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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

Ono of the favoritc sports Of q Polish
country gentleman is to capture u wolf
alive, and rs his mode of doing 1t Is prob
ably now To many Englishmon / will
briefly describe it. a wolf being driven
into the open. the well mounted horscman
pursues it, armed only with u long whip
and some rope. The wolf after n time tries
10 take rest, but the rider forces 1t on with
his whip, till, after repeated attempts at
rest it sinks exhausted. Tho rider thon
springs fro,n his horse, jumps nstridc the
wolf, and holding it by tho ears secures it
with tho rope.
Most men require the assistance of a
mounted companion, who ties the wolf
while the other holds its ears with both
hands. and III this way the capture Is COM
parativciy easy, but to do 1t single handed
Is difficult feat. Nasty bites and oven
dangerous wounds result, should the hunt
er have iniscalculGted tho strength of tho
animal. No ono, however, is considered n
perfect sportsman till he has done this, vet
many never succeed OF the large party
assembled, only our host two of his stall
wnrt brothers and one other man had OBJ
taincd this blue ribbon OF Polish sport
Blackwood's Magazine
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
Music In His Coffin.

James Mulligan, an employee Of a
logging camp, died in the woods couple
of days ago near Welbeck, Mich. His
friends placed his body and all his be
longings i'll coffin to ship to his family
They decided to carry the coffin to the
railroad station. Eight stalwart woods.
men undertook the task of carrying it a
mile over the frozen mud roads. They
had not gone far when they suddenly
stopped. Every one Of them turned pale
with fear, and they nearly dropped their
burden.
From within the coffin they heard the
strains of after the Ball" in the piping
tones peculiar to music box
Then some one remembered that the
box which james bought to help shorten
the long nights was packed in the coffin,
and it is supposed the jarring caused
the springs to relax. The men were re.
assured and proceeded on their way.
IF jim hadn't been dead" said one
of them, latter listening to that tune,
he surely would have died. No danger
of his being buried alive now Chi
cago Tribune.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

Who is he? The man who calls on u
woman when he is at his very best and
who mover stays too long. Oh, that mas
culinc visitors knew tho peril that lies in
an extra half hour! Almost every woman
likes 10 entertain men at her own homo
and to receive tho delicate compliment OF
personal call, but unless two people have
the same hobby or are engaged to be mar
ried Tor are about to beg any call that lasts
over an hour Is filed with dire threaten
ings. 81 know two men," sighed young
woman to her best friend, "who are both
handsome intelligent, courteous and alto
gother delightful. Ono comes at odd in
tervals and stays until / o'clock. Hcigho!
The other arrives periodically, chats.
laughs, tells the ncws-and leaves in half
AL hour. | shuddcr when tho first comes
and sigh when the other goes"
There arc more things than letters that
should be just long enough to make tho
recipient wish there was moro of it," and
n call Is not least among them. -Philadel-
phia Record
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
WONDERS OF sKlAeRApHY.
An Invisible Power That Can Perform It's
Work In the Dark.

Now that it has been shown that 1t Is
possible to- take photographs with dark
Light 1t Is obvious that we must attach
deeper and much wider meaning to tho
word light than has heretofore been Or
dinarily understood. Tho fact Is, tho cyo
is able to SEQ vnry little. 1t can appreciate
and turn 20 account in producing an i'm
preston upon tho rotina but very limited
proportion, barely moro than an octave. of
the waves or vibrations that may actuato
the ether or medium which porvadcs all
space. Tho car is u moro sensitive instru-
mont for sound vibrations, since most peo-
plo can appreciate tho notes within tho
compass of u piano. but oven here there
must DO u limit. Some persons cannot
recognize tho extreme top notes or rapid
undulations until tho tension of tho strings
is reduced, when tho note is appreciated,
having been brought down to tho level of
tho ears capacity and the vibrations re-
duccd in frequency. In tho same way tho
Photographic plato has brought within
our vision countless stars which tho eye,
even aided by the telescope. falls to soc.
Tho sensitive plate, In other words, records
infinitely moro than tho ego, and this prop
crty is utilized to bring things within tho
range of human vision. So 1t is with tho
"N" or Roontgcn rays, and doubtless
there arc other rays which havo greater
ponetrative power. Opacity is, indeed, u
phenomenon existing merely for an oyo
like ours, which, il constructed little
differently would cnnblo us to 500 easily
through walls Perhaps it is wise pro-
vision that 1t is not so.
Tho fact that photographs hnvo been
taken with no apparent source of light
appears to be duo to tho property OF proba-
bly, most things, of absorbing certain rays
and giving them out again in the dark.
Thus, II n transparent Photographic proof
has been freely exposed to the light and
then taken into the dark room and placed
over q sensitive plate for somo time, tho
plato on development will give distinct
negative image. The same thing Is illus
trated In n stronger manner in luminous
paint, which absorbs light and gives 1t out
again so that it is visible to tho ego In tho
dark. Wo have heard some people assert
that on reading paper closely in rail
way train which is just rapidly entering
Il railway tunnel they arc enabled to read
on for quito few seconds or so in spite
OF tho darkness. 1t is quite possible that
it is due to tho paper giving up tho light
which 1t hns absorbed. London Lancet.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
A DOCTORS CONFESSION.
His Profession Obliged to Do Moro or Less
Experimenting.

His Profession Obliged to Do More or Less
Experimenting.
rs 1t true, asked tho reporter coaxing-
ly, THAT, after all, you doctors don't
know very much, but simply experiment
with your drugs and your treatments and
sometimes Kill and sometimes curo by
pure accidenty Now wait'-as tho doc
tors eyebrows came together with n frown
isn't 1t the great DR.. Marion Sims who
tells us how, when he first hung out his
shinglc in n little country town, a baby
was brought to him III of some unknown
disoaseY He wns Mt his wits end and qnvo
tho baby drug after drug, going through
tho AS of his phnrmncop1ia. Tho bahy
died. The next time he Begin Mt tho Z'e
and went up. The baby died too Several
babies had died before the young doctor
took down his shnglc and fled, overcome
with rcmorsc and despair"
The Doctors eyes twinkled.
cor course" said he, occasionally it f.
necessary to experiment, and the results
often vary. III match your story with
another, and then must say good day
"A Turkish physician once called in to
attend an upholstcrcr very i'll with typhus
fever, gave him up for lost, but passing
tho house next day found him still alive
and on tho mend On inquiry, he found
that the patient, in his consuming thirst,
had swallowed painful OF tho Juice OF
picked cabbage. Called In subsequently,
To attend dealer In embroidered handker-
chiefs i'll of the Same disease, he prescribc
at once the juice OF picked cabbage
1.-The next day the man WAS dead.
whcrcupon the doctor entered in his note
book the following memorandum:
While picked cabbage juice is very
efficient remedy in cases of typhus, 1t is
not to he used unless the patient be, by
profession, an upholstcrcr' Good day"
And the doctor was once moro Off upon
his rounds. Dispatch
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
A Foreign Tongue.

An English journal says that some
members of German ships crew had
occasion to visit Il shipbuilding yard in
England, and in the course Of their per-
ordinations entered paintshop where
two lrishmen We're at work.
The visitors talked together in their
own tongue. Tho Iriehmen understood
nothing of what was said, and at last
one of them could not restrain his Curl
osity.
Il say, Nike" said he to his fellow
laborer, land do you know what these
fellows are saying"
"Arrah. now, Pat" answered the
second man. Don't be showing your
Ignorance. They're spakin shorthand. 4"
Youths Companion
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
SYMPATHETIC MAGIC.
The Punishment III Enemies Through tho
s.ct,iuna of Icmgies.

-'-ccioi1i Oh ruigies.
Tho most usual form of sympathotio
magic is to melt or staff full of pins n clay
or waXeA Image OF tho oncmy. This WAS
dono to sir George Maxwell Of Pollokshicls
about 1G10, ana several women vcrc burned
for it, but when croftcrs now practice tho
same rito on u shooting tenant he presents
tho image to the museum at Oxford, whcro
IL may be ScUn 10y tho curious Plato
speaks of such things, which arc familiar
to tho negroes of Barbados. In Somerset
it IS rcckoncd good practice to stuff =
beasts heart full of nails and hnpc, IT, IN
in the chimney. If II nervous victim honrs
of this, he or she may set up malady by
nero dint of self suggestion, and thus d
Kind of unholy MIRACLE may bo worked.
Magic Is defined by Littro as TART prc.
tcndu dc produire des offets contro portlre
dc In nature" Struck by tho perform
ances "dono every day by spiritualists,
hypnotizers, dowsers and Others" Mr.. Ell
worthy says, The most skoptical Is con-
strained to admit that in some cases an
effect is produced which obligcs us to omit
the word pretendu from our definition. ~
Without being nbhurhally skcpticnl wo
can hardly grant that effects arc "pcrform-
cd every day. by anybody which being
contrary to tho nature of things, incline
us to alter Littro's definition, but IL there
Is 10 DC chnngo made we prefer to abol-
ish tho words ''contre l'ordro do In ma
ture.'
A man may mako himself i'll by belicv-
ing that clay doll has been stuffed with
pins, but if he docs nothing occurs which
is not perfectly natural. "'Twas n NOM
met thing, and no knowed twas a. made
for he" said an agriculturist cited by Mr..
Elworthy. To be fair tho invalid in this
case, felt a pain in tho foot before no know
that "mommet' had been constructed
for his discomfort. But Glanvil gives n
better story. Black headed spots camc on
girls limbs before tho eyes of the vicar
of the parish, and n witch later confessed
that she had Mt that moment been piercing
q "mommct' with thorns. In Australia
tho wizards, like the clairvoyants in whom
certain psychologists delight must have a
piece of tho hair of the person whom their
spells arc 10 affect. So much there is in
common between tho black "Birraark"
and the American pythoncss whom fcl.
lows of the Royal Society Investigate -
Quarterly Review
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
VALUE OF GOOD COOKERY.
Numbcrless denominations Making Amcri
cans Vcritablc Race of Dyspeptics.

~ DcEllnAIlOnS Making AmCri-
cans Ncritablc Race of Dyspeptics.
Well cooked food Is essential to the
growth and support of strong bodies and
strong brains, and to the lack of it may
undoubtedly be ascribcd many of those
mental and moral lapscs as well as phys
ical failures so often rated rs unaccounta-
BILE by superficial observers. In no coun-
Try In the world is such variety Of food
to be obtained, and the best of it IS within
the reach of all classes of people. But it
comes rs raw material and in tho process
of preparing 1t for the table it too often
becomes transformed into indiUestiblc
messcs with its nouriShing qualities rs
nearly destroyed as possible. 1t is the very
abundance and variety Of the material ut
hand perhaps which have caused the uni
vcrsal neglect of culinary science. In other
countries, where frugnlity must 10 prac-
ticcd, and many foods which are native
products hore and comparatively inexpcn-
sive are there imported luxurics, much
thought Is given to the preparation of the
daily fare.
The result in Franco, for instance is n
skill in cookery which has made its homo
and public tables famous Half the
thought devoted by the Frenchwoman to
her cuisine, if given by an American
housewife, with her better opportunities,
would work "a revolution in the character
OF the fare set before her family, with
corresponding benefit to its health ana
spirits. There would DO no more pastry.
half cooked cereals, no moro "slac, baked
bread, no moro greasy fried steaks, no po-
tatoes soaked in fat, no soddcn pastry,
none OF the numbcrless denominations
which have gone so far to make Americans
race of dyspeptics.
1t Is not the poorer classes either which
suffer the most by these things. but the
well to 10 people, whose kitchens are turn
ed over to the mercies of unframed cooks,
who are scarcely acquainted with the rudi-
mcnts Of their profession. 1t is we'll for
tho lnistrcsscs OF such households to attend
cooking classes and acquire ut least n the
oretical knowledge OF the art, but it is
moro important that the cooks themselves
shall have instruction. - indianapolis
Journal
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

Knights Of old-crusadcrs who went tn
conquer the world, could not hone to
succeed unless they were III virile, Hearty
health. A man cannot face difficulties if
his stomach isn't in good order. Dis
ordered digestion will make sluggish
coward out of any man. 1t makes his
mind stagnant, and he cannot think
quickly enough to accomplish anything.
1t makes his movements slow, and takes
all of the snap ont of him. Every man
in business i'll America has fight on his
hands just a3 much as ever had belted
knight. 1t is a matter Of life and death.
just the same with him as it was with the
crusader. Indigestion and all the ills
that go with it, most frequently start in
constipation. That keeps all sorts of i'm
purities in tho body, forces them into the
blood, and SO deranges the whole system.
Constipation is one of the commonest
ills, and to it are traccable most of the
disorders that make people sick. Once
it gets firm hold on man, it is most
difficult to overcome it. Temporary re-
lief can be obtained in a thousand ways.
There are medicines on the market that
will help as long as you take them.
There is only one remedy that is a real
remedy-that you don't have to keep on
taking forever. That is DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. The "Pellets" are
tiny, sugar-coated granules, mild and
efficient in their action. They effect a
permanent cure. You don't become a
slave to their use, as with other pills.
If you will send one-ccnt stamps TO cover
cost Of mailing only, we will send you FREE the
most useful medical book extant. This is Dr.
Pierces Common Sense Medical Adviser in
plain English book of 1908 pages, profiseiy
illustrated, the great expense Of preparing which
has been covered by the sale of 10000 copies
at the regular price. $3.50 per copy. Address,
Worlds Dispcnsary Medical Association No Goa
Main Street, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

What would we not give" says Mr..
Collin, "for the uncoycd appetite of
youth! Hcro AM l. tired of chicken and
sick of roos: beef, but my young son comes
in from school in tho afternoon and asks
for bread and butter. Ho goes from the
kitchen 10 the dining room, eating ono
slice and carrying three more, which he
arrangcs in front Of him on tho dining
room table at equal distances apart, one
back of the other in columns by companies.
whole battalion of joysl AS he cats he
moves up the reserves and is happy happy
on bread and butter. Oh, happy YOUTH
New York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

An English sportsman, having hired n
shooting in Ireland, arriving in tho dis
trict, asked the keeper, where's tho best
place for snipc?"
'Murphy's bog, sirr," was tho reply.
They're just jostling one another in that
place. sirr!'
And woodcock?"
SIS it woodcock, your honor?" Then ho
added solemnly, Don't you go into Mike
Dennis wood widout big shtick, or
they ii eat you aloivc. Westminster Ga
Zotto.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
ma XNa Even

Ts5 @Scstto 8ltt1ra % Q remedy for
yoursrouhass3 II no4, ret botxls now
and Est rezfSf. Eats medicine hsz bean
found eaui2sriy sdApted 60 the re-
lief eoa.curo Of al Fensia ounuiainta.
exeIsfrVa wou6erful dfrcoa irAaence in
giving asreueth and tone to the ORGANS.
II you have Loss OF Appetite, Oousn ma
ton, Aeadache, Fafnsfng Spells, or are
Nervous, Sleepiese, Excitaole, Mslsn,
choly or troubled with Dizzy Spells.
Elect tc Bttters Is tho meuicine Won
need. Health and strength are gusran-
teeu by Its use. Fifty cents and 81 Oo
at MAssie's Pharmacy, 100 JefYereon
s,raet.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

According to tho pootical idea Of Catul-
lus the rose was once white, but blushctl
red and remained so out of shame for al
lowing It's thorns to infliot wound on the
feet OF Venus.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
7. ". SPINDLE & CO.,
1o4 jefferson Street. Roanoke, Va.
GOld-Lined Bargains.

Campbell avenue dwelling with eight rooms.
In best location, near Park street. Price, ESQ {;
$500 cash, balance $40 per month.
Dwelling house, brick seven rooms. large lot,
in good neighborhood. Price, =, 100; 500 cash,
balance $40 per month
House on Seventh avenue, elk rooms, large lot.
Price, $1,000; 500 caeh, balance $12 per month.
Groom house on John street. Price, $3.50; 800
cash, balance $40 per month.
Beautiful room house. with all modern con-
veniences, built at cos. OF $i500, on corner lot
in the hest part of the West End. Price, 81, So ;
$500 cash balance on long time.
Nice Groom house, with bath, in the southwest
part OF the town. Price, S!,5OU; $40. balance
SIS per month.
Dwelling on Bullitt avenue with large lot
Price, $4,000; $40 cash, balance SIS per month.
Sa EN- avenue house with seven rooms and all
convenienccs. $3.50; $500 cash, balance $40 per
month.
One OF the best Groom dwellings on Jefferson
street, all corveniences. This property sold for
$1,000 Price, $4,000.
Fine brick dwelling. eleven rooms. in first.
class repair, with seventeen acres OF land, three
miles from Roanoke and two and u half miles
from Holline Price. $4,000 for quick sale. Fifty
eight acres OF fine land nearly all bottom can be
bought All lining this. This would make one or
the best homes In Roanoke county.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

II don't ec.how you got your daughter
to give up boomers"
81 told her they wcro not becoming"
"And did she believe it!"
"Not when told her, but afterward I
got her dearest girl friend to tell her that
she looked too lovely for anything in
them"
"And thcn?"
"Why, then sho naturally believed me )"
Chicago Post.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
Tic Great Problem.

81 wonder, said the soubrette, eff wo
will ever be able to ny!'
I'VE nro ablc 10 ly right now" said the
pessimistio manager, "but tho question
is whether wo can take our baggage
along - Cincinnati Enquirer
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
Buy a Home
While Property
Is Cheap.
Rents are advancing every day
and propaTty must so up. Look
over tbs list Of Bargains and
come TO see US at once:

Splendid husiness house on the best business
street in the city, now renting for II per cent. Of
the price ,sked Terms, very easy.
Fine buisuess house on Commerc, street. two
store rooms below, renting for So per month,
price $S,00U. 9erme. We easy.
Eight-room house on large corner lot, has sold
for 81. 7U0. price now 81 900, easy payments.
six room house, near West End roIndhousc,
$500, $50 cash and $40 per month.
room house on Eighth avenue g. e.. nicely
papered good garden, Sl,oOO 81 cash and $i25O
b.ro I'm cottage on large let n. W.. near round
house, $3.50; SIS cash and ga so per month with
out interest.
Groom house on corner lot, 8. W., beautiful
shade, 81 400, on easy payments.
Two splendid business lots very near the new
Public Building, Sl,500, on esey payments.
Nice Groom house, Eighth avenue e. W.. with
modern improvements. stable on the lot, Sl,21O;
S20J cash and $40 per month.
New Sroom dwellings,. w, with modern I'M
provcmepts, large lot beautiful shade $l.tJt 10
Caeh and $40 per month. This is one or the
rarest bargains ever one. ed.
Elegant IS room house in Wet End. with cleo
trio burglar Alarms, speaking tubes, hard wood
mantles, all modern Improvements. lot 1o0x2lO,
with stable, chicken house, horse and COW lot,
good garden, fruit and shade trees in abundance.
In thorough repair, cost $S,0OO, price $3.50,
$3.50 cash and $500 per year.
Fine business house on Salem avenue. in very
desirable location, price 5000, one-third cash,
balance in years.
Nice brick house in Southwest. S2,COo, $500
cash and $40 per month. This is fine bar
gain,
We have great many other fine bargains.
which we will be glad II show.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

There arc many diversites OF vice, but
is one never failing effect Of it to live
aisplcascd and discontinued. Seneca.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

In floral mythology rcd flowers nro sup.
posed 10 10 derived from sacred blood.
Thus tho rcd ar,monc is said to have orig
mated from the drops of blood which fell
from Chrst's wounds.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

Crabpots and eelpOts arc exact models,
on an enlarged scale, OF the cocoon OF tho
emperor moth.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

Tho bones OF flying birds are hollow and
hllcd with air, by this means combining
strength with lightness.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
FAR M s:

12o-ac tract with 40 acres OF bottom land in
fine condition. One of the best truck farms in
the State. Price $40 per acre.
1C-acre farm \ mile of Hollins, 100 full bearing
apple trees, good spring, 5-room cottage and
stable, ell bottom land, 50 Would trade for
Roanoke property.
"a acres OF bottom land / x miles from Hollins
with Ss,50O brick house at the edge OF a beautiful
ten acre grove Of forest oaks Price $50 per
acre.
113 acres OF Back creek land in the celebrated
pipan apple belt 81 acres OF IL in good bottom
SID per acre; on Roanoke and Southern railroad.
This is hue investment.
8 acres OF truck garden, comfortable dwelling.
miles OF Roanoke. 100 apple trees; on Roanoke
nd Southern railroad. $500, on very easy pay
ments.
13) acres OF very rich, fertile land, none more
productive in the state, 25U fruit trees OF every
variety, well wstered and fenced; new twelve.
room brick weing cost $1,000 large new barn
45 by 80, with oil other necessary outhnidngs
and Improvements, two and half miles from
Roanoke; price, $4,000. This is one of the very
best farms in the Valley OF Virginia. Terms,
very easy.
We have great many other farms and truck
gardens for sale. II you want IS buy, cell or rent
c me and see US.
.w Several good bargains near Hollins In
stitutc.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09
THIS SPACE BELONGS TO
THE
PedigO-Bellep Real Estate Co.
And Is reserved for the put
pose of telling their III my
ftiends how cheap they
are selling Houses and
Lots. Glance over the
70 lowing list and let US
show them to you:
HOUSES.

House and lot on Ninth avenue 8. w, 8 rooms,
AMI small house on rear OF lot; size or lot, xl3O
Price $3.50 cIsh. This p ,opcrty Is renting for Sl
per month
6-Room house on Sixth avenue 9 W., lot xl30
Price $s25 cash, or $500, 500 cash, balance SIS
per month.
House, rooms. lot 8 lx130. on Chapman avenue
West End. Hone ost $4,000 to build two years
ago. In frst-clsss condition. Price Sl,To0. Terms
easy.
House, rooms, all modern improvements, just
put In fret class condition thr ughout. A great
big bargain, 81 .4Uu, $500 cash, balanco $2S per
month
10 Room house on sou'h Jefferson street, all
modern conveniencee, "a daisy Price $500
Terms easy.
~. Room house on Jefferson street, heated by
steam all modern improve mcnts, large stable
beautiful lot, one Of the most desirable residences
in the city. Price St.750. Terms one third cash,
balance one and two years.
S-Room house West salem avenue. just the
thing Tor railroad man, lot 5Ox2OO. Price 1000
Terms $500 cash, balance easy.