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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
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NONembcr :, 1876.
DAILY

November s, 1896.
ESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY
';4o Il m washington and Chattanooga
iimited) for Bristol, intermediate sta
tions and the South and West. Pull
man sleepers to New Orleans and Mem.
phis. Connects ut Radford for Blue
field and Pocahontas
4:2' T. m, the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Bluefield, Pocahoutas, Kenova,
Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis,
Kansas City. Columbus and Chicago.
pullman Buffet Sleeper Roanoke 10
Columbus. Also for Pulaski, Wythc.
vile, Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga
and intermediate points.
TRAINS ARRIVE Al ROANOKE.
From Norfolk $50 a. m; 4:l5 D. m.
From Hagcrstown $50 Il. III. 4:1O y. m.
From Winston 1:l5 p. M
From Bristol and the West 35 D. m.
ll:l0 p. III.
NORTH AND EAsTBOUND, LEAVE
ROANOKE DAILY
l:1o p M for Petersburg, Richmond and
Norfolk.
l43 p. M. for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
1880 p. III. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman slecpers Roanoke to Norfolk
'it i1y W INlCnmOnu.
ll:25 p. III. washington and Chattanoopa
limited) for Washington, Hagerstown.
Philadelphia and New York. Pullman
sleepers to Washington via. Shenan-
doah junction and Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Durham Division-Leave Lynchbura
lUnion station) daily 400 p. IN. for
south Boston and Durham and inter
mediate stations
Winston-S Salem Division-Laave Roanoke
Union statiom daily 200 p. H. and
Soo a. IN. daily, except Sunday Camp
bell street station) for Rocky Mount,
Martinsville, Winston Salem and inter.
mediate stations.
For all additional information apply
at ticket Office or to w. b. Beviu. General
PASSENGER Agent, Roanoke, Va.
M. f. Bragg, Travelling Passenger
Agent.
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/. O. r. NJ.

Hiawatha Tribe No. G6-Mects every
Wednesday evening ut hall 1912 South
jefferson G. j. Richardson, g.: NJ. L.
Avis, G. of r.; r. f. Jones, X. of w.
Wahoo Tribe No S2-Aleets every Fri
day evening ut hall 205 . South Jeifcr.
son. G. w. Crumpccker, s.; \. II. CAL
vert, G. of r.; w. T. Allison, X of w.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
MASTER AIAcONS

Lakeland Lodge No. 190-Meets second
TUESDAY III each month at hall 6 Camp
bell avenue :. ". :. ID. Barnharlt, NJ. /:
j. a. Swavcly, $; w. l.. Andrews, Y.
Pleasant Lodge No. G3-Statcd commu-
nlcntion third Monday in each month at
nail u Campbell avenue :. W. G.. NJ.
kitzmiiler. W. NJ; j. l.. Reichar,lt, s. G..
q. Anderson. 4.
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|. o. O. f. !

Magic City Encampment No. 3D.
Meets Tuesday evening ut hall 205 l-2
South Jefferson. NJ. Tiplady, C. p; a.
II. ID. Bening. S.; q. b. Vogel, Y.
Mountain Dale Lodge No 49-Mects
Thursday evenings ut hall 205 1.2 South
Jefferson street. y. b. High, n. g.; II.
Neal, S; j. +. Rawie, r.
Columbus Lodge No. ca Meets Friday
evening Mt hall l0i South Jefferson. j.
H. Wayland, \. IL; RIG Johnston, S. :;
w. \. Caldwell, II.
Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 90-Meets Mon
day evenings Mt hall 205 1-2 South Jeffer-
son. w. f. Brown, n. c.; G. II. Gray,
s.. j. NJ. Tinsley, T.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
The Atlantic Savings and Loan Association

The Atlantic Savings and Loan Association.
syracuse N. T., Dec. Is, 1876.
TO Whom it May Concern:
The firm OF Messes. The Pcdigo- Beller Real
Estate Company, or No. l06 Jefferson street.
R0anokc Va, have represented this Associa-
ton mt that place during the past year. gives
us pressure to state that they have attended TO
all OF our affairs IN that plac- in husinos = Ike
prompt ana courteous manner, and we believe
that ley are thoroughly capable OF hsndling any
business In their line, AMI worthy or every
confidence. j. NJ .SON SHAW.
General Manager.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
JUNIOR ORDER UNITED AMERICAN
MECHANICSS

Reliance Council No lS- Meets every
Thursday eveningat hall, 81 Campbell ave
nue. S. w. w. II. Powell, c.; W. \.
Thomas, s.; T.. j. Reed, II.
Southwest Council No.3, -Meets'Satur-
day evening ut hall i02 I.2 South ,Jeirer.
son. r. +. Taylor, c.. J. L. Boehm, :.
j. Il. Wayland, r.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01

The National Exchange Bank OF Roanoke, Va.
Roanoke, Va. Dec. II, 1896.
To Whom it May Concern:
IL Z yes us pleasure to stat that the Pcdigo.
Beiicr Real ESTATE Company of this city, whom
we have known for some time, are prompt, rc.
ale am worthy OF confidence. We can safely
recommend them 20 all that have property for
sale, houses for rent and investments to make.
Respectfully.
NATIONAL AXUnANGE BANK,
OF Roanoke, Va.
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Rcchestey Saving and Loan Association, Rochcs
, Whom 1t May COnccrn:
The Barrens, Near Roanoke, Va.

Dec ~. 1896
To Messrs. Pedigo- Bcller Real E.taic Company
Roanoke, Va:
Dear Slrs: After several years. cx periencc
with your firm 1 most chcerfuly bear
testimony to your unvRryng promptnese and
courteous attention to all busints entrusted 10
that real estate Is once more lookiug up here n
very full snare OF all business liz that line
Yours very truly,
FRANCE SORREL.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
FARMS.

We now have the cheapest farms that
we have ever offered near Roanoke
- acres l.2 miles from Roanoke; price
81, 300.
100 acres 4 miles from the city: 81, 900.
% acres of truck land, - mile from
Roanoke; 2,200.
Highly improved place in most desir.
able location, i l-2 miles from Rounoke:
price s., 0D0
10 acres, good improvements, 4 -
miles from Roanoke; $4,000.
9ti acres miles from Roanoke; 81 100.
Will trade this for city property.
IT you have some desirable property to
sell low we have Il cash customer for it,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
ROYAL ARCANUN

Roanoke Council No 12oS-Aleet.
second and fourth Mondays in each
month at hall l0i South Jefferson. \.
). Evans. r.; j. &. Bringman, 81: j. Y.
Snyder, r.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
sCROFULA AND ULCERS c1rprn

SCROFULA AND ULCERS CURED,
There is no doubt, according TO the
many remarkable cures performed by
Botanic Blood Balm ("B. II. BIZ. thar
it Is far the best Tone and Blood Purifier,
ever manufactured. All others pale into
insigniilcance, when compared with it.
1t cures pmples, ulcers, skin diseases.
and all manner OF blood and skin all
ments. Buy the best, and don't throw
your money away on substitutes. Try
the long tested and OLE reliable b. b. II.
Sl.oo per large bottle. FOR sale by all
druggist.
PINE. OAK AND HICKORY WOOD
1T 2l9 Salem avenue. w X. ANDREWS
Il co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01

STANDS AT THE HEAD.

Aug. j. Bogcl, the leading druggist of
Shreveport. La, says: 'Dr. Kings New
Discovery is the only thing that cures nv
cough, and it is the best seller have. y
D. f. Campbell, merchant of Stafford.
Ariz., writes: 'Dr. Kings New Discov.
cry is all that is claimed for it; it never
1ails, and is sure cure for consumption,
Coughs, Colds. cannot say enough for
It's merits" DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is
not an experiment. 1t has been tried for
century, and to-day stands at the head.
1t never disappoints. Free'tria bottles mt
Massie's Pharmacy, 100 Jefferson street
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
"A / Pointer /
Read what others in po-
sition 20 know have 10 saw:
Winchester, Va. Dec IL, 1876.
Mr.. G. >. BcllCr, NoAnOke. Va:
"a ....sssssa.--r..,

Winchester, Va. Dec. 10, 1890
Mr.. G. $. Bcler, Holnoke, Va:
Dear Sn:-ln answer to yours 18th inst
nave FOUND you prompt ana reliable in looking
art my interest in Roanoke, and II YOU treat
othor customers a. you have me, they will have
no causr oI compiniut.
Truly yours,
JAMES Is. RUS SELL.
New York National Building and Loan As.
sociation, GIL G2l broadway, New York.
TO Whom it May Concern:
This IL TO certify that VIC have hal business
relations with tho Pcdgo- Bcllor Real hsinte
Company Tor considerable period of Time and
such relations have always been OF the most
satisfactory character Wcregard the mem bcrs
dealing men or character, and VIC take pleasure
in so certifying. w. +. THOMPSON.
President
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
JAMES b. RUSSELL.
Auditors Office. Charleston, w. Va,
December Is. 1Sy6

The Pcdigo Belcr Real Estate Company, Roa.
nokc, Va, has represented me in :ver limpor-
tanl real cstatc transactions aud otherwise, with
pc feet subtraction
have FOUND tho gentlemen composing the
Company obliging Intelligent, competent and
honorable, and nave no hesitation in recon.
mcndtng their Company to the favor OF the pub.
lic |. Y. JOHNSON.
Rochester Saving and Loan Association, Rochcs
ter Y.
To Whom it May Concern:
This Is tb certify that The Pcdigo. Il clcr Real
Estate Com pany have represented us in koa
noke Va, for the past year or more in collections
OF rents, making OF sales and repairs 1and all
other business entrusted to them, TO onr entire
satisfaction, and we chcerfully recommend them
10 any one needing like service.
GEO. w. THOMAS, General Manager
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
KNIGHTS OF GOLD

KNIGHTS OF GOLDEN EAGLE.
Roanoke Castle No. G-A1eets Tuesday
evenings Mt hail 10i South Jefferson. \
G. Turner. y. c.. III. H. link, c.. of +. .
T.. J. Reed, H. OF E.; j. i. Brzzic. NJ.
of II
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
MANHATTAN SHIRTS GIVEN AWAY

Anyone sending us laundry work to
the amount of s. during the next four
months, ending February 6, 1897, and
paying cash on delivery OF each bundle,
we will give them II fine 81 Manhattan
shirt This does not apply To work COM
Ing through agents.
RADFORD STEAM LAUNDRY.
ZIG Salem Avenue.
Sanborn &; Sanders. Proprietors.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
YOUNG MEMS INSTITI-rr

Columbian Council No Meets at
hall II - South Jefferson :. u. Sic.
fert, president; j. j. Fitzgerald, sccre-
tary; +. j. korte, treasurer
*. o. T. NJ.
Meets every second and fourth Monday
- l-2 Campbell avenue 5. W. Carver
Murdoch, Commander.
X. AND l.. OF DIME.
Meets every second and fourth We,lucs
day -. , ;. Jefferson. NJ. Indorskv.
Commander.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
Lodge Directory.
When They Meet and Where.


Division No. Meets every We,lnrs-
dav night ut hall. III 12 South Jefferson
street, W. j. Commings, president; w
E. Malone secretilry: G..p. Carr, trcasu-
rcr.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01

bell avenue :. ". \. B. Hammond. T..
Fl. p; q. +. Marklcy, T.; 5 NJ, Wood
ward, Jr.. secretnry.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.

Brooke l. odge No 3l51-Meets second
and fourth Tuesdays in each month at
hall IL 1-2 South Jefferson l. Bachrach.
d.; G. Lamkin, r.; j. Engleby, Il.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01

F'The above needs no comment II yo1 havs
property for rcnt SIC Lat II with ~ or IL you
WI, to luy give us call We Will treat yCu
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
KNIGHTS OF MYSTIC CHAIN. :

Roanoke Castle No. Meets Friday
evening at hall ~ 1-2 South Jefferson. j..
%. Angel, C.; II. j. MARTIN, T.; j. NJ.
keister, S.
Virginia Castle No. 2-Meets Thursday
evening at hall IL 12 South jefferson. ID.
Watkins, c; w. II. Sparks, r. S: b. O.
Mays, r.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01

Roanoke Lodge, No. 1871 Meets every
Tuesday night nj ';30 o'clock, ut hall, IS
1-2 Campbellsuvenue $. W., Il. C. .Welch,
+. r.: j. Metals, S. John Pack, +.
CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT LEGION.
Council No. 505-AIeets second and
fourth Thursday, in Terry building w.
McDerinott, president; j. &. Equi, secre-
tary: 7. J. Greeley, treasurer.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
KNIGHTS OF PYTuIAS

Osceola Lodge No 47-Meets Thurs.
day evening at hall 10i South jefferson.
w. b. Moss, c. c.: T. II. Wolf, X. or X.
| G. <
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
MASONIC.

Bayard Commandery No l5-Mects
third Friday each month ct hall G Camp
bell avenue 5. w. G. B. Kuhns, f. G.. 4:
w. u. Winch, T.; j. +. Reichardt. Rec.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01

Roanoke Division No. II [. R..-AIeets
first and third Tuesday evening ut hall
l04 Sd s. W. a. S. Hughes. Captain: c.
NJ. Speise, LIST Lieut.; 5. f. Crap, 2d
Lieut.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01
c. X. OF \.

st. Andrews Branch No. GSS-Aleet,
st. Andrew hall. G. +. Duirey, pres-
dent u. {. Quinn, secretary; T.. J. Row.
an; treasurer; Rev. j. w. Lynch, spirit
ual director
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-01

Murray Chapter No. 22-Mcets fourth
Thursday in each month at hall & Camp
The news & observer., 1897-11-07
EIGHT HUNDRED MILLIONS A
YEAR FOR FREIGHT.

/ do not know that many are aware
that the annual freight bill of this count
ry amounts to more than $500, 100000
a year. 1t is a tax, and the most burden
some tax which this country knows,
upon our industries and upon production.
It's meaning, brought home, is that each
family in the United States pays on the
average $50 year for freight alone
If Commissioner Wright's statistics are
correct-that the average income of each
laborer in this country is not more than
5000 year-then each head of a
family must set aside on the average re-
suits of a month and a half of toll to
pay his share of the freight. There is
no Jones to do it here.
The people of the West have learned
this economic lesson well. They have
seen their wheat carried over the Great
Lakes at an average charge of less than
one mill per ton per mile, when the
railroad rate from their farms to lake
transportation, or to market, was from
a cent to a cent and a half per ton per
mile. They know that if all the freight
in the United States could be carried
as cheaply as is wheat from Duluth to
Buffalo this burden would be cut down
to one-tenth of what it now is.
Such considerations as these ought to
make it plain, even to wayfarer or a
Congressman, that the freight question
is worth a little attention.-"From the
Lakes to the Sea-" by Carl Snyder, in
American Monthly Review of Reviews
for November.
The news & observer., 1897-11-07
TENNYSON's RELIGION.
Hamilton w. Mabie in the November
Atlantic)

Hamilton w. Mabie in the November
Atlantic)
1t was fortunate, says Mr.. Mabie in
the November Atlantic that Tennyson's
biography was not prepared by bio
grapher who was anxious to minimize
the religious element in his life on the
contrary, it is thrown into the boldest
relief, and the reader is let into those
profound convictions which gave the
Laureate's poetry such depth and spir-
itual splendOr. The whole subject is
dealth with, in common with In Me-
moriam, with the most satisfying full.
ness. In this vale of Time the hills OF
Time often shut out the mountains OF
Eternity" Tennyson once said. The no.
bility of his verse had it's springs in
those mountains, and they inclosed and
gloritied the landscape of life as he
looked over it. He refused to formulate
his faith, but he has given it an ex-
preston which is at once definite and
poetic, Illuminating and enduring. SCI
hardly dare name His Name,' he writes:
but take away belief in the self-con.
scious personality of God, and you take
away the backbone OF the world" And
again, "On God and GOd-like men we
build our trust" A week before his
death, his son tells us, he talked long Of
the personality and love of God,-"that
God whose eyes consider the poor"
"Who catereth even for the sparrow"
For myself" he said on another occa-
sion, "the world is the shadow of God"
In his case, as in Wordsworth's and
Browning's, poetry issued out Of the
deepest springs of being; end he made it
by committing to it the expression Q. ~ ma
highest truth.
To young man going to a uniyersity
he said. 'The love of God is the trns
basis of duty, truth, reverence, LOYALTY
love, virtue, and work." and he added
teharacteristicaI'y, en- "But don't be prig.:
Through his verse, as through his life.
there ran this deep current of faith. bms
the expression of it was free from the
taint and distortion of dogmatic or ee.
clesiastical phrase.
The news & observer., 1897-11-07
HENRY GEORGES DEATH.

Paralleled In the Death of An English
Candidate for Paliament 10 Years
Ago.
The circumstances of Henry Georges
death are parallelcd in part, as the New
York Journal notes, by the similar re-
moval, more than hundred years ago,
Of r. Coombes from a contest almost as
bitter, in which Edmund Burke was his
chief adversary. Burke, who was then
somewhat out of favor with the Bristol
constituency, because of his friendship
for the American colonies, withdrew
from the candidacy for Parliament. In
his speech Burke said:
What is passed is well stored. 1t is
safe, and out of the power of fortune.
What is to come is in wiser hands than
ours, and he in whose hands it is best
knows whether it is best for you and me
that l should be in Parliament or even
in the world. Gentlemen, the melan-
choly event OF yesterday reads to us an
awful lesson against being too much
troubled about any of the objects Of or
dinary ambition. The worthy gentleman
who has been snatched from us at the
moment of the election, and in the mid
die of the contest, whilst his desires were
as warm and his hopes as eager as ours,
has feelingly told us what shadows we
are, what shadows we pursue"
The news & observer., 1897-11-07
TIKI NEW LIBRARY. TF1E POSSUM HLJNT
By DANIEL R. GO0OL0E.

and European world-not much Ameri-
can. OF the dozen or more l remember
only Professor Henry who has in his
hand a fossil resembling a Bolonasausage
and Fulton, with the infant steamboat
in his hand. st. Paul stands by him
with an enormous sword, and very
rough bad fitting pair of shoes ON his
feet. 1t looked as if there might have
been a mistake, and that some ancient
military man must have stood for the
picture. They have Gibbon up there,
but no American historian. 1t should
have been Bancroft or Motley, by all
means. Chancellor Kent is honored with
a place there; which is very well; but if
only one American jurist was to be thus
honored, it should by all means have
been John Marshall. There are two
vacant places to be filled.
Franklin has a place-a marble bust
ON the outer front of the building. with
Macauley on his left, and some one on
his right, / fail to remember. No other
American statesmen is honored-not
even Washington. And / may add, in
passing, that in the Corcoran Gallery
an immense statue of Napoleon occupies
the center of the great hall, while an
other statue of a Roman Emperor
have forgotten the name-occupes the
next most conspicuous position at the
first landing of grand stairway.
| confess that | am so little classical
as not to admire the Ornament" that
has been placed in front Of the Library
fronting the capitol. The sea god,
Neptune, and his court-his Triton demi-
gods, with tails-or legs, like a catfish's
tail, who are engaged in the intellect
ual occupation of blowing conque-shells.
and his sea-nyph-One now in place and
another to come-bestride sea-horse
with but two legs, and catfish tail in
place of hind legs-are any thing but
pleasing objects to the eye of the spec
tator. They are simply hideous an1 20.
voting. 1t seems to have been the the
purpose of the artist to render cOnspicu-
Gus those parts of the bodies of the
NEUROLOGICAL monsters which civiliza-
ton in every age has studiously kept out
of sight. There seems to be a supersti-
ton among some people, who have high
claims, or pretens;ons, to culture, that
everything ancient in art, is worthy of
imitation. / have no thy with
the fastidious prudery attributed by
Marigalt to the Boston ladies half Gen.
tury ago, that they hid their piano legs
with pantalets, nor have | any sympa-
thy with the expurgatory order of the
city officials of Philadelphia, which
would prohibit the sale of great work of
genius, like Victor Hugo's Les M:sera-
bles. But between the benevolent pur-
pose and effect of that great work, and
the vile reproduction of ancient brutali-
ty above described, there is gulf as
wide as the Poles.
But the visitor must not be deferred
from entering the building by the sight
of these monstrous perversions and dis
tortions of nature. If the nerves are
too weak for the encounter with these
ghouls it is easy TO avoid them by turn
/ ing to the right or the left.
The news & observer., 1897-11-07

Smfth-"Seeing is believing" :
aones-"Not always. 1t often dependa
upon what paper you see it in"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-03

Detroit Free Press: The other day a
Detroit youth who had come home from
college for vacation took his younger
sister out to see base ball game, She
is quiet, demHFe little lass, with blue
eyes and a umid manner and she slip
ped into her seat in the grand stand as
staldly as II she were entering the fam
lily pew at church.
As the gume progressed he kindly I'M
dertook to explain to her something
about the points so she would under
stand at least little about It,
Now the younger man Is about TO
throw the ball" he said. HE is called
the pitcher. The man with the stick In
his hand is the batter He will try to hit
the ball, and II he does he Will run to
that little bag, which is called base"
The young mans sister seemed TO be
quite interested and listened attentlvely
to his explanation.
Presently somebody hit out a two
baEuer that went clear through the
short stop, and lit out for first like a
Wild turkey,
The young man began to explain.
Now" he said III the fielder throws
the ball to the man on the bag before
-"
The young man ceased suddenly.
His sister had sprung upon the bench,
grabbed his hat. and thrown II into the
crowd, and shrieked at the top Of her
voice:
yah, yah, YAH Wasn't that hot
tamale? -z2z--get that
short-gtop a seine. Go IT, Dempsey, you
are a peach! Oh, iordy what q daisy
cutter. Get him a basket! Whoopee,
don't that make your whlskecs curl?
Yah. yah, yah!"
sit down, SIS" said the young man,
In slightly aggrleved tone, "Why
didn't you tell me you were n rOOter2"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-03

put It down. Then I got afraid OF II.
All at once everything was light,
don't think | saw the flash. Anyway,
my face was not exactly toward the eN-
plosion. But then everything got light
lighter than day-klnd of binding.
'srhere was an awful crash. 1t was
just ut the same time. / was terrified
and wanted to get away. It was Just as
II I was having the nightmare. Some
how, though, / knew Just what the
matter was. One can think faster than
he has any idea Of l knew that some
of the others were nearer the explosion,
and said to myself: They're blown to
bits, that's certain You understand.
this was all in second, all at once,
really
Then It was exactly the same rs II l
had been hit with a stick, l thought 1t
was a big stick, bigger than any man
could swing, and that It must be work
ed by machinery. II hit me on the head
and all over. l went sailing into the
air long, long way. Ny ears roared
and the wind blew into my face.
81 knew when l struck the ground, for
| remember saying to myself, We'll, I'm
done for don't know just when i lost
my right senses, or when they came
back. but when they did come back 1t
seemed queer that l was there still
thought / had been thrown somewhere
else. / could feel the fire burning me.
1t was my clothes. They were smoking
and almost blazing.
81 was bruised all over and could not
hear very well My voice sounded us
though somebody else were talking
That's all / can tell you about"