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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25


lated organ of speech, but failed to sat
isfy the demands Of the occasion. At
the best he is not an ablebodied lin
guist. and under the circumstances he
is not to blame that words failed him.
Next day. when he had become some
what accustomed to his deprivation, he
cut some hay and the. end off finger
while making the salad dressing for his
kline he bundled up his hand and after
hitching up his horse started for the
doctor. On tine way wheel came off,
throwing him violently against a rock,
ana Defore he could rise Il bicyclist ran
INTO MIN aud gave him lot Of new sem
sations Returning he fell ont of his
buggy and was dragged some distance
along rocky and disagreeable road.
On his arrival home he collapsed for
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25
I. ". SPINDLE & CO.,
1oA Jefferson Street, Roanoke. Va.
Colds "Intrinsic.. Value.

The gold intrinsic" value fellows
are down in the mouth. A dollars
worth OF gold is now mined and cast in
to ingots at an expense of cents. The
gold baron now has a profit of o. cents
on the dollar, or about 1, 600 per cent.
Some difference between gold and pota-
toes. East and West.
A Labor Note.
Treasurer Knights of Labor-This
bill for carriage hire is too large. lean
not pay it.
Stable Keeper--Yo on must. Thewalk-
ing delegates won't foot it.-Texas
Sitter.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25
The Backbone

or winter Is broken and Spring is
upon us. SO Ii 10 with the dull nara
times They are n thing OF the past
and IL you would be wise, invest Ia
Roanoke Real Estate whilst IL IL
cheap, For as sure as Spring follows
Winter, just SO sure is property going
to advance here.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25

coming eches, pains and bearing down
sensations. 1t restores the color of
health to pale checks, gives bright,
ness to dull eyes and TAX es away that
sallow, unhealthy complexion. No
woman who values her health and
strength should be without the great
safe cure.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25

Mother-love Is
mixed with daily,
hourly sacrifice.
The love increas-
es with the sacri-
flee it e tails.
I h e m ore q
iii o ther suffers
and endures for
her little one, the
more precious it
becomes. She
,loves it because
she has labored
and suffered for
it. The physical
organs concerned
in maternity af.
feet a woman's
entire constitu-
ton to a degree
only half realized
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25
For Women.

MOI on the best but remedy which always be
reiieo That tried
"enes's Safe Cure. better remedy
suHer from distressing II like
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25

There Arc Secrets Which the Seed WIN
Not Reveal-Why Do 'Big Oaks From
Little Acorns Grow9"-Intcresting Fea-
lures of Many Common Seeds.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25
WAN

A list OF your property to sell and rent. Have
several customers for houses in Southwest and
Northwest. If you want the highest rent obtain
able and collected and RENTED promptly list
your property with us.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25
FARMS,

We have farms In all sections, from IS to 800
per acre, and will take pleasure in showing them.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25

Nc you want to buy OF rent a house
49, 1T will certainly pay you to come
and see us. Big Bargains, Quick Collec-
lions and prompt returns is our motto.
keSDectfully.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-25
LOTS

We still have the cheapest lot ever offered in
Roanoke Oh South Jefferson street, only $500.
This lie q beauty.
Five lots. 5Oxl5o, West End, beauties. Only
$250.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
ORCHARD GRASS FOR PASTURE

Orchard grass is usually recommend.
cd for hay, and in half shady posi-
tlons, Gs, for instance, in half cleared
fields and in orchards. 1t certainly
make an excellent quality of hay pro-
vIded 1t is cut very early in the season
OF before the stalks become hard and
woody. But as a pasture grass and on
rather light SOLE, where many other
popular species fail, it has 10 superior
and few equals. 1t is one Of the first
to start in spring, and its long broad
leaves will yield good bite for stock
Mt least two weeks in advance of timo.
Thy or blue grass. 1t also withstands
drought finely, and we have noticed
tins season when nearly NIL other kinds
were burned and dry that the clumps
OF orchard grass in meadow pastures.
and even by the roadsides, were quite
fresh and green. Many farmers will
no doubt object to the species because
1T does not form thick close sward
like Kentucky blue grass, red top and
other fine leaf and slender stem kinds.
but it makes up fer this in its abnn.
dance of folinge, early and late growth,
and power OF withstanoing severe
droughts. The month of October is n
good month in which to examine the
pasture grasses. to see which holds
out best even after severe irosts.-
New York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24


of wealth their labor creates for tho
community. At the present time it is
said to amount to 500. 900, DOC year,
cum larger than the entire income
OF most of the countries Of the
globe. But this does not include
that still larger army of wives and
mothers whose labor never ends,
A clerk with $50 week marries and
lives and dresses just as we'll as he did
before. He even has children, and
somehow or other manages to keep up
style, to be happy and free from debt.
When he was single he generally ex-
pended all his earnings, or at the best
put by few hundred dollars in the
course of several years. This seeming
paradox is explained in the simplest
way by tho labor of his helpmeet. 1t is
so common fact that no ono ever
thinks about it. The money which he
expended for food she manages SO
wisely that with it she is enabled to
purchase enough for two or three or
four. His clothing under her hands
is kept neat and in good repair, aud
generally manages to wear fifty per
cent. longer than whom it was left to
the tender mercies of n servant or his
own hands. Life insurance statistics
show that his health and strength are
greater, and that he does moro and
better work, thanks partly to the care
she bestows upon him ard partly to
the happier aud better mode of living
which he pursues. Last of all, she
generally closes up the numerous
leaks through which in bachelorhood
much of his money rem away.
If the $50 which he earns he consid.
cred full value of his labor, she has
given it double value. SO that her
labor and services are worth $50
week likewise. If n moro economic
point of view be taken, and the $50
week represent merely what the two
consume, then her labor and services
have saved the community $15 week
which before was wasted. In that case
her industrial vnlue to the community
IS S15 week. Looked at in this way,
the 100000 married women of this
country are either earning or else saw
ing to the community en- amount OF
money SO vast as to almost battle tue
American Nation. They really make
the reserve fund out of which are
raised and educated the children of
our Nation. In view of these facts, it
seems incomprehensibl why some
would-be political economists insist
upon calling wives and mothers the
producing classes, consumers and
non producers, and the supported
classes, using supported in the sense
of parasitic. New York Mail AMI Ey-
press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
APPLE TIMBER.

In some sections If this country the
apple tree is looked on for its protiuct
as piece of timber, as well as n fruit
producing article, says Meehan's
Monthly. For this reason tho old
German fruit growers in the vicinity
of Philadelphia always aimed to get n
nice straight trunk to nm apple tree
and train it up comparatively high be-
fore allowing it TO form head. Mod
ems have supposed that the chief OBJ.
ject to be gained by this method of
training was in order to facilitate
blowing operations, but the ultimate
end of having good trunk for timber
purposes was not forgotten. In this
particular region the wood was used
chiefly for shoemakers' lasts-a bust
ness which in the earlier history of
Philadelphia did much to help the
trade of that famous manufacturing
centre of population. The apple re.
gions have mostly disappeared from
that vicinity, but other sections of
the country seem to understand the
value of apple tree wood. 1t is stated
III the Country Gentleman that fruit
grower of Cavuga sold 20 we'll known
firm of saw makers of Philadelphia the
trunks of some of their trees, which
were cut away because the trees had
grown too closely together, to the
value of $500. In this case the wood
was of course used for the handles of
saws.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24

claimed for this method larger yield
of better quality and with less labor
than by any other method.
There IRE several varieties of foreign
origin that take we'll to this method of
culture, but the Spanish King or
Prizo Taker is by far the best and
most attractive OF any OF the varieties
we have tested. This variety resem-
bies the large Bermudas.
Tho seed may be sown from the mid
die of March, and the transplanting
done when the soil will permit.
The plants are taken up by loosen
ing the soil under them first with n
trowel or stick. BY trimming off part
OF the tops and roots we are enabled
to set plants more rapidly and better.
Do not trim severely, but with bunch
of plants in ono hand and with sim
gle stroke of the knife we take off just
enough of tho top SO that the plant
will stand erect when set, and at an
other stroke enough sprangly roots
are taken Off so that we can do much
better work. To set the plants
q round stick about an inch
in diameter, sharpened to point, an.
swers the purpose very we'll. With
this make two or three strokes to each
plant. First, straight hole, into
which tho plant is placed and held
with the left hand. A second time the
dibble is inserted, about an inch from
the plant, pointed toward the plant Mt
an angle, and then pushed toward the
plant, thus compacting the soil about
the roots; then another light stroke to
fill up the hole. When properly set,
plants cannot be pulled out by the
tops. Aim to set the plants when the
soil is moist.
BY this new method of cultivating
is avoided the most tedious part of the
cultivation, that of the first two weed
ings, and most of the cultivating is
done with the wheel hoe. Aim to cul
tivate with this every week or ten days
One thorough wedding by hand ought
to suffice. Ono of the best tools fol-
this work is an old table knife. What
hoeiug is neces sary after this is usually
done with n narrow-bladed hoe. Con
necticut Farmer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
|''I! BRskiRg
AEsSOAUTEKX pUME
Her first Railroaa MAC.

it was the fate of pretty 16-year-old
Lizzie Goddard, OF Burnside, Ky. to
be frightened TO death by, the first ride
she had ever taken ON the cars. Five
minutes after SHE had arrived at Chat.
tanooga on her first railway trip she
was dead, Little Miss Goddard had
been IN constant fear OF railroads all
her iise and boarded the train only inter
MUCH persuasion. The train made n
lunge few miles from the city and sho
jumped from her seat mud screamed In
a frantic manner. She at once became
unconscious and died rs she was being
removed from tho train,s Physicians
agree that she died OF fright.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
An Editor

Some boys were assed the other day
to define editor" Here are some OF
their definitions: "An editor is a man
who handles words" "An editor makes
his living out of the English language"
IAN editor Is somebody who does NOT
do anything himself. ana when some.
body else does. goes aud tells other
people all about H." IAN editor ia n
man who has the Industry OF n beaver.
the instincts OF nd Tho nstIcncn
OF an ass."-Book nu,,ar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
DESTRUCTION OF BIRDS.

The destruction of the birds of. par
adise for adjoining women's hats
reaches alarming proportions when
one realized that one London firm
alone sold co. sprays of these
plumes during The last season. The
herons OF Florida are said to be suffer
ing terribly Mt present from this heart
less practice of ''woman, lovely wo-
man."
Mrs. Edmunds Phillips, Vice-Pres.
ident OF one Of the branches of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. writes: "The dorsal and
other plumes of certain species.of her.
ons, known in trade as osprey or
egrets. or lin French) aigrettes, are,
lit is well known, obtained in their full
beauty only in the breeding season.
1t is the nuptial plumage which is
torn from the parent birds, whose
bodies are flung aside dead or alive,
rs may be, in fostering heaps, while
the young ones arc left to starve, ut
tering loud and piteous cries. Ex-
tensive heronries in Florida and else
where have been utterly destroyed in
this manner, and exact statistics have
been recorded by American and other
naturalists. Endorsed by the high au-
thority of Professor Newton, who has
suggested that the wearers of an or.
nament obtained ut such murderous
cost should be tarred rs we'll as feath-
cred. "-Chicago News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
IMPROVE TIE FARM.

To improve tho farm constantly, not
only in the direction of bringing the
coil up to higher degree OF fertility,
butalso to make the dwelling and other
buildings more attractive and COM
Portable, should be the aim and anil
ton of every progressive rural citizen.
Farmers do not have much oppcrtun-
ity to see to these things early in the
season, and they can hardly be at
tended to in midwinter, so that the
autumn is usually regarded as the most
favorable time for doing the work.
The repairing of houses and barns, ms
well US the erection of sheds for stock
and storehouses for produce, are,
therefore, now in order. All broken
gates and shackly fences should be put
in good condition. Some kind of
portable fencing would be found very
useful on many farms, and those who
can construct such convenient arti-
Gle are advised to do go. An.
other thing that large num-
Der of soil tillers are much
in need of is good place to keep their
manure. Our cultivators indirectly lose
great deal of money every year for
want of serviceable manure shed or
cellar where fertilizing material can
be kept without waste. If you have
none now is the time to build it, and
if you can make one that will hold
liquid manure SO much the better. 1t
should be near the stables, but far
enough away from the well or spring
to prevent any contamination of the
water. Speaking of water. every hus-
bandman ought to have it convenient
in both his house and barn. Should
you not be thus provided for, attend
10 tho matter at once by constructing
pipes to convey tho water to both the
dwelling and the quarters occupied by
your domestic animals. Among other
improvements, dItching and draining
can be done in dry weather. Under
draining IS one OF the most profitable
Investments that can be made, as it in
creases the productive capacity of the
land for q long succession of years.
All these and various other things of
minor Importance should be looked
after before winter opens.-Christian
at Work.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24


Dean Hole. of Rochester Cathedral,
England, In his lecture on "Bores and
lmpost0rs," did not refer to the man
who Is II "bore" because he VIII talk
when You wish 10 speak, but TO those
social mosquitoes who annoy and irrl.
tate. Said the dean:
"The bore always talks to you about
what you don't understand or don't
like. One of them wrote to mo some.
time ago. stating that he had heard
that many years ago the Danes stretch.
cd the skins of their dead on the cathe-
dral doors, and asked for some infor.
nation on The subject. | replied that
was too much occupied with the bodies
and souls of Christians TO give much
thought tn the cpldermis of the early
Danes. Another wrote me that n man
In Rochester owed him money, and ask
ed whether l could lot collect 1t for
him. replied that was dean, not
n dun.
"Thcn there is the idle bore. He is a
terrible nuisance. knew one OF them,
an idle farmer who used TO call upon
an industrious farmer and talk, and
talk, and talk Once, after wasting Il
whole afternoon, he got ready to go.
His horse was Mt the door.
"'Going through The town. the In.
dusrious farmer asked.
"'Ynas.
"Tlnow the coopcr's shopY
'Yaas-fellow who makes barrels
"'Well, just stop there and have two
hoops put around your waist or you'll
burst with sclf-importancc.'
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
puYINa pRAN nAruER rnAN CONN

If food for stock has to be purchased
1t is best to buy that which will make
the greatest return to the soil in the
manure. This means the purchase of
bran, oats and linseod meal, and the
growing at homo of oil the corn need.
ed. We can grow corn with very lit.
tie soil exhaustion, and the corn fod-
der is excellent to feed with the strong
er foods that are purchased. Bran csn
nearly always be bought for but little
more than its manurial value. 1t has
been used MS manure without feed
ing. But that is wastoful, rs it is ex-
ceilent feed for both cows and horses.
American Cultivator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
Chinese Laundry Tickets.

The Chinese washernim have a sys-
tenn OF ticketing a bundle OF soiled
clothes based on the many gods and
goddesses OF the laundry. Though it;is
complicated, tho laundryman seldom
delivers bundle of washed clothes to
the wrong person. 81 =
Furthermore, II the ticket Is lost, tho
chances are that you will not get your
linen, unless you are particular friend
OF the proprietor. Instances are on rec
ord where an American has gopc to
court TO force the Chinese To yield up
the washing, but the judge was not
convinced that the case of the white
man was good one. e
The Chinese laundryman at the be-
ginning OF each week makes out q
batch of checks, I'm duplicate, to be used
as wash tickets. lie selects the name of
some god or goddess. or of some OBJ
ject as the sun, the moon. or tho stars.
To this.namc he pre1xes number, as
Moon, No. l." "Moon, Mt. a. and so
un.
In the space between the Two legends
Tor the signs are repeated twlce--he has
his own name, as. for msance. "Wah 4
Lee" III
when customer takes Il bundle OF
washing to tho laundry, the Chinese,
hrst tearing ticket In two in n ragged
Fashion, puts one-half on the packet for
reference; the other half lie gives Ms n
receipt to the person who has brought
the package of'laundry.
1t must be presented when the laun.s
ury Is demanded, and no fears need he
entertained that the package of clean
clothes VIII not be forthcoming. for
'hey are scrupulously exact in these
Mnttcrs.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
INrnit NJ NIe,,irina

why Tor ages have people eaten nm.
pie sauce with their roast goose md
sucking pig2 Simply because the acids
ana pectones in the fruit assist In di
costing the fats so abundant I'm this
kind of food. For the same reason m,
the end of heavy dinner we eat our
cooked fruits, aud when We want their
digestive action even more deyelopcd
we lake them after dinner In their nat
urnl, uncooked state as dessert. In
the past ages Instinct has luught mon
to do this; to-day science tells them
why they did IL, and this same science
tells us that fruit should be eaten as mn
aid to digestion of other foods much
more than 1t Is now. Cultivated fruits.
such MS apples, pears, Cherries, straw.
berries, grapes, otc., contain on annly.
SIS very similar proportions of the
same ingredients, Which are about 1
per cent of malic and other ncids. md
1 per cent of nesh-formlng albumin.
ODDS, with over SO per ccmt OF water.
Digestion depends upon the action OF
pepsin in the stomach upon the food,
which is greatly aidel by acids Of the
ssl%% sna y From az g. s"w
,tl'"'s-'ds ana pcctoncs in fruiyGScullar,
~ assist the acids of the stomach. Only
lately even royalty has been taking
lemon juice In tea Instead OF sugar,
and lemon juice has been prescribed
largely by physicians to help weak dl.
Gesiion, simply because these acids
exist very abundan,ly in the lemons
Popular Science Monthly.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24

& Tho decision oftho bennington Typowritor
Company practically to double the capacity
of their already extensive works at Ilon, N.
Y, is worry significant OF II gcnorul improve
mcnt In tho budncss outlook. for tho type
writcr isnow so intimately connected will
every form pf National activity TINT the
prosperity q iis manufacturing industry
serves ms u convenient barometer of goncrnl
trade conditions.
Tho Itcpingtonspcoplo will erect nm add.
tlopnl building, 160x5i icot, ak stories high.
This * tobo completed ut once. aud will bo
equipped ~ speedily IA possible, for tho do
mand isso large us to tax thu present cnpnc.
lily OF thu plant To its utmost, ana lcnvcS no
marginfcr tho future Increase OF tho brsl-
ness Which In In sight. From Ne,o lork
Tribute. October 70. 1895.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
WOMEN PAINTERS.

So great has been the increase in
the number of women painters in
Franco of late years that the subject is
attracting general attention there.
The men painters are complaining of
the competition, theirs being practi-
cally, as they allege, the only profess
sion, with the exception of the stage,
'tlft is open to women.
tln 1876 the number of women who
exhibited works at tho Salon in the
Champs Elysees was 312. This year
tho number is no fewer than 751.-
New York Advertiser.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
Al tho yenr nnnnh

Tho avocatlons of men go on just tho samc
In winter as in summer, aud those who labor
hard with hands, body aud muscles know
this full we'll. Tho sports also AFRO Just as
testlve and ure attended with many ncci
Tents. Tho chances OF accident nro about
tho i'amc to all, but TO tho laboring man n
mishap means very much. For INSTANCES. n
spra'n mny cripple badly and mean loss OF
limo, place and money. were II not thnt wo
I'LL know how readily ST. Jacobs oil will
euro eprain aud prevent all these misriv.
inSs. SO lot US onloy ourselves without fcar.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
HAprIEsr ROYAL WIDOW IN ruRops.


OF all the royal widows in Europe
the bappiest is Queen Regent Maria
Christine, mother of nine-year-o
King Alfonso XIII. Her affection for
her boy, as well as her patriotic devo-
lion to the welfare of her adopted
country, has won the hearts of the I'M.
pulsivo Spnniards, and in this fact as
we'll as in the constant performance of
3her exacting duties, she finds perfect
5cohteptment and enjoyment.
Maria Christina was born July 81.
1858, and is the second daughter of
otbe late Archduke Charles, of Austria.
afried On November 20, 1879,
Alfonso Kill, King of Spain, as his
second wife, and upon his death, No
yember 25, 1885, she was appointed
Regent. Her son, the present King,
was born May II, 1856.
The Queen Regent has happily es-
capped the adverse fortunes that have
overtaken 80 many of the members of
her family. She is kind and char
table woman, and so lovable that
when she appears in public the pretty
Madrienes press forward to kiss the
hem of her dark mourning gown.
The poor are especially attached to
this benevolent royal widow. They
love her for her deeds of kindness
among them. Naturally much of this
affection will be transferred to the
young monarch, who already seems in
fair way to be spoiled through pop
ular petting. = Chicago Times-Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-01-24
THE NEW ONION cuIr1rpr

The new culture consists simply in
sowing the seed in greenhouses, hot
beds or elsewhere and then trans
planting them to the open ground, as
cabbage or other plants. By select
ing the right varieties, there is