Baron Hans Wilhelm Won Thum-
mel, at one time Minister of the State
Of Saxe-Altenburg, who died In 1924,
and wished to be buried ''in the
1,OO0-year-Old tree he loved SO WE'LL"
In the hollow Of the tree Baron Hans
caused to be built sepulchre Of solid
masonry, large enough to accommodate
his coffin. The coffin was placed there,
as the church records show, on March
5, 1924, and the opening was closed by
an Iron gate. In the course OF time q
wall of wood grew over the opening,
which had been enlarged to admit the
wOrkmen end the coffin, and for many
years 1t has been completely shut, thus
removing the last vestige OF the odd
use to which the old tree had been put.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
Imitation Seed Packages.


There seems to be no end of trouble
to the Agricultural Department from
the distribution of seed this year. The
department has learned that requests
have been made on commercial seeds
men for seed put up In papers similar
to those used by the Government and
printed in stimulation thereof. Acting
Secretary Dabney has sent out notices
to a large number Of seedsmen in re-
gard to the matter, stating that the
department cannot permit the Govern
ment seed contractors or any seeds
men to sell seeds in packets bearing the
name Of the Department Of Agricul-
ture, or any words which might cause
the receiver OF the packet to believe
IL at It was a part of the Government
seed distribution. No seed can be dis
tr1buted free Of postage through the
malls except that delivered upon the
orders Of members of Congress by the
Department Of Agriculture, or sent out
directly from the department. The act
of March 8, 1875, confines the ranking
OF seeds by members of Congress to
those seeds which they. receive for dis
trlbution from the Department OF AgIt-
culture.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
An Air Teater.

An instrument for measuring the
amount of lmpurity in the air Of a room
or shop was shown at the Zurich In
dustrial Exhibition recently. It con-
sisted of glass bulb containing a red
liquid which turns white on contact
with carbonic acid gas. The liquid In
the bulb was kept from the air, but
once in every 100 seconds a drop, dra wn
automatically from the bulb through a
bent tube, fell upon the upper end OF
n stretched cord and began slowly to
descend the cord. If the air was foul
with carbonic acid the drop turned
white al the upper end OF the cord, and
the purer the air the farther the drop
descended before changing color.
Alongside the cord ran a scale, like that
of a thermometer or barometer, indI-
eating the degrees OF impurity Of the
atmOSDhere
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12

The pleasing possibility of transform
Ing the dear deceased into a marble
like statue that may be set in Il niche
or OH a pedestal was suggested to the
members Of the Academy of Sciences
of Paris recently by Mr.. MOrtin, who
read a paper detailing his discovery of
a process of converting animal matter,
before decomposition sets In, into a
substance resembling marble, being
sufficiently hard to allow OF It's being
sculptured. lie called the attention of
the society to the possibility of his in
vention, which he has taken the pre-
caution to patent, being utilized to pre-
serve human bodies after death. Inas-
much as this marble-like substance can
be sculptured, 1t is possible to remedy
little physical defects that, unnoticed or
at least not obtrusive In life, might de-
tract from the attractiveness OF a stat
ue This process is step ahead Of the
st. Louis silver-plater who for ten years
has been experimenting upon a plan
to succeed embalming by Theoretically
plating in gold, silver or nickel the an
cestors Of such people as are willing TO
undergo the expense Of having them
decorated for future inspection
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
A Chjnaman Sees q Piano.

A Chinaman, lately returned from a
trip to Europe, treated his countrym IN
to the following description Of the
piano:
"The Europeans keep a four-Iegged
beast, which they can make sing at will.
A man, or more frequently a woman,
or even feeble girl, sits down in front
Of the animal and steps on its tail, st
the same time striking It's white teeth
with his or her fingers, when the crea-
ture begins to sing. The singing, though
much louder than that Of a bird, IL
pleasant to listen to. The beast does
not bite, nor does 1t move, though Il
Is not tied uD."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
CarniYoroua PIanta.

That such plants as Venus hy-trap"
actually catch and squeeze to death
flies and other insects alighting on
their leaves has long been known, but
the discovery is comparatively recent
that the plants digest the softer parts
Of their prey by means OF peptic fer
ment secreted by the leaves. These,
then, are real instances of plants feed
ing upon animals.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12

On the western coast of the northern
island of New Zealand immense de-
pOsits of magnetic iron sand are found.
The sand is brought down by many
streams from the slopes of Mount
Egmont. The cliffs consist Of a mix
ture Of ordinary silica sand and iron
sand, but the waves sweeping the beach
carry the lighter silica sand away, leav-
ing an almost pure deposit of iron SAND
fourteen feet in depth. Furnaces have
been erected by which the sand Is
smelted and formed into pig iron.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
Marvellous Meaaurement,

At the recent Conversations" Of the
Royal Society in London a pendulum
instrument was exhibited, intended to
record the slightest tits and pulsatlonS
Of the crust of the earth 1t was as
serted that this instrument would rem
der observable a tilt Of less than one
three-hundredth Of a second Of arc. In
other words, II a plane surface were
tipped up only so little that the rise
would amount to a single inch in a
thousand miles, the instrument would
reveal the fitting!
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
Qneer Facts About CoIors.

According to information given by a
German officer to the Horse Guards
Gazette, an experiment was recently
made in Europe to determine what
color In a soldiers uniform is the least
conspicuous to an enemy. OF ten men
two were dressed in light gray uni
form, two In dark gray, two In green,
two in dark blue and two In scarlet. All
were then ordered to march off, while
a group of officers remained watching
them. The first to disappear In the
landscape was the light gray, and next,
surprising as it may seem, the scarlet
Then followed the dark gray, while the
dark blue and the green remained visi-
bic long after all the others had dis
appeared. Experiments in hrinR at
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
A Gbootlv Cat

An invention calculated to terrify
mice and rats Is described in Popular
Science News. 1t consists of metallic
cat, which, being covered with lumln-
GUS paint, shines in dark room with a
mysterious radiance which, the inven.
tor thinks, will be more effectual than
traps, or even genuine cats, in Kidding
houses of rodent pests.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
RtrsnRthenipR Iron.

1t was formerly believed that cast
iron. when subjected to long-continued
shocks and Earring, became crystal
lized" and brittle; but Mr.. A. q. Outer
bridge, Jr., Of Philadelphia. has re-
Gently shown, by series Of expert
ments, that instead Of being weakened,
cast iron is really strengthened by re-
peated blows and conclusions.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
Flower Parfnmna.

1t ls claimed that the perfume OF
flowers disappears as soon as the starch
in the petal is exhausted, and 1t may, Il
is said, be restored by placing the howeP
in a solution OF sugar, when the forma-
ton Of starch and the emission Of fra
GRANGE viii be at once resumed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
NO. 8.

blue and red targets. according to the
same authority, proved that blue could
be more easily seen at distance than
red
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12

Every man is more or less Of a fool
about some things.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12

Every thoroughbred is able to make
his own salad dressing.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12
ED. E. MAXEY, M. D.,

] lows Block. Special attention given to dis
eases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Glasses
fitted. In Office all night.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12

THE sahlb is too white, he explain
ed. The olu blind priest was always
black and dlrty-sO kick on your boots,
sahib, and let me daub your feet on
went my boots; and In a minute or two
my legs from the knee down were az
brown land as dirty as they well might
ha
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-12

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-17
evening.
Accidentally Shot

A very sad accident Occurred at
Franktown Tuesday afternoon in
which Joe COreccO, Il welI-known Com
stock young man, lost his life. 1t
appears that Joe, at ahont noon, went
out in the field to fix some wire fences.
taking his rifle along with him. At
about o'clock in the afternoon his
uncle, Steve Pedroli, and part owner
tn the ranch, missed him, and going
to the field found Mr. Corecco lying
dead with a bullet hole through his
body the bullet entering the breast
and ranging upward through the
back and top of his head. The de-
ceased was a well known Swiss, hav-
ing many friends here and in Sierra
Valley, where his father, mother, sis
ter and brothers and other relatives
reside.
The funeral will take place in Reno
this afternoon at o'clock.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-17

"Castoria is 80 well adapted to children that
Irecommend it as superior 10 any prescription
known to me- H. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Ill So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, y. Y.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-17
ALL SORTS.

jim Moore, of Virginia, is in town.
Bob Bigler a former Carsohite is
back again
A. J. McCone left for Virginia yes
terday morning
A runaway disturbed the quietude
Of the city yesterday,
EX Postmaster Bell arrived from San
Francisco yesterday,
Twenty cars constituted yesterday
mornings cat,lA shipments.
D. 0. Mills arrived from New
York yesterday morning.
For SALE Brussels carpet Of five
rooms. Enquire Of Dr. Hennessy.
w. c. Blackburn arrived from San
Francisco Oh the passenger yesterday.
Mrs. Andrew Pine is seriOuly i'll at
her home in the northern Part Of town
S. / Golden, Of the Comstock, left
for tn" CaIlforni Rose Carnival last
evening.
jake Wpher's mother left for Oak
land last evening to permanently re-
side with her daughter.
A. j MCGOWAN bought 1925 worth
of goods at the sale yesterday in the
| interest of c. J BoscOwitz & Go 1t
will be sold at public auction by } D.
| kerseE in a short time.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-17
TO CHICAGO IN 31z DAYS

TO CHICAGO IN 81 DAYS
And
TO NEW YORK IN "A DAYS
Via
The Northwestern Line
And
Union Pacific Railway.
Drawing--oom Sleeping Care
Upholstered Tourist Cars
Daily Without Change
All Meals in Dining Cars.
Sleeping Car reservations and all nfor-
nation at OveIla Ticket Office, Mont
somery street, Palace n ,tel corner. c
E. Bray, General Agent, or W. D. Phillip
Agent S P. CO npany Reno, Nevat a
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-17
Wall Paper.

John G. Fox has large and. bran
new ass ,rtment Of wall paper. It
Of every grade, every pattern and
every variety. Hel is now carrying
n. very at.51i designs known to the
tr tde. a1tf
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-17

Call at Farrer, thc..scientifc optician, az
Goldens's Jewelry Store, and get perfect
correction, mr9
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-17
T est for e9pYopia.

AZ vou aorolchin5 the time when YOU
need glasses
Hold this print fourteen inches
from the eye il you do
AL o'this clearly at tn Al disttucs
should have pair Of glasses proper
" fitted,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-04-17

"The use of 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits 50 well known that it seems = work
Of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS NAIrYN, D. D,
New York City.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-10
WORLDS FAIR FUNDS.

PARIS, July 1.-The successful
financiering of the Paris Exhibition
of 1900 is assured, and in a manner
typically Partisan. Bonds of 20 francs
each, amounting to 65,OOO,00O francs
will be issued next week and the ap-
plications in the past three or four
days make it clear that these will be
fully subscribed. These bonds, bearing
interest and principal will never be
paid unless the holder is lucky enough
to draw a prize in one of the twenty
nine lottery drawings to which they
entitle him. Nominally, the holder
will get his money back in the shape
of twenty admission tickets to the eX-
hibition.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-10
STRIKERS AND POLICE.

CLEVELAND, o., July 1.-One hun
dred and twenty-five workmen left
the Brown Hosting Company's works
this evening at o'clock under an es-
cort of 175 policemen. Strikers and
on-lookers to the number of 5000 hoot-
ed and jeered them. Squads of strik-
ers went in both directions on st. Clair
street and took possession of every
car tnat came along, filing them so
full that the workmen could not get
on. BY force the police succeeded in
getting a number of the workmen on
the cars and sent them home under
guard. The rest were marched to the
Central Police Station.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-10
CORNER STONE Is LAID
EXERCISE AT THE PORTUGUESE
PROTESTANT MISSION.
Prayers and Singing-Addresse by
the Chief Justice and Various Pro-
moters of the Work.

About 200 people gathered at the
corner of Punchbowl and Miller street
at o'clock Thursday afternoon 20
witness the laying of the corner stone
of the Mission church at that place.
The audience was for the most part
Portuguese, for whom the church is
being built.
Exercises took place within the
frame work of the building, which has
already been put up. The corner stone
was laid beneath the Miller street en-
trance. 1t bears simply the figures
1896" On the platform during the
exercises were Rev. 4. V. Soares, the
pastor, Rev. ID. p. Birnie of Central
Union Church, Rev. o. II. Gulick. Rev.
II. Bingham, w. \. Bowen, Frank
Cooke and others.
Mr.. w. A. Bowen opened the meet
ing with a ten minutes talk on the
history of the Mission. Beginning
with Mr.. Dillingham's little night
school in 1887, he traced the growth
of the church up to it's present pro-
portions, with organization, with q
pastor and soon to have commodious
house of worship.
Chief Justice Judd closed the cere-
monies with the address of the dav.
euiogizing the struggles of the church
and the objects of the new building.
This was followed by a hymn, where
upon Rev. II. Bingham pronounced the
benedicton.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At the American League meeting
Thursday evening it was decided to
elect new officers next Tuesday even
ing. a meeting for that purpose will
be called later. The balance of the
debt on the big flag was assumed by
member, which lifts quite a burden
from the finances of the body. Con-
siderable enthusiasm prevailed in the
meeting. 1t was decided to "whoop
her up" again and to hold meetings
regularly every week.