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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
GIANT ROSE TREE

A remarkable rose tree is in the gar
dens of Chateau Eleonore, at Cannes,
France. 1t is n specimen OF the we'll
known tear ose, Marie Van Houthe. This
plant, which is only six years old, al
ready measures sixty-seven feet in cir
cumference, and will, if permitted, grow
very much larger. This remarkable rose
bush is on property owned by Lord
Brougham, who attributes its extraor6i-
nary dimensions principally to the soil,
which consists of rich loan of great
depth. This tree is planted OH the slope
which descends from the chateau to the
main road.
1t is of interest, in noting this extra
ordinary rose growth, to recall the fact
that the Chateau Eleonore was the first
winter residence built at Cannes, which
ws.s literally 'discovered' by the Chan
celSor Brougham, uncle OF the present
owner, while in the beautiful garden not
far from this gigantic rosebush, is still to
be seea tree, beneath the shadow of
which the great Chancellor used to sit
towards che evening of his busy life The
chateau itself remains much as it was
when he lived in it, but the gardens
have been greatly extended and inIprov.
ed. now containing fine collection of
palm cocoas, shYnbs, and all sorts of flow
ers. The gardens are, however, specially
famous for their tearoses, of which 100
varieties are grown, and are, beyond ques-
tion the finest in Europe.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
! .grRAvEts OF A LETTER.
Circles tho Globe and Not Delivered
Yet.


About one wear aso relative had occa-
sion to send by mail to Mrs. Loring, the
wife OF the we'll. known colonel, some va
uablo papers of private nature. NJ RS.
Lering was then supposed to be ut TC.kio,
Japan. a The documents were many and
bulky, and blue envelope as large as q
child's school bag was used in mailing
The face of tho envelope read AS follows:
sMrs. Col. LorinG, Care U s. Consul,
Toxic, Japan, per $. s. Uraaria." That
was the last heard of the setter by the
sender until tho other day.
When originally dispatched the letter
bore twenty two cent stamps and one
ten-cent special delivery stamp. The lat
ter was, of course, unnecessary, for the
reason that no attention is paid to special
delivery Stamps of this Government out
side of the United States. The letter has
nasde almost complete circuit of the
world since 1t left this city, and has not
as vet reached the person addressed. 1t
came ,b1ck, liketthe historic cat, to the
care of II. Maitland Kersey the other day,
and like the hayward cat it looks like it
had been struck by n cyclone or typhoon,
It's face is crowded with postage stamp
records of where it has been. Mrs. Lor-
ing, it seems, was not to be found on the
arrival Of Che letter at Toxic; SO the con-
SUI UucTt Udub6Q VI LOW oetbhto oho
1rurked the letter ''Try Colombo, Ceylon. :"
The ladywas not there either, but the
consul at Ceylon knew where she was,
and naturally sent the document to Hong
Kong, China. "Mrs. Loring, Mrs. COL
Loring-why I know the colonel" said
the'consul at Hong Kong. "They are at
Bombay" So on goes few more stamps,
and off goes the letter to India. Not there,
either. Had just left for Valparaiso, Chile
In the course of events the letter was sent
from Chile to Christiana, Norway; thence
to Stockholm, Sweden, thence to Mexico
City, Mexico; thence to Havana, and
finally back to Liverpool, England, where
the English postal authorities turned it
over to the owners Of the White Star Line
who, in reality, had nothing to do with
the case. But Ismay, tmrie g. Co., are
obliging and they sent the much mutila-
ted letter to Mr.. Kersey, who in turn has
it to Essex county, this State
where it is thought it originally came
FROM. 1t is likely to be heard from again,
however.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
A NEW GEORGIA BLIND TOM.
A sightless Musical Prodigy Comes Fro

A Sightless Musical Prodigy Comes From
Forsyth.
The second Blind Tom has come to
light.
He is fully as wonderful as the marvel.
Gus negro who is know to the entire CIV
ilized world because of his peculiar quail
tty. His name is Tom Taylor, and he is
plain, black Georgia negro.
Like the famous Blind Tom, this Tom
plays by ear and can play anything he
hears.
He sat at piano yesterday and played
piece after piece with the touch and feel
ing of an artist.
To close ones eyes and listen it would
seem as if some one inspired had master
ship over the keys instead of the simple
black Georgia negro that plays so di-
vinely.
Tom is only 25 years old, and comes
from Forsyth, Ga He seems to be sim
pie minded as we'll as blind. His talk is
RATIONAL but at the conclusion of each
piece he claps his .hands and laughs in
childish delight, as if immensely pleased.
The applause.of others seems to delight
him immensely and brings forth the most
mysterious gurgle in the way of laugh.
Whel he is seated at the piano nerv-
GUS fit seems to take possession of him,
'LiN liz NthhhOo hCOP LIS OI Gut
keys. AT the end of each piece he stops
for a second or SO to applaud himself and
dashes of into some other piece before he
can be stopped.
Tom is not only an instrumental artist,
but he evidently claims distinction as n
vocal. artist, and he volunteered song be-
fore anybody knew he could sing. His
voice is that of ithe Ordinary negro field
hand, sweet and melodious, full of pathos
and rounded off with that indispensable
quality that all negroes have in their
voices.
Tom said, when asked to play some
piece: "I'se only been playin' fo' years,
an doan mo- it, but If you can play it so
kin"
None of the crowd could play, but
when one Of them whistied it the darkey
played it right off.
BE was not particularly fond of music
nor did he show any ability In that line
until suddenly one day the lady of the
house played for him, and he sat right
down and played the same air "And
this Is what hit WIZ" said Tom, as he re-
lated the story, and running his black
hands over the ivory keys played with ex-
quisite touch, "The Last Rose of Sum-
mer. '-Atlanta Constitution.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
CALLS IT STAR DUST.
Remains of Destroyed Worlds Said to BE
Constantly Failing on the Earth.

remains or Destroyed Worlds Said to Be
Constantly Failing on the Earth
A curious theory has recently been adj
vanced by the eminent but somewhat &C.
centric scientist, Gustave Blattner, of
Vienna. He believes in the existence of a
cosmicla powder or dust, which he
claims is continually falling from space;
and which is the dust, or remains of fur
away worlds which have been DESTROYED.
Some of these worlds, he says, may have
been 80 far away that the dust for remains
of them which is now raining down upon
our world, in the shape of fine powder,
has been a million years in traversing
the space between us and what was once
that destroyed worlds orbit.
Blattner says this dust Is OF the same
composition AS meteorites and that there
Is sufficient amount of it falling to in
crease the size. of our globe ten inches In
each 1855 days. This metcoric dust, or
star remains, appears to be composed
principally Of nickel, cobalt, Phosphorus
and magnesia. In the arctic regions it
Is frequently found In such quantities as
Go color the snow almost black. One
reason the professor thinks it Is "star
DUST Is because nickel of that kind is
found native only in meteorites or lair
stones. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
PRISON DIET AND REFORM.
How They Reach Convicts' Minds by
Way of the Stomach.

->0~~~~S~'
A queer food experiment is being tried
at the Elmira Reformatory, In New York
State. All civilized nations hold out
some inducement to the criminal in con-
finement to sooner secure his release
from legal restraint. a certain amount
of time is always taken off for good be-
havior. The criminal has often been ex-
horted to this end by father, mother,
brother, sister, and by others, who had
his interest at heart His manhood, his
future, his ambition, and his hope of
quick release from confinement have been
appealed to, and in many cases in vain
Now it is to the mans stomach that the
appeal is to be made.
The proposed experiment contem plates
somewhat enlarged scale Of dietary priv
ileges, increasing from grade to grade,
from lowest to highest, so that within
due and proper limits of indulgence of
the appetite by prisoners in a prison re-
formatory for crime they can, out of
their own accumulations, have the priv
ilege to select meal by meal at their
pleasure, provided always that they keep
their expenditure within the limits of
indulgence allowed by the government
of the reformatory. The prisoners, I'M
der the wage. earning system of the refor-
matory as it is at present, must earn
their living and keep credit balance to
their account, respec- lively, in order to
progress toward their release by parole.
A prisoner to maintain a credit balance
must needs restrain, regulate, and exert
himself in manner which accomplishes
and shows his improvement, but hith-
erto the diet rate has been inAexible.
1t is believed that II more latitude is
allowed, and the prisoner has n chance
of tickling his palate occasionally with
mince pie, juicy roast, or other no ne-
like daintieshe will be more likely to
make an extra effort to reform.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
CATS IN PERSIA.
The Shah is Fast Friend and Has Fifty
of Them, no

The Shah of Persia surpasses all other
royal devotees in enthusiasm for cats.
He has fifty of them, and they have at
tendants of their own, with special rooms
for me-, $. When. the, shah goes away,
they 20 too carried by men fond of the
feline tribe When visiting the King of
Denmark on one occasion he alarmed the
menials by rushing out very early in the
morning to the gardens. From the win
dow of his sleeping room he had seen a
big deg attack his favorite black cat, and
without staying to complete his toilet he
had fled to her rescue.
The famous royal cat of Siam is q
large, white short-haired variety, with a
black face. It's preciousness may be
Judged from the fact that it once took
three gendarmes of influence three
months to Or cure one for u foreign con-
sui at Bangkok.
The common cat, according to st. John
Mivart. is descended from the domestic
cat of the Egyptians, among whom in
scriptions it is mentioned as early as 1884,
Il. c., and was certainly domesticated in
Egypt thirteen centuries before Christ.
1t was the object Of extreme veneration,
and Herodotus mentions that on the death
of their cats the Egyptians shaved their
eyebrows and were always more anxious
W Save IuclI CttOS Outn Uu6lr nOuS60OlU
goods from a conf1agration. Mivart be-
lieves that the cat was domesticated in
Europe before the Christian era. The
same observer awards puss q very high
range of instructive emotions, and emu.
merates no less than eighteen s'active
powers" possessed by the cat. or all the
numerous viriants the English andAmer
lean short haired cats are said to be the
best for the practical purposes of mouse
and rat-catching.
Though Of less practical value, the
long haired Persians are in constant de-
mand ut good prices. Blue coated cats
are the most fashionable as we'll as the
scarcest, while chinillas come next in
popularity. The more familiar blacks
and whites, and even the common tabby
have all, however, their host of friends
and guardians. A strange fact about.tht
blue eyed cat is that it is nearly always
half deaf.-Philadelphia Press.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
GIANT HOLSTERS.

The largest lobster ever caught on the
coast Of America was taken by Belfast,
Me-, fisherman in 1891. 1t weighed
twenty-five pounds and measured thirty
seven inches from the end of it's tail to
the tip of the long front claws The
monster was too large TO enter common
lobster trap, but as the trap was being
drawn up it was caught in the netting
and safely landed. Many years ago n
lobster weighing twenty-five pounds was
captured near the same place, and the
event was considered to he Of enough i'm
portance to be given q place In William
sons History of Belfast" --Philadel-
vshia Press.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
n = = = W HoEfelkaB IesisrnaA
Schedule in Effec. April 10, 1895.
WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY

DAILY.
o:OO a. m. washington and Chattanooga
llmited) for Bristol, intermediate sta
tions and the South and West. Pull
man sleepers to New Orleans and Mem
phis. Connects at Radford for Blue
field and Pocahontas.
4:25 p. M, the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Bluefeld, Pocahontas, Kenova,
Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis,
Kansas City, Columbus and Chicago.
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Roanoke to
Columbus. Also for Pulaski, Wythe-
vile, Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga
and intermediate points.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT ROANOKE.
From Norfolk 1886 a. m. ;4:15 D. m.
From Hagerstown TAO a. NJ. 4:o5 D. M.
From Winston 400 p. m.
From Bristol and the West 1905 noon;
$50 p. m.
NORTH AND EASTBOUND, LEAVE
ROANOKE DAILY.
1916 noon for Petersburg, Richmond and
Norfolk
12:l6 noon for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
1O:1O p. M. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleepers Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond
10:O5 p. m. washington and Chattanooga
nmlted) for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York. Pullman
sleepers to Washington via. Shenan-
doah Junction and Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Durham Division-Leave Lynchbure
(Union station) daily $50 D. m. for
South Boston and Durham and inter
mediate stations.
Salem Division-Lcave Roanoke.
(Union staJion) daily 1925 noon and
500 a. m. daily, except Sunday Camp
bell street station) for Rocky Mount,
Martinsville, WinstonSalem and inter
mediate stations.
For all additional information apply
at ticket office or to w. b. Bevill, General
Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va.
M IF. Bragg, Travelling Passenger
Agent
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02

OLD LEAD METAL for sale Mt Tho
Times office; about 600 pounds FIVE
CENTS a POUND,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
THE TIE THAT Kinds

Bandit-Throw up yer hands and don t
move unless you want to lose yer brains.
Traveler-But, stay! You and 1 are
riding the same king of wheels.
Bandit (after hasty examination)-
Pardner, forgive me. Take back your
pocketbook and depart in peace.-Cleve-
land Dealer.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
A VERSATILE sEAMsTREss.
During Dull Times She Played Engage
ments at Museum.
NChicano Ronnrd \

l.
ments at Museum.
Chicago Record.)
south side phys guarantees this
story:
my wife has great deal of sewing to
be done around the house" said he. 1--WE
heard OF woman who was an expert
seamstress and had her come to the
house. That was about year ago. Her
work was. SO satisfactory that!smy wife took
her address and said that she would send
for her as soon rs she had some more
work to be done. Well, last spring she
wanted this woman and sent to her house.
The word came back that the woman was
busy, but would come next week if we
cared to wait. We sent back word that
we would wait, and sure enough she
showed up on the following Monday
morning.
"To appreciate this story you ought to
have seen the woman. She was not very
good looking and she was small-she
weighed about 115, I should say-and as
modest and as quiet as n mouse. Why
she'd sit at her work all day and never
look up or say n word unless she was
spoken, to, and then she would reply po-
litely, but always seemed to be .embar-
raised. Well, when she came the second
time my wife asked her why ..she hadn't
Deen aDle 10 come Cne week before. She
said she had been working at the mu-
scum. My wife asked what in the world
she was doing at u museum, and she said:
why, was the spotted girl What,
says my wife, "a spotted grip This
woman said: why certainly, 1 often
pick up weeks work that wayp That
paralyzed my wife. To think of this
timid and shrinking little seamstress do
ing the spotted girl business in museum
was too much for her.
"But here's the funny part of It, The
girl moved and we lost sight of her. A
ew weeks ago happened to be passing n
museum and saw a crowd looking in the
front window. suppose am as curious
| as anybody, go 1 pushed up with the
! others. In the window was the hairy
woman. She was sightl She was
dressed in the skins Of wild animals and
| was AS hairy as q baboon. When she
turned SO I could see her face 1t struck
! me that had seen the hairy woman be-
fore. She saw me and gave start and
smiled. Then knew her. 1t was my
wife's little seamstress. was knocked
silly. 1t did not appear to confuse her,
however. After the first recognition she
paid no attention to me-"
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JUST A FAREWELL TO HIS GIRL

JUST A FAREWELL TO HIS GIRL.
Express No. l was tearing along ut
tremendous speed, making up time,
when all at once the engineer saw man
down the line where wagon had crossed
the track, waving something red with
frantic energies. The air brakes were
instantly applied, and the engine revers-
ed. With rush of kissing steam, roar
of grinding wheels and cloud of swir-
ling dust, the train came to stop just
as the man by the side of the track was
reached.
whats the NATTER" shouted the ex-
cited engineer, thrusting half his body
through the window of the cab.
"Nothin', as I knows Of" replied the
man.
"What'd you flag the train for2"
Didn't flag no train"
eyes, you did. You stood there and
waved a red flag, which everybody know 8
Is sign Of danger, and I stopped the
train
Didn't wave no red flag
"Well, you waved something red"
"Course I did. Twas my RED ban
danner handkerchief. I was just away
in goodbye to my gal, who was goin' to
town on load o. pumpkins. Thar she
is now, going around che corner yonder.
See herr" and the rcd "bandanner'' was
again waved frantically.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA sA1.yE

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blalnss Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re.
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price o
cents per box. For sale at Massie's Phar-
macy, 100 Jefferson street, Roanoke.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02

With two little children subject to
Group we do not rest easy without II bot
tie OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in
the house, for the most severe attacks
quickly succumb to few doses of it
Morrison, Colo, BUD. For sale at rs and
90 cents per bottle by The Chas. Lyle
Drug Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
THE DISTINCTION.

Woman have an unfair advantage in
hot weather. A mans shirt sleeves 20
no further than a woman's shirt waist.
1t is hard to see why there should be a
distinction between the two except that
shirt waist is much more becoming to
woman than are shirt sleeves to a man.
Waterbury American.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-02
LOOKING THROUGH THE KEY
HOLE

Cook-And just clasps my eyes to the
kcyhole and looks through
ParlOr Maid-Wasn't that rather be-
meath.
Cook-A good two foot.-London
Judy.
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cranherrv Items

Denton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter C.
Wertz, who has been very ill with scarlet
fever, is improving under the skillful treat
ment of DIR. j. Sherman of Manchester.
There was very enjoyable dance held at
Mr.. Bowersox's, on Thursday night of this
week. Prof. Tempt and Geo. Menchey
furnished the music.
Violin players will be numerous in future as
H. NJ. Snyder, Christian Wike, Geo. w.
Snyder, VIM. H. NJ. Stansbury, Weary Wantz,
VIM. Leese, VIM. Ebaugh, John Thomas
Yingling and others are under instruction.
The only twin infants of this vicinity are
Sterling and Herring, sons of D. J. Brown
and wife. They were born on our Senator $
election morning.
Mr. Horatio Stuffle, of this vicinity, has
purchased so acres of land for 1000, in
York county, Pa, and will move his family
there IN the spring.
Mrs. Rebecca, wife of the late Henry Sny-
der, who has been i'll for quite a while, is not
improving much.
Wm. H NJ Stansbury, Geo. W. Snyder
and Howard Merkel spent Sunday with
Christie Hunt.
J. Grant Matthias and wife spent Sunday
last with D. ]. Brown and family.
Jos. G. Yingling visited VIM. Merkel and
family on Sunday last.
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Uniontown Items.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
OF the Methodist Protestant Church will hold
supper on February 22d, in the lecture room
OF the church, for the benefit of the work in a
foreign field
There have been great many sick persons
IN town during the past two weeks, all of whom
are improving slowly. Elder Lewis Selby is
very much COMPLAINING gradual weaken
ing of body and mind.
Miss Jessie Matthews, teacher of first grade
in our public school, attended the Teachers
Institute, held recently in Westminster, and
returning to her home at Reese's was taken
slck and was not able to resume her school
duties until Wednesday.
On account of sickness and bad weather
pastor Lassell was compelled to close his pro-
tracted meeting in the Methodist Protestant
Church.
Mrs. Wesley Rodkey has been closing out
her millinery stock of goods by having auc-
ton.
Miss Mabel LeFever, teacher at Frock's
schoolhouse, near Pleasant Valley, spent from
Friday to Monday with her grandmother Har-
man.
Mrs. John Shaw has returned from visit
of several months to her sons, William and
Oden Shaw, Baltimore
Mr.. Al. Shaw, tonsorial artist, of Hagers-
town, is at home on a visit TO his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Shaw.
Mrs. Adam Banner will sell her household
goods and accompany her son on his return TO
his home, near Vinton, Iowa.
Miss Maggie Hartman is visiting in New
Windsor, the guest of Mrs. Frounfelter and
Miss Maggie Engleman.
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urphans, Court.

Monday, February 10th.-The last will and
testament of Rebecca Hawn, deceased, ad-
mitted to probate.
James A. Seabrooks, executor of Moses
Seabrooks, deceased, returned inventory of
goods and chattels, and received order to sell
goods and chattels.
John E. Senseney, executor of Jane Mer-
rick, deceased, received order to sell real es-
tate.
The last will and testament of Lucretia E.
Van Bibber, deceased, admitted to probate
and letters testamentary granted to Charles
7. Reifsnider.
The last will and testament of Henry ID.
Franklin, deceased admitted to probate and
letters testamentary granted TO Thomas A.
Barnes.
The last will and testament of John Gar
ber deceased, admitted to probate and let
tiers testamentary granted to Mary CARRIER.
Tuesday, February 11th.-Report of sale
of real of Jacob Yingling, deceased, finally
ratified.
Clarrasa R. Yingling, executrix of Jacob
Yingling, deceased, settled second and final
account.
Clarrasa R. YIngling, bonded as guardian
ofBertha Z. Yingling and settled first account.
The last will and testament of Andrew
Woods, deceased, admitted to probate and
letters testamentary granted to Charles W.
Woods
Letters of administration on the estate of
Susan Ann Dayhof, deceased, were granted
to William Dayhof.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Re-
becca Hawn, deceased, were granted to Lydia
NJ. Hawn.
Report of sale of real estate of William
Englenan, deceased, finally ratified.
Report of sale of real estate of John Henry
Diffenbaugh, deceased, finally ratified.