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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
The Largest American Mule.

Tho largest mule that ever walked on
American soil is now, or was recently. the
property of George II. johnson. a farmer
living few miles east of Honey Grove
Tex His muleship is exactly 1877 hands,
or feet inches in height being exactly
IA inches higher than the famous Los
Pecos (Old Mcxico) mule, which was so
widely advertised in 1901 as being tho
most gigantic specimen of tho mule fam
lily tho world has ever known" The Hon
ey Grove mule Is not slim and rawboncd.
but Is built IN proportion TO his height.
weighing ,Gly pounds st. Louis Repub-
lin
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
Wren Batting,

The survival Of stupid superstition,
wren batting" still evident in Christian
Ireland Is an exhibition of petty cruelty.
St. stephen IS day-that is, the day after
Chrlstmas-is when the birds arc carried
around, tied to u branch and killed at
night. There are half dozen stories
which lead up to tho killing of the bird.
One Is that the Druids held the wren So
cred' and accordingly when Christianity
was Introduced into England and Ireland
1t became religious duty ON the part of
the converts to kill the wren as a means of
showing spite to heathenism. Such pure
and unmitigated brutality is unworthy of
oiviliZation.-Now York Times.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
Pat Laughed Last

An 1rishman on seeing notice in a
haberdasher's window one day which
ran, Everything sold here by the
yard. entered and asked the man of the
shop if he sold buttermilk.
Eyes. was the answer.
Then give me yard, said Pat.
"All right, said the man, and dip
ping his finger into dish of milk at his
side he drew it yard in length on the
counter.
Anything else:" he queried trium-
phantly of Fat
NO." said Pat. Just rowl it up in
q piece of paper, and I'll take it with
ma - ;,,,or;cl- No,rs
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
FINE cigars at Bonner's.

Go to Donsldson's for Wall paper; a
fell line OF new goods.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
BRIEF PERSONALS.

Hon. B. N. Hatcher. Of franklin, is
in tn % city.
Vim. Burley. OF Wythe lille, was in
the city yesterday.
Briscoe B. Bowden, of Charlotte
county, is in the city.
B. A. Jones went to Buena Vista
yesterday on business.
Joseph Kolp, OF Buena Vista, is regis
tered at the St. James.
W. NJ. Lipdawood. OF Wythevilie, is
in the city on business.
Mrs. a. Allison, OF Patterson, is q
guest at the Ponce de Leon.
W. M. Hundley, of Martinsville, is
visiting Chief OF Police Dyer.
Miss Alice Boyd is on visit to Mrs.
Robert Yancey, OF Lynchburg.
j. R. Sowder, of Copper Hill, was in
the city yesterday on business.
DR.. A. G. Stephens. Of Allisonia, was
in the city yesterday on business.
Chss. E. Wemmell and wife, of Brook
Ign, are registered at Hotel Roanoke.
Paul Turner and NJ. Jerome Hughes,
insurance men OF Baltimore, are In the
city.
Charles Chea.hsm left last night for
Charlestown, w. Va, 10 be gone a few
weeks.
Rev. w. o. Ross left on the noon
train yesterday for visit 20 Stuart's
Draft.
Geo. w. Shelor. OF Rent Mountain,
was attending business in the city yes
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Bowron. of New
York, are in the city stopping at Hotel
Roanoke.
VIM. G. Evans, who has been Ill for
some time, is improving and Is able to
be out again.
J. II. Patrick. of Danvillo, is visit
ing his brother-in law, II. N. Dyer,
| chief OF police.
DR.. ]. r. DeShszo and Mrs. Geo. o.
Jones, OF Ridgeway, are registered ct
the Ponce de Leon.
Misses Ora AMI Vallie Balthis. OF
| Front Royal Va. are wishing James It.
| Reeves az 6i3 Rorer avenue s. W.
Rev. c. Armand Miller. of Salem,
passed through the cisy yesterday en-
route to his new home in New York.
Rev. w. w. Hamilton, OF Vinton,
went to Buena Vista yesterday, where
! he will assist Rev. p. A Anthony in a
revival.
w. P. Hamilton, father OF Rev. WV.
| Hamilton. OF Vinton, returned to his
home in Bristol yesterday, after visit
| TO his son.
Prof. W. p Gum and sister, Miss
Edna, of Radford. passed through the
city yesterday en- route to Vinson TO
visit their parents.
Miss Josie Smythe. daughter OF the
| minister to Hayti, is visiting her cousin.
| Miss Stella Strss, on Thirteenth ave.
nue. 8. W.
Chas. G Kizsr, of Norfolk, son of
| Thos. E Kizer, is in the CITY and will
remain for several days. He Ia here In
the interest Of his fathers candidacy.
For Council, First ward-J. Il. Morris
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Go 10 Donaldson's for Carpets, Mat.
ting and Oil Cloth.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

!; !; !: ]: ]: ]: ]
q 1t Is loss OF nerve and vital
M.<Ar powers. weak nerves and poor
IN blood which makes the brain
III tired. the arms neryeless, the
ID limbs embling, the muscles
weak, and takes away the vim,
Y strength and ambi ion. Get
we'll and strong by using DR..
Woods Sarsspaiills, the great Blood
and Nerve Remedy. 1t cures slespless-
ness, headache, indigestion, kidney
and liver COM
plants. Massie,s
For sale at
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100 Church Street.
Poultry.

Poultry.
IF you need anything in the poultry
line telephone US. Our numerous coun-
try customers keep US we'll supplied
with the finest ana latest poultry
brought to the Roanoke market. We
are the Park street retailers OF groceries,
Free delivery. w. w. PAYNE 81 Co.,
Phone 1855. 200 Centre and Park.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15
BEST lunch counter in .owu-Bonner't
Fishing Tackle.

WE keep fine line of fishing tackle.
Fishermen will please take notice thst
we can supply all their needs.
w. w. PAYNE e Co.,
Phone 1S5. 202, Center and Park
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

No lady's boudoir 10 complete unlesa
1t contains bottle Of Empress jose
phine face enamel. AT Erb's drug store.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

w. P. Hamilton, father OF Rev. WV
Hamilton. OF Vinton, returned to his
home in Bristol yesterday, after q visit
TO hfa son
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NOTICE OF MEETING.

YINHE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK.
4 holders OF tho Ent ,rprise Building and In.
vestment Company will be held 1T IL o'clock a.
m. on Friday. May 10, ut the company's Office,
No. 1874 KrGnklin road, Roanoke, Va.
j. X. COLLlNGwOOD.
10 ID. Secretary.
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w. ". Paine & Co

WE are now in our new quarters at
202, corner Second avenue and Park
street, and with larger and more Cum
plete stock than ever. We carry in
stock every article known to the retail
grocery trade. In quality OF goods and
prices we defy competition. Give us @
call and inspect our elegant display of
canned goods. ALL goods delivered
promptly without extra charge.
w. w. PAYNE g. Co.,
Phone 1s5. zoe cor. Centre and Park.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-15

., Is the mothers
reeth,np syrup friend during the
critical period OF den
tition in children. II 10 certain and
safe in its action, producing almost In =
slant relief for all those distressing
symptoms to which
children are subject. p massies
Price 25 cents, at
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doubtedly found them treacherous. But probably most of the statesmen who are travelling about the coun- try to-day are eating freely of toma- toes and finding them all right. If the eating of tomatoes is the cause of the Boy Orator and his gang something should be done about it. When the campaign is over and they are proper ly licked, an Investigating committee might be appointed to find out if to- matoes caused them If tomato seeds are also the seeds of the treachery and the treason of the silverites nothing too bad can be said against the tomato, but 1t will be proper to wait for the re- port of the investigating committee before making up our minds that the latest political can-can comes out of the tomato can. As to the charge that eating tomatoes in Pittsburg aims house brings on general depression.
 
 may be something in it. Tomatoes may be cheap around that almshouse and the inmates may get too many of them. Moreover, they may be over- ripe or not prepared in the best way, and there may be other reasons why they make the Pittsburg paupers tired. Concerning the charge that the eating of tomatoes causes "lycopersicum car diopathia" we have naught to say ex- cept that anybody who has that might perhaps as well have it as anything else. We've got to have something in these days to satisfy those whoftake pride in discovering and naming such things and we might as well have "ly- copersicum cardiopathia" as something else equally new and terrible.
 | That tomatoes are bad for brain workers and persons subject to emo- tional influences we fatly deny. The l students of Yale eat many tomatoes and no brainworkers could be in bet ter, shape than they are in. Tomatoes have also been freely eaten by those who are running the womans cam paign in this city, and though they have shown themselves to be peculiar ly subject to emotional influences it is evident that tomatoes haven't hurt them
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COURIER MONDAY

left at your disposal on the library ta- ble. Courier
 He was very deferential, but he was a deacon in the church, and he felt that he had a right to criticise. q hope you'll pardon me-" he said, If I sug- gest that your sermons are-ah---" '"Too prosy I suppose" suggested the minister 'Oh, no; not that. But too long" But you mustn't blame me for that returned the minister pleasantly "If l knew 6 little more, wouldn't have to tell you so much. "-Chicago Post,
 There goes a feller," said the man who was whiting shingle, "thet is the ignrantest man in this hull town ship"
 That's pretty hard thing to say"
 He practically owned up ter it his- self, though. We wuz talking things over in the store the other night, an I'm dumgasted eff he didn't come right out an own up thet he didn't know ex- actly how this government orten be run!"-Wa Washington Star.
 The Hireling's Position.--"H are the farmers hereabouts-on the fence?" asked the man who was gathering po- litical statistics.
 Tt ain't so much the farmers that Is on the fence as the hired hands, goldarn 'em," answered MT. Haicede, with vigor. "Ef they is one thing hired man loves moren to eat two dinners in the time allowed fer one, it is to set hisself on the fence. e."-Indianapolis Journal.
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nan can find for caring for a fine head

man can find for caring for fine head of hair.
 If it is desired to emphasis big head of hair, the English bun-hideous as it is--does the trick, and often restores balance tola face that without such re- lief would be heavy and uninteresting The adapted bun is a great weight of hair so set that it seems to draw the head back, lifting the chin and often showing a face not otherwise beautiful in a view that makes it lovely. Miss Demure may part her hair, comb it smoothly to the tops of her ears from the part, set in side comb there that is parallel to the. part and below the comb a row of dear little pipe eurls can hang, all bobbed off the same length and hiding her ears. A little bun at the back of the head just above the nape of the neck completes a quaint eff feet that is delightfully."- becoming to the right girl. To sum it all up, if the coif- fure is completely becoming, it is abso- lutely correct, although the latest de- crees may be for some other method that does not suit every face, which no one method can do. FI.ORETTE
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THE GOLDBUG AND HIS INTEREsT.
 Much has been said about the woes of the farmer brought on him by the reduction in the prices of his products, and tile goldbugs have been charged with doing to him what has really been done by over-production and under- consumption. Those who have charg- ed the goldbugs with ''the crime of 1873" and the subsequent crimes against the farmer have omitted to charge them with reducing the rate of interest on the money which they have lent to the farmer And yet the reduc- tion in that rate has been great. In 1872 borrowers in the State of Texas had to pay three per cent a month, and in some other southern and western States the rates have been very high. Lately, however, borrowers in those States have only had to pay six, seven or eight per cent, and, alas, many of them have paid nothing, as goldbugs to their sorrow know.
 The goldbugs whose incomes have been greatly decreased by the fall in interest will undoubtedly get more in- terest on their money than they have been getting if the silver cause pre- vails When an honest standard is maintained in a rich country money can be borrowed at low rates because investors believe that their debtors will pay their obligations in sound cur rency. If, however, the country should decide to pay debts in money worth only half its face value there will be corresponding rise in interest charges The free silver demagogues have not called attention to the possibilities in this direction. The man who is get ting money at five per cent. will, if the Chicago platform prevails, not be able to accuse the goldbugs of putting inter est up to ten per cent. State laws may prohibit the taking of more than five or six per cent, but, if enforced, the capitalist will not make loans unless he is satisfied with the equivalent of two or two and half per cent. In that event the farmer who wants mon- ey will have a practical lesson in finance which may cause him to doubt the assurance of MT. Bryan that fifty cents is as good as a dollar
 It's 8 curious spectacle, that of the loaning goldbug trying to keep the rate of interest down, and the demagogue and hater of the loaning goldbug trying to raise it.
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FASHION NOTES.
The Main Point of Hairdressing.

The Main Point of Hairdressing,
 It is greatly to woman's credit that she has realized, with regard to the styles of hairdressing, that it is imma- terial whether fashion is in itself beautiful, the thing to be considered being whether or not it gives beauty. The result of this is that you may se- feet from all periods of history the mode of hair dressing that suits your- self, and thus allow your beauty, what ever it's kind, chance No woman should submit to being unattractive
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POINTED.

Cannibal chief-"How is the captive looking this morning?" Chief-" Rather seedy sire.' Cannibal chief-"For heavens sake, then, go and get mis- sionary In these days of appendicitis one can't be too careful" York Press. FEPs
 Do you think there will be much of a storm, Hennery?" anxiously inquired the Kansas farmers wife.
 Things are pointing that way" he replied, as the; henhouse sailed off in a southwesterly direction, immediately followed by a hayrick and a young steer,- Buffalo Express.
 Do you know what is the largest building lien on record?" asked Dukane of a lawyer friend.
 "No; do you?s
 Yes"
 "Well?"
 'The leaning tower of Pisa."-Pitts- burg Chfonicle-T Telegraph Tt appears that Nansen deserted one ship to be saved by another" Flow SOP" Tt was the noise the dogs made that attracted his attention, wasn't it? Then, of course, you see he was saved by a bark ss
 Nonsense. What kind of a bark
 "Dogwood bark. of course" Cleve- land Plain Dealer. Clergyman-''Well, wife, am about to leave you for awhile; I am sorry but it won't be for long" Wife--'J shall miss you very much, dearest; es- pecially your much appreciated assist ance in putting the baby to sleep. , ! Cilergyman--"Oh Oh, but I'm not going tc | take my sermons with me- they are all
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TOMATOES.
to raise it

Forty years ago the tomato, or Hove apple,' as it was generally called, wasn't thought fit for human beings to eat or even to give to the pigs. But times and tastes have changed. Now the tomato is on every table, and no article of food is more generally appre- ciated and used. at least in this part of the world. Once in a while grave charges are made against it. For in- stance, it has been accused of being the cause of cancer but as proof has been lacking this charge hasn't found much acceptance. Little has lately been said against the tomato and it has had free course. But professor of physical diagnosis in the medical department of the Western University of Pennsylvania thinks it is about time to hit it again and so he solemnly and impressively announces that tomatoes, whether raw or cooked, are unfit for hu- man consumption and that nearly ev- erybody who eats tomatoes suffers from lycopersicum cardiopathia, or tomato heart. Their effect" he says, even upon the most robust, is invariably in- furious" The first symptom is diff cult breathing, which evidences "an ar rest of vital activity" The chronic eff feet, as observed in a Pittsburg alms- house, is a general depression" To- matoes are bad for brainworkers, says the Western Pennsylvania scientist, and ought to be carefully avoided by persons subject to emotional influences. Under all circumstances, where forti- tude is demanded. the ingestion of to- matoes," says the new light, lis to be discouraged" To "the student. the speaker or the statesman,'' he adds, ''the tomato is treacherous"
 Tomatoes are occasionally thrown at statesmen in the heat of a political campaign, and those who have had such experience with them have un-
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According to investigations made by the German telegraph department, 1t seems that telephone wires have an inn portant influence in preventing light ming from striking. Three hundred and forty towns with telephone systems and 560 without them were observed and in the former lightning struck three times for every hour of storm and in the lat ter five times. In the former cases, too, the lightning was much less vio lent.
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Advertising Rates.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each n- sertion. Five cents a word for full week (seven times.)
 Display Advertisements-Peri inch, one fn- sertion, Sl2O each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one week, $8.20; one month, Sl0; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local notices, 15qents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immedlte business (all matter to be uuoo- jectionable), and their contracts do not iu- clnde Wants, To Let, For Saie. etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or more one month and over, 10 per cont; on four !ncneS
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For a servant girl to go about with a dress fastened with pins is not decent and is good grounds for dismissal, ac- cording to recent London County court decision.
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Some mathematician has discovered that in pack of cards there are eS5,- O13, ,559, 500 different whist hands Tnls helps to explain why some people never have a good hand.
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District Electors.

District Electors. 1st Dist. HALL, JR., of Will ington. 2nd Dist. GEORGE I. ALLEN, of Mid- dletown. Sd Dist.-GEoRaE A. HAMMOND, of Put nam. 4th Dist. --J. DENYING PERKINS, of Lttchfield.
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For State officers.

For State Officers.
 FOR GOVERNOR, LORRIN A. COOKE, of Winchester. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, JAMES D. DEWELL, of New Haven. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. CHARLES PHELPS, of Rockville.
 FOR TREASURER, CHAS. W. GROSvENOR. of Pomfret.
 FOR COMPTROLLER, BENJ. P. MEAD, of New Canaan.
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A queer insurance case is now before the Vienna courts. A young artillery officer became engaged to young wo- man with dowry of a million forins and in order to make the marriage possible had first to settle with his creditors. This he did by insuring his money he needed on the insurance. The engagement, however, was broken off, whereupon the officer blew his brains out and the companies refuse to pay on the ground that he contem- plated suicide when he took out the policies.
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lands. converting them from swemps into tillable acres, It was thought, therefore, that these arabic lands could be secured by virtue of patents from the national government, and with this understanding they were occupied, The State, however, resisted the issuance of patents from the national government, and it's position has been sustained, with the result of causing much hard ship for presumably innocent people.
 The Seattle st-Intelligencer prints the following letter from silver man: T am poor man, but I hev little home that kin raise $1O0 on and jest as soon as MT. O'Brien is elected and free silver is ashured, I am going to buy 1855 Mexican dollars for my $100, and then I will send them to the near est mint and hey 'em melted and coin ed into American dollars. Then I will buy 342 Mexican dollars with my 1S5 American dollars and hey 'em coined free as before; then with my S42 Amer ican dollars will buy AIS Mexican dol lars agen, and so on, until get to be a bloted millionaire like MT. Sewell, or the supply of Mexican dollars gives out. Say, what do you think of my skeem? I know MT. O'Brlen is nuthing but durn fool boy, but all we want is free silver, and a durn lot of it. So keep aslloutin, my feller-wurlzmen, till November, and we kin all be rich and won't hev to wurk. nuther."
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New Crop of E all and Winter E Flannels!

If you take the pains to sect ethe1n-the them selves.
 All Wool Scarlet Shaker Flannel
 its the 25c yd. quality, 19c All Wool Twilled Flannel, worth
 BOG yd., 22c 27-inch fine White Flannel, worth
 POO yd., for 12ic 33-inch White Wool Shaker Flannel, worth 4oc yd., 28c I yd wide Gray Shaker Flannel,
 worth 38c yd., 25c 2e-inch wide imported, Anderson's Scotch Flannel, worth 38c, 22c A special offering of All Wool French Flannels, worth 55c yd., 25c
 East Store. Main Floor Bang these Basement
 Bargains and prove the wear and tear in them.
 Mrs. Potts Sad Irons 6oc Fry Pans 4c to 35c Wood Fibre Wash Basins 9c Half gallon Pure Ammonia 25c Curtain Stretchers and Dryers $I.6e Tunnels for filling fruit jars, SC Coffee Mills Ioc Wash Boards oc to 65c Carpet Sweepefs $I.oS 3 cakes Soap Ioc Agate Sauce Pans I3c Lunch Boxes and Baskets oc up Waste Paper Baskets 25c to $2.5
 West Store, Basement
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DEIIvERRp BY CARRIERS IN THR CTTY, 10 CENTS WEEK, boCENTs A MoHTH s FOR SIX MONTHS. S5 A YEAR. HEB SAME TERMS EMAIL.
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THE APOLLiNARIS COMPANY, LIMITED SEE that Label Mark of THE APoLLINARIs COMPANY, LIMITED.
 Employed the leading HOSPITALS in NEW YORK, BOSTON PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE, CHICAGO and principal HOSPITALS ill
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Scares sometimes start easily and are hard to deal with. A man happen ed to drop dead in front of bank in Troy. The occurrence caused a crowd, and that, in turn, started wild rumor that the bank was about to fail. Soon a frantic crowd of depositors gathered clamoring for their money; it grew, day by day; and so great did this run become, that the bank actually had to shut down, and is now in the hands of the examiner. It will pay every depositor in full, and from 75 to 90 per cent. to the stockholders.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.

FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, of Ohio. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GARRETT A. HOBART, of New Jersey.
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THECARRINGTON PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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Gtate Electoral Ticket.
 ELECTORS-AT-LARGE GEORGE POPE, of Hartford. JAMES GRAHAM, of Orange.