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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28

as the need of tie South. Once let it be
seen that the South is not limited to tho
production of one OF two kinds of ton
stuffs, andsthnt skilled labor can always
command good wages in the varied cot
ton manufactures, and there will be no
scarcity of it.
The announcements Sundays Times
Of possible visit CT NORTH ern' men to
Roanoke for the purpose of examining
into the advantages offered by our CITY for
a cotton mill should arouse the interest
of every business man in the city.
Lynchburg's mills have just declared 4
per cent dividend which is in striking
contrast withsstbe present showing of the
Northern mills. Lypchburg offers no nat
ural advantages for such an industry
that are not equalled by. Roanoke, and
should the opportunity for the establish
ment of such au industry be--offered our
board of trade should be in position to
seize it.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
ANOTHER IDOL SHATTERED.

That man is fearfully and wonder.
fully mad" there is no question. Modern
surgery, by n process of elimination.
seems bent upon finding cut with lust
how little of his anatomy he can get
along. Portions of the brain have fire.
quently been renewed, and no impair
ment of the mental faculties seemed to
follow. a portion or the whole luno has
been taken away, and the patient still
good for a hundred yard dash: while as
Tor that troublesome little member, the
"ermiform appendix, it has become quite
the thing to get rid Of it,
1t remained, however, for DR.. Karl
Schlatter to discover that the entire
stomach may be removed and no incou.
'en!ence follow. This may we'll be
called the triumph of surgery,aaand AZ the
patient upon whom the operation was
performed is now up and about her work.
in excellent health. the experiment NAV
be considered success. Let the chronic
dyspeptc not yield to the gloom of de.
spair. Modern surgery may'yct have
much happiness in store for him,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
TWENTY YEAR PLAN.

Pensioners residing in indianapolis are
acting up to the old adage s'of a bird in
the hand being worth two in the bush"
A petition to. Congress is being VIEW gener-
ally signed. asking that every .man and
woman on the rolls be paid at once the
amount that will be paid them in install
ments.. during the next twenty years and.
havingssreceived thistle surrender all fur
Their claims upon the government This
twenty year. plan, were it feasible. has
one or two features about it that are wor
thy of conside ration.
Taking the pension list of the war of
1872 as an example, there is no telling
how long our government Will be bur
deneu with its present pension claimants
Thirty-two years according to the ordi-
nary expectancy of life would seem sufi-
GENTLY long in which to have dropped the
greater majority of claimants from the
rolls, but at the remarkably slow rates
at which such claimants are disappear ng
from the lists, the date at which it will
cease to exist battles all calculation The
twenty year plan affords at least the adj
vantage OF definiteness in closing it out.
Again, with the present system, it is
agreed by all that the government is he
ing annually mulcted out of thousands
upon thousands of dollars through fraud.
ulent claims. Should specified time
within which to settle all claims be fixed
upon it would offer less opportunity for
the frauds that now exist and prevent
their increase in the future.
Another argument that is used by the
signer. of the petition themselves is that
by adopting such plan the government
could at once abolish the pension depart
mSnt. thus saving the timing expenses
of one of its costliest branches. Where
the money is to come from to pay in a
lump sucl, a sum az would be required Is
not suggested. And even were the money
at hand with which to make the settle
ment 1t is doubtful if year from the
adoption of the plan would be long enough
in which to make u finality of pension
affairs.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
FIFTY YEARS AFLAME.
Scottish Coal Mine That IIas Been
burning Half q Century.


There is a coal mine in Scotland, located
between the railway stations of Daily and
kilkcTran. that has been burning continu-
ously for 30 years.
III tho working of this mine, which
produced hard and dirty coal, the scam
dipped suddenly, and the shaft communi-
eating with the lower works was mt q dis
tancc from the one which led up to tho
surface of the ground. a second engine
became necessary, and it was placed Mt tho
head of the lower shaft. Half century
ago 1T had to be run by steam generated
on the spot instead of hy electricity gem
Grated elsewhere, rs would be done now,
and one day the coal in the ncighborhood
oi the machinery, having become quito
dry and intlammablc, caught fire.
The engine man tried to put it out but
Jailed and signalcd TO he brought to the
surface, lhe other miners having knocked
OIL work for the day. Ten minutes after
he was on terra firma the fire had made
such Roadway that the flames were roar
ing up the shaft and rising to "a height OF
30 feet i'll the air 1t was, of course, i'm
possible to put ii ont, and in time the fire
gradually grew less, but it remained burn
ing, ana great fears were entertained lest
it should communicate with other pits and
even wreck the whole mining industry
of the ncighhornood.
An engineer WHO WAS sent for from
London 10 cnGcaYor to put out the fire
bored holes in the ncighborhood Of the pit
III order TO pump III IL gas which was
iniinical 10 the fire. This scheme. how
ever, was failure, and it was found
that the fire was extending, for the trap
dixie. which had been cut in order to pet
INTO closer proximity to the fire, opened
tic way to the seam beyond, and it is this
seam which has been burning ever since.
Thousands of pounds were spent in the
cndcavor TO qucnch the fire and how many
thousand pounds worth Of coal have been
used il would be impossible to say.
Eight or ten years ago the fire came to
the surface within Il few yards of where
the train went by, and, as may bc mag
lncu, nervous Passengers were often alarm
Ell ut seeing the evidences of the fire and
steam issuing from the bowels of the
chrth, ior the pit seems to be The recipient
of Some little strc;m which the heat cen
Vcr;S into steam, which rises from, half n
dozen jctS in thc NEST uncuriy manner.
cincinnati fnuuircr
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
HOW TO PREVENT PNEUMONIA.

At this time of the year cold is very
easily contracted, and if left to run its
course without the aid of some reliable
cough medicine is liable to result in that
dread disease, pneumonia. We know of
no better remedy to cure 1t cough or cold
than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy We
have use it quite extensively and it has
always given entire satisfaction. -Olagah,
Ind. Ter, Chief
This is the only remedy that is known
to be certain preventive of pneumonia
Among the many thousands who have
used 1t for colds and la grippe, we have
never yet learned of single case having
resulted in pneumonia Persons who
have weak lungs or have reason to fear an
attack OF pneumonia shonld keep the
remedy at hand The % and 30 cent size
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28

This is the Inscription on IL marble slab
over IL grave mt Green Bay, Wis: "Dic,l
urtout. Here lycs the Body of Lewis
Gladly Esq, who departed this life ut Port
Royal the I'D December 1870 aged So
He was born ut Montpelier in France but
lett chat country Tor his Religion and
came here 10 settle in this Island where lie
was swallowed up in the Great Earthquake
IN the year 1852 and by the Providence of
God was by another shock thrown into the
Sea ana miraculously saved by swimming
until IL Boat took him up. He lived many
years after III great Reputation Beloved
by all who knew him and much Iamcntcd
at his death"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
Water Our True Beverace

Water is really our only true bovcr-
age, Mrs. >. II. Rorcr writes in her cook
ing lesson in The Ladies' Home Journal.
Forming, us it does, thrcc-quartcrs of the
weight OF The human body, il is OF the
next impo"tnntc to the air we breathe.
MIX Is "a typical food, not u beverage, and
should never be used as such. 1t is truo
that it contains Il large amount of water,
but only sufficient for its digestion
IN very short time tho nonwatcr
drinker becomes sallow, constipated and
uncomfortable. The poison matter that
should be dissolved by the free Use of wa
ter and carried off in the circulation and
through the cXcrctory organs Is held in the
system; the body loses weight; the skin he
comes dry and rough, losing its lie and
brillancy. Thrcc-quar,crs Of the weight
OF the living body should be water 4
largo quantity Of this water is taken in the
form of green vegetables and fruits. \
healthy person should drink at least -
quarts OF cool, not iced water in each 2l
hours, Il glass the first thing in tho morn
lng and the last thing at night and the re-
manning quantity after or between meals
Infants frequently suffer more from the
lack OF cool water han from the lack OF
food. "
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
IN lndustviouo Eobbor.

Two enemies hath the oyster-.,nan.
who IS not ashamed to cat It by the doz-
2n To the accompaniment of lemon
and brown bread and butter, and IL
fellow shcllish. This clap is II dog
whcil:. which has "a rough, rasDing
tongue, with which it bones holes as
cio"n as any jewelers. diamond into the
thic!irat oyster. When the hoic has lecn
drilled through the shell. tie whclli
has vcry gord time, even although he
has TO do without tho bread and butter
and vinegar which man SO much de.
siIcs with the meal. Tho whcll is hat
ed by The oyster farmer, because it robs
him of thousands of dollars worth of
oysters
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28

Our Anglo-Americans seem to have
been spending gay Christmas in Eng
land. OF course, following English Gus
toms, everything was out of town hiring
the Christmas season, and no doubt many
of our illustrious American money-bags,
who had the privilege of entertaining
second-rate titles at their country house
parties, have felt their bosons swell with
pride and realized that their expectation
has not been without its pensations.
The snobbery of many of our newly rich
Americans, who have found their own
country too circumscribed for their vault
ing billions is intensely disgusting to
the average American citizen. Once bit
ten there seems to be no cure for the dis
ease.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28

- bicycle autograph cushion is now.
i5 Is cnt round, and the material is of
white sailcloth. On the top is an en-
broldered wheel, done in outline stitch.
Scattered around the hub of this wheel
are outlined card shapes, upon which is
TO be written the autograph or provcrb.
Inc cards are outlined as appearing to
lie on top OF the spokes ami little en-
proldereu bowknots of bright silk APP
pear to tie them to their places. This is
IL suggestion to those who wish n sou
yenir Of pleasant outing with u friend.
IC comes from tho New York Tribune.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28

An ideal home on Terry. Hill, corner
lot, ~ large rooms, exclusive of bath
closets, Easements, and property has, all
modern convenience. hard wood flush.
lovely cabinet mnnties. stoves md CRATES
This property sold in May, 1891. for $40.
600. We now offer it ut $4,000 $3.50:
balance small monthly payments or so
much per year TO suit customers. Don't
miss this opportunity.
Broom brick residence: hest location.
Church avenue. uptO date improve
ments, S4,650; very cheap and reasonable.
One of the most expensive residences in
all Roanoke, just lovely, large LOT, fine
Sable, house alone cost $1,000, in the best
of rep, ir, situated on Nirth avenue south
west, So, 300. LEGO cash; bala CO to suit.
8 room brick house, Campbell avenue,
$1,000; 800 cash: $40 pei month.
Splendid Groom home, Wheat street.
near Brown Bros. store. good stable,
other outdoor buildings. worth S2,C00.
We now offer ut only II, 200; $2C0 cash !:
balance so per month.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
PUBLIC TIRE PUMP.
Drop Penny in the Slot and Get Wind
for Your Wheel

Twp I" Shhy III tilc D'Ot anu GtC w !uu
fer Your Wheel
Drop penny in the slot and have nonr
tires pumped up. is the latest. There
has teel- put on exhibition in New York
city, says the Herald, an automatic Ina
chine which the manufacturers claim will
accomplish this and do awav with the
necessity of cyclists carrying hand pumps
III tool bags hereafter.
This automatic bicycle pump, it is
claimel. will fill bicycle tire to the re-
quired degree OF hardness by the simple
pulling of n lever by the rider after con
Meeting the hose to his tire and dropping
a penny in the slct
The pump is always ready to orl, and
when placed IN front OF road houses and
inns along The Iou'evards and bicycle
paths in the neighborhood Of large cities.
the inventor thinks. will save bicycle rid
ers an immense amount of Inconvenience
and discomfort. 1t is expected also that
the machine will he used for pumping
the newly popularized pneumatic carriage
tires
The air hose is fitted with quick adj
iusting connection, fitting any bicycle
valve, and which is attached by "A single
NOV ement of II leverlik clamp.
MANY experts have already examined
the machine and have universally pro
nounced it an important invention in
bicycle accessories.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
FORBIDDEN TO USE ERAsERs.
Strict Rule Enforced in War and Nav,
Departments.

Ink erasers, says the Washington cor
respondent of the Chicago Record. are
not allowed in either the War or Navy
Departments except under the direction
OF n chief of bureau, and no one is allow
ell to erase nm entry official record hook
without explanations and express permits
sion. Same Years ago it was discovered
That an inn pcris mt record of the war had
been erased and false entry substituted.
Inc culp!ir was never detected, but the
incident caused au investigation. and an
order was issued banishinu all acids and
eradicators from the building. The mat
ter was mentioned in cabinet meeting,
ana similar order was issued 10 the
Navy Department.
1t would be welt if the Interior Depart.
ment were to follow the example, partic
ulariy In the land ami patent offices, al
though there is no evidence that their
records have ever been tempered with.
When mistake Is made in recording an
order the line Is Cancelled by drawing the
pen through the sentence and rewriting
it correctly.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
Mothers Friend

Of this number consists of the reports of
the different schools of Suggestive Their
apeutics There are now several of these
schools established in America in charge
of physicians, and conducted for the pur-
pose of determining the value of the mind
as a curative agent in disease. In order
to personally superintend tn. opening of
one Of these establishments in each of the
cities selected, Snyder Flower. the editor
of the Journal of Medical Hypnotism,
will carry out the plan of printing the
Journal each month at the city visited
the puhlIct ton to remain in Chicago.
Thus the February number ill be print
ed in Mnnea polls, and shipped Ito Chi
cago for distribution; March number at
Des Moines, Iowa; April at Kansas City,
Mo-, May at Louisville; June at Wash.
ington. d. c.; July at Baltimore, Md. {:
August at Philadelphia; September at
Few York city: October at Boston; No.
vemb:r at Cleveland; Decem Der at Indian
apolis: January at Chicago. A school of
Suggestive Therapeutics will be opened
IN each of these cities, Il local physician
taking charge of the same The plan is
novel one in magazine publishing The
Journal of Medical Hypnotism is publish
ed by The Psychic Publishing Company,
56 Fifth avenue Chicago.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28

Chicago would seem to be fire-fated.
Despite the fact that she has the best fire
department in the West, tim g and again
she has lost whole blocks of her most
costly buildings. The fires of last week
were particularly disastrous, and he'd the
Coliseum been more crowded than it was
no doubt we should have had repetition
of the holocaust witnessed not long since
at the charity bazaar in Paris.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
ROANOKE's OPPORTUNITY.

The placing of its products in the BE s.
ton market by the Colorado cotton mills
Is the beginning of the end. 80 far rs the
manufacture Of. cotton III New Englf nd is
concerned. The claim of the Norlhei
mills that the advantages OF the South
over theri Is only temporary is but the
idle talk of those who feel their foothold
becoming each day less secure. An edi-
torial on this subject in Sundays Dis
patch strikes the kew nnte IN tba ,vbola
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28

The will Of the late Mr.. Pullman, by
which he deprived his two sons of an op-
portunity for life of ease and luxury,
such as they might naturally have en-
pected to lead. has been much approved
OF by practical minded people throughout
the country. One thing Mr.. Pullman
did not take into account was mother
love. Mrs. Pullman has claimed her
dowry in her husbands estate, which will
afford her a much larger income than
was anticipated in the provisions of the
will. and as there is no law to debar her
from leaving her personally 20 her sons
it will enable these young men to enter
life With far from discouraging pros
poets. Mr.. p lllElan's remedy to provide
against life of idleness for his sons was
very heroic, but to have met com pleter
success he should have first known that
his wife was in sympathy with him.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
AN AFRICAN LEGEND. .
The Story of How tho Monkey Camo ia
re Created.

Negro legends and interpretations OF
Scripture ARC often extremely ingenious
anu even pn2tical and it frequently han
pens that when the makers of traditions
anu folklore happen to have African blood
III their veins they rely entirely upon their
Inspirations and imaginations 1t is in
this wise that their account of the creation
OF the monkey was constructed This
story runs as follows:
Alter God lad made man, the devil re-
rarucd this new creation with great deal
III interest and admiration and was filled
with an ambition to do something of that
kind himself. He therefore studied the
form and features of tho human being
which had been recently placed upon tho
carth, ana set to work with great earnest
ness to mako living creature which
should, hs nearly us possible, resemble u
1n;il, but he did not try to make his work
quite as large rs his model, wisely think
ing he would better begin with something
on IL smaller scale. The result of his la
bors was the monkey.
ms animal was II good deal like man.
nilt hc tailed i'll some important particll-
lars 10 resemble the original. One of these
was his Inability to speak, and the devil
.rled TO remedy this fault but found il
impossible. He also discovered that his
little man did not possess the intelligence
OF the larger being he had tried to initiate,
ana disguised with the impossibility of
making his monkey speak or of impress
ing upon his mind that he should act as a
reasonable being, he guvo up tho attempt
III despair, and in order to compensate the
Great he had made for the great fail
ures III his construction, he gave him IL
IAN. rms would not enable him to speak,
nor would 1t hcstow upon him the intel
ligchcc he should have, but it would DC
avery great help to him in getting through
lie, and this the little burlcsouc of man
rs doubtless found to DO true Youths
Companion
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
Roanoke Shoe Co.,
Spot Cash Money Savers.
A JOKE THAT FAILED.
Windust's Facetious Suggestion Acted
Upon to His Detrimcnt.

w IstCctiOuS suggestion acted
Upon to His Detrimcnt.
Back in the carly sixties, and for many
years before and some years aftcrward,
Edward Windust kept most popular res
taurant ut ID Park row. He was a pecul-
lar man i'll many respects, and in mono
so much ms sticking for absolute purity
in everything he put upon the tables for
his guests, among whom were most of tho
celebrities of the day. Windust was al
ways aifablc and good natured and dearly
loved any kind of an innocent Joke
Every morning he took big basket OH
his arm and trotted down to Washington
or Fulton market to order supplies for the
day, some of the choicest of which he car
rictl back in his basket. The dealers i'm
both markets knew him and were anxious
to sell TO him. because they knew that he
would pay coed prices for the best of stun.
Ono old woman in Fulton market sup
Piled him with hCrsc ridish for many wears
anu Tor IL short time after he sprung what
he thought WAS Il joke on her. lie said to
her one morning: " Aunty it seems to me
that your horse rad!sh is not us strong as
it used tn be. Are you suro you arc not
adultcrating it with something's"
Indeed am not. What would I use TO
adulteratc horse radish I'd like To know"
F" don't know, but began 10 suspect
that You were mixing ground turnips
with il, said Wind,st
sure, l never thought of such u
tElnS, tic woman answered
Nindust said many times aftcrward that
he dcNoutly wished that he had never joked
with the woman about the matter Tor he
was never able to get pure horse radish
from her again and had to give up trad
ing with hor after 20 years of pleasant
business rclaticns.-New York Sun
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
OLD pEOPLE.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will find
the true remedy in Electric Bitters This
medicine does not stimulate and contains
no whiskey or other intoxicant, but acts
as tonic and Alternative. it acts milaly
on the stomach and bowels, adding
strength and giving tone to the organs,
thereby aiding nature in the performance
CT tho functions. Electric Bitters is an
excellent appetizer and aids digestion.
Old people find it just exactly what they
need. Price so cents and 81 per bottle at
Massie's Pha, macy.
a srECIAL OFFER TO ALL WHO
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28
The Liverpool Coach,

1T is not generally known that mail
coach leaves Manchester every night for
Liverpool at 10 o'clock, and ono from Liv-
crpool at the same hour for Manchester,
Tor the conveyance of parcels. The driv-
crs and conductors arc armed with rcvolv
crs and bayoncts and carry IL long horn,
quite in the olden style.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-28

The death last week in London of LADY
Mlliais, relict of the great artist. will stir
afresh through tho papers one of tie
greatest domestic anomalies on record
Lady Millais WAS the wife of Ruskins.
the former art critic. When Millais, who
was pupil of his, fell in love with his
wife, not only did Ruskins ait. and abet
her in securing Ii divorce, though passion
ately fond CT her himself, but was present
at the ceremony when she married Mil
lais, and after wards remained n staunch
friend OF each. 1t is just possible that
this highly sensational romance furnished
Thomas Hardy the conception Of his
novel, Jude, the Obscure" IL story
whose teachings, if followed out, would
strike the death blow TO all domestic han
piness and overthrow our whole social
system. One might conceive the exist
ence OF such state OF affairs namonp
characters such at Hardy has. portayed,
but III the case of Ruskin and Millais it.
is Uncomfortable. Both were men Of cul-
lure and social eminence; both possessed
the sensitive and highly strung natures
belonging 10 men of artistic tempera-
ment, and that friendly relation could
have been sustained between them, after
the wrecking of The Ruskin home. pre-
sents study for social economists that
has no parallel. Self abnegation could
go ho further than carried out by Rus.
N .hn aI,t.a -. Co.. Il 4
the ground Of his wfe's happiness :.