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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-29

Breakfast, 25 cents; dinner, 25 cents
supper 20 cents. Meal tickets, "a. J.
j. CatoGni's restaurant.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-29

Look at..our % cent books. Gravatt's
Fair. 9 Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-29

New Citron. Currants and Seedles
Raisins for fruit cake, Mt CATOGNrS.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-29

100 dozen extra long Hem
med lluck Towels at 12kc,
worth Tic.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-29

OLD FAPERS for sale at The Times
Office. Good for putting under carpets
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-29

Go to the Virginia Carriage Factory to
get your buggies and wagons repaired
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-29

Breakfast, 25 cents; dinner, % cents;
supper % cents. Meal tickets) "A. J.
j. Catogni's restaurant.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-29
A SMALL MANS REVENGE
He Rufilcs the Dignity of Two Women In
Cable Car.


II Cable Car.
Tho small sized, uDobtrusive MAJ.
gets revenge row and then, us was ex-
emplified yesterday i'll Broadway
Cable car bound down town. He got on
at Twenty third street and saw only
one vacant seat. Other passengers who
stood up were clinging to the straps in
semihypnotic condition and did not
observe the vacant place. Two women,
strangers to each other, richly clad and
wearing diamond earrings, were the
guardians of the vacant space, which
was hardly wide enough to even admit
the small man to Il comfortable seat
Either OF the women, by moving lit
tie, could have made "a larger space,
but they chose to sit as impassivo as
statues while the diminutive man
crowded into the place. He exhibited
all the signs of being uncomfortable,
but these implacable cosmopolitans
moved not. At Tenth street Il large
woman, weighing about 200 pounds,
boarded the car. With the mir of Il
Chesterfield the small man lifted his
hat and said:
Pray, take my scat
THANK you, sir, " she replied as she
started to sit down. Consideration was
depicted upon the faces of the two rich
ly clad women as they tried to edge
away to make the space wider 1t was
too late, for the heavy woman crushed
into the seat and came i'll contact with
tho other women. There were the noise
of crumpling cloth and the swish of
skirts as the two women tried to move
from the weight pinning part of their
dresses down. 1t was scramble to give
the heavy woman enough room, and all
dignity was lost. The passengers smiled,
and none more so than the small man,
who had had his revengc.-New York
Commercial.
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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-29

WANTED TO EXCHANGE for i'm
proved Roanoke property, u fine farm OF
240 acres ut MonL~ale, Bedford County.
or will sell cheap. For full particulars
call on THE PEDIGO-BELLER REAL
ESTATE COMPANY.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-29

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
The Queen Kept Her Word.


A picturesque story is that which comes
from Biarritz and concerns itself with the
Queen of Servia and her jewels. There are
various versions of this story af1oat; but,
though they differ in detail, they all agree
as to the main facts. 1t seems that while
staying at Biarritz the queen one day miss
ed valuable portion of her Jewels. Ac-
cording to one account, it was parure of
diamonds; according to another. merely an
exceedingly valuable ring. Whether the
Jewel or jewels were stolen, or whether
they were merely lost, also appears to be
matter of some doubt. Be that as it may,
the fact is certain that a few days later an
advertisement appeared in the local papers
to the effect that, If the jewelry were re-
turned to the queen, she would present 1t
to the poor Of Biarritz. Two days after
ward she received her lost or stolen dia-
mends by post, accompanied by a sheet of
coarse paper, on which was scrawled in
printed characters, II shall be curious to
see if a queen can keep her word" The
queen did keep Eer word and presented the
restored trfnkets to the Sisters of Charity,
who Immediately organized a lottery,
which was eagerly subscribed to by the Wis
ftors and residents Of Biarritz, and the
treasure was won by a poor little seam
stress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
Mrs. BrowninR's Death.

The brief story Of Mrs. Browning's death
Is told by her husband, as follows:
There were symptoms that alarmed me:
1 called the maid and sent for the doctor.
She smiled as I proposed to battle her feet
Wen. you are determined to make an ex-
aggerated case of it!' Then came what nv
heart will keep till I see her again, and
longer-the most perfect expression of her
love to me within my whole knowledge Of
her. Always smiling happily, and with a
race like girls, and in few minutes she
died In my arms, her head on my cheek
These incidents 50 sustain me that I tell
them to her beloved ones as their right:
there was no lingering, nor acute pain, nor
consciousness of separation, but God took
her to Himself as you would lift a sleeping
child from dark, uneasy bed into your
arms and the light. Thank God! Annun-
ziata thought. by her earnest ways with
me. happy and smiling as they were, that
she must have been aware of our parting's
approach but she was quite conscious, had
words at command. and yet did not even
speak Of Peni, who was In the next room.
The last word was. when asked, How
do you feel? Beautiful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
A Hermit In n Big City.
,aris Letter to the London Telegraph.

Paris Letter to the London Telegraph.
Various. indeed. are the ways in which
eccentric people indulge their little pecu-
liarlties, but decidedly original manner
has been adopted by an old lady living
here. On one of the grand boulevards
stands a house with closed shutters and
fastened door. Scarcely a sign of life is
there about the place. and the house has
of century. The owner Is an old lady.
who. on September 4. 1870. the day on
which the republic was proclaimed. reso-
lutely determined that no one affected by
republican ideas should ever cross the
threshold Of her dwelling. To avoid any
such dreadful contingency she simply de-
clined to allow any one inside and has re-
fused all offers to hire either apartments
or the shop below. The only time she
breaks through her hard and fast rule is
when workmen are permitted to enter in
order to carry out repairs. Painters, car
penters, locksmiths and masons once a
good any damage. To relatives whose po-
litical tendencies are the same as her own
she Is particularly gracious, but at the
death of each one an apartment In the
building Is sealed UP. and now all are
closed barring the very small one at the
can hermit reserves for her own use and
that Of her three servants. This strange
behavior on the part Of an old lady has re-
peatedly excited comment, and numerous
have been the attempts Of people to gain
an entrance by some ruse or other. All
their efforts are foiled by an aged servant,
who guards the front door with dragon-like
vigilance, and the would-be Intruder soon
finds the portals slammed in his face. and
himself none the wiser for his curiosity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
Theories of Ocean Tides.

From the Boston TRANSCRIPT
Frof. q. H. Darwin, in his lecture in the
Lowell Institute course. explained the
causes OF daily high and low tides when
the moon is over any spot on the earth
the water il drawn up toward It by the
force 1t exerts. and at the point directly
opposite. on the other side of the earth,
the water is also raised in the form of a
big wave" said Prof. Darwin. Between
these points. on either side of the earth's
circumference, the ocean Is depressed, the
moon thus tending to form q spheroid of
the waters, and giving rise to two high and
two low tides in the course of one reyolu-
ton of the earth.
ITO understand the bi-monthly spring
and neap tides We must take into account
also the effect of the sun on the oceans
The force exerted by the sun is 26-59ths as
powerful as that Of the moon, and when
there Is full moon or q new moon the
force Of both bodies is acting together and
gives rise to the condition known as spring
tides. But when the moon il halfway be-
force OF the sun is acting at right angles to
that of the moon. As the sun exerts about
half the power Of the moon over the tides,
the difference between the effect of the two
acting together and in opposition is about
as three to one, so that the tides arising
moon are only one-third as great as the
spring tides. These minor tides are called
Eeap tides.
1.-The observed fact that high tides do not
occur when the noon is overhead, but sew
eral hours later. was explained as due
the oceans and to the different velocities Of
all points on the earth's surface between
the maximum OF 200 miles q day at the
equator and zero at the poles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
From the London Times.

Inc LOnuOn I1me0
The community forming the British COL
ony Of the Falkland Islands should be a
very happy one. From the latest report of
the administrator 1t seems that there are
no direct taxes-unless trifiing levy on
houses in Stanley. the capital, to maintain
a fence round the town, and one on pas
toral land to eradicate the scab disease
amongst the sheep, can be called by this
name-the assets are much in excess of the
liabilities. society Is enlivened by the fire.
quent presence Of her majestys ships. and
the climate Is so excellent that there has
been complete immunity from all diseases
whether of an epidemic or an endemic ma
ture. and the colonial surgeon thinks that
such satisfactory state Of things. due
TO the health-giving qualities peculiar to
these islands," may induce health seekers
to visit these happy lands ION the fringe Of
the Atlantic to recuperate their shattered
energies" The imports last year amounted
to f60 1856, and consisted mainly Of clothina
provisions. coal. tobacco and the other
things that community Of about 1000
Brttish-born people would require. The ex-
ports amounted to f132 1914. and consisted
wholly Of wool. sheepskins and tallow.
Practically the whole import and export 10
with the United Kingdom Sheep breeding
Is the business Of the islands; hence the
Importance OF eradicating the disease al
ready mentioned. and OF maintaining and
improving the breed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
Grandfather.

How broad and deep, was, the fireplace old
m, AND the great heaEthstohe how wide!
There was always room for the old mans chair
BY the coy chimney side
ana an the children that cared to crowd
at his knee in hsrevening tide.
Room for all OF the homeless ones
Who had nowhere else to 20;
They might bask at ease n the grateful warmth
And sun In the cheerful glow
for grahdfathsrs heart WAS as wide and warm
AS the old fireplace, know
And he always found at ibis we'll spread board
Just room for other chair;
There was always n.st for another head
On the pillow Of his care:
There was always place for another name .4
In his trustful morning prayer - -
Oh; crowded wofsd with your jostling throngs,
How narrow You grow and small; Of.
HOW cold Ike shadow across the heart,
your selfishneSs seems to fall
"he9 zen think 81 that fireplace warm and wide,
And the Welcome awaiting all
rs-v - ALBION FELLOWS BACON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

NJ. G. Munhan in North American Review
1t appears that, as regards quantity
three Americans now export as much as
five did twenty years ago. which suffices
to show how groundless are the predic-
lions of some writers who tell us that as
population increases so the surplus pro-
ducts Of expectation must diminish In the
last twenty years population has risen
from 100000 to H. 10000 souls, an in
crease of So per cent, and at the same time
the weight Of exports has risen 175 Der
cent-that is, three times as fast as popu-
lation.
The quantities Of food yearly exported
are sufficient to feed 100000 persons In
europe, from which it appears that Amer
lean farms raise food for 100, O0O, 900 of peo-
pie yearly. The western prairies are capa-
Bile OF carrying double the present number
OF live stock and producing ten times as
much grain as they do. so that for at least
century to come there is every proba bill
ity that the expectation of food will in
crease with population. The same is true
as regards cotton, the crop having risen
l25 per cent in twenty years.
The world is only beginning to have evil
dence OF the enormous productive power of
the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
BREAD AS A DAILY DIET.
Sir Isaac HoIden's Theory and His
Long Life,

The death at the age of ninety of Sir
Isaac Holden. famous inventor, and al
most up to the day of his death one of the
hardest working members Of the English
parliament, has given rise to an interest
Ing discussion in the English papers, It
Is claimed that the secret of Sir Isaac
Holden's health and longevity was his
choice Of food. The main article of his
belief was the avoidance Of predominantly
starchy food.
The fundamental idea Of this doctrine.
says writer in the Pittsburg Dispatch,
Is that starchy food Is mainly digested,
not in the first stomach, but in the intes-
tines. and that such food is for that reason
mere difficult Of digestion, and, therefore,
less healthy. Rice. though predominantly
starchy. is not so difficult of digestion,
but the general rule remains. The chief
food used daily by all of us is bread
Bread contains IS to 40 per cent of starch
II 1t be true that predominantly starchy
fcod Is unhealthy, then bread must be
eminently so.
being the staff of life.'' is the stan of
death" He holds that the only difference
in the body between youth and old age
is the greater density, toughness and RI
gldlty, and the greater proportion of cal
careous earthly matter which enters into
Its composition. This earthly matter which
is principally phosphate of lime or bone
matter. carbonate Of lime or common
chalk, ard sulphate of lime or plaster of
paris, with occasionally magnesia and
other earthly substances, is abundantIy
supplied in bread.
Another authority says that bread is
beneficial to man until the age of thirty.
because it is the very best builder of bone
and muscle. After that age starchy foods
are detrimental, and in old age bread may
justly be called the staff Of death" be-
cause by accelerating the Justification of
arteries 1t contributes greatly to bring
man to his grave.
In spite of the propounding of these
alarming theories, and the fact that the
disciples Of the hot water and minced
beef diet have taken an active part in the
discussion. the agitation would appear to
have created more interest than convic-
ton of the error Of the bread-eating habit.
As an impartial critic of the situation
puts 1t: Mankind will take a good deal of
convincing that the staple food of their
race through countless generations ia a
deleterious article of diet, which ought to
be discarded in favor of substances con-
tanning less amount of "earthy matter. -
Whether bread be a wholesome food or an
fnsidiously working poison the STAFF of life
or death, there Is every reason to believe ii
Will be eaten with as much appetite and as
little misgiving at the end of the next
century as 1t Is today. The human race
VIII not endeavor to prove that 1t does
them no harm. They will simply add as
much butter as they can and chance It."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
Nicely of Etiquette.

6fOm I1t-blto.
A true gentleman usually feels that 1t is
as essential to be courteous to the least as
to the greatest, but etiquette does not al
ways recognize this. The famous Talley-
rand Is reported to have used a graduation
Of poiiteness in asking his guests to take
beef at dinner party that he gave. The
grade ran thus:
To a prince Of the blood: May I have
the honor OF sending your royal higuess q
little beef?'
To a duke: ''Monseigneur, permit me to
send you a little beef?'
10 a marquis: Marquis, may send you
little beef7'
To viscount: ''viscount, pray have a
little beef"
To a baron: Baron. do you take beef?"
To an untitled gentleman: Monsieur.
some beefr'
To his private secretary: "Beef?"
But there was yet an inferior parsonage
present, and to him Talleyrand uttered no
word. He simply looked at him. and made
an interrogative gesture with the carving
knife. But II the meat were good, some
Of US would not trouble much how we were
invited to 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

From Tit-Bits
For several minutes the young man did
not speak. His heart was too full. 1t was
enough for him to know that this glorious
creature loved him; that she had promised
to share his fate. With new and delight
ed sense Of ownership he Toasted his eyes
once more upon her beauty, and as he real
lied that henceforth 1t would be his privi-
lege to provide for her welfare and happi-
ness. he could have almost wept with joy.
His good fortune seemed incredible. Final
ly he whispered, tenderly:
How did it ever happen, darling, that
such bright. shining angel as yourself
fell in love with a dull stupid fellow like
me?'
Goodness knows!' she murmured, alb
sently; Il must have a screw loose some
where"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
The End of the Way.

Frank Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution.
Where the rough road turns there's valley sweet
Where the skies are starred and fair;
Wen forget the thorns and the MONDAY heat
And rest In the roses there.
And the dark of the dreary, weary night
VIII be lost at last in the morning light.
Where the rough road turns there's a haven bles
Where the ships Mt anchor ride
And the seawinds sing sweet songs of rest
Over the dreamless tide
Where the tempests fade from silent shore
And the sails are furled forever1nore.
0 rest in the beautiful valley sweet,
Ard rest in the haven still
What though the storms On the brave ships beat-
Though the thornsI are keen to kill?
Let us dream that the dark of the dreorv night
VIII De lost at last in the morning light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
TheeUnsoIvabIe Mystery.

lis IDLE! We exhaust and squander
me entering mine Of thought in vain;
AlI-bahied reason cannot wander
Beyond her chain.
The Hood of life runs dark-dark clouds
Maze iampless night around It's shore:
Inc dead, where are they! In their shrouds-
Man knows no more.
NO more, no more-with aching brow
And restless heart, and burning brain,
we ask the When, the Where, the How,
And ask In vain
And all philosophy, all faith,
All earthly. all celestial lore,
Have but one voice, which only saith
Endure-adore! =
JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN.
November.

The wild November comes at last
Beneath a veil of rain;
The night wind blows its folds aside
Her face is full of pain
The latest of her race, she takes
The antumns vacant throne;
She has but one short moon to live,
And she must live alone!
barren realm of withered fields:
Bleak woods and falling leaves;
The paiest morns that ever dawned;
The dreariest Of ewes.
1t Is no wonder that she comes,
Poor month! with tears of pain;
For what can one 30 hopeless do
But weep, and weep again.
r. n. STODDARD,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
Ruskin on the Bicycle.
From the phfladeInhis Tadgar

Ruskin's views of the bicycle were ex.
pressed several years ago in a letter pub
lished. which has recently been brought to
public attention, and contains the follow.
ing:
i not only object. but am quite prepared
to spend all my best bad language in re-
probation Of BIZ. tri- and 4, s., G. or Z.
cycles and every other continuance and in.
vention for superseding human feet on
Gods ground.
To walk. to run, to leap and to dance
are the virtues of the human body; and
neither to stride on stills, wriggle on wheels
nor bangle on ropes. and nothing in the
training OF the human mind with the BODY
will ever supersede the appointed Gods
way CT slow walking and hard working"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
RANDOM VERSE.
signs N Fan.

The curious wind aeomes searching through q
with bodines bitter, i
whirling round the quick pedestrian's feet
Whole heaps OF litter. III
The charcoalman has douaed his thicker coat
And chilly strains. saas trembling sush. denot.
He's meath the weatheh
The 3, snoptsegez xt 81 their fragile stock
Enable these to sta1H thHr. stalwart shock
OF autumn's hustlfnss. ,,
Delaines and thibets Aoatfupou the air
And CANDY plaids are floating everywhere.
Like many banner.
Il IL
And winter furs come Bnperceived-
OF fitch and sabie-I
And sposa and the girls their cloaks achieved.
Are comfortable.
And little Billy takes bis winter boots
From where he's thrown them;
Alas he tries and finds that neither suits,
For he's Outgrown them
The vine looks sickly on the trellis high
The leaves all curling,
And every breeze that hastens rudely by
Sets them to whirlinS.
The old spout. hanging by single nail,
Doth sigh and mutter,
As II in meek remonstrance with the gale,
That threats doth utter.
The summer birds have left their breezy haunt
Among our branches.
And moved upon their regular annual jaunt
To warmer ranches.
Huge heaps Of coal defle the sidewalk way,
And we. counfound 'em,
Must DER their slippery heights a path essay,
or travel round em.
And many bills thrust In their leech-like length,
With items fearful.
Testing the purse whose corresponding strength
Is never near full.
And white hats fade like fakes Of falling snow
In springs warm weather,
And fashions votaries take another bow,
Or higher feather.
The biting airs the shrinking flesh appall
BY sharp incisions,
And everything proclaims the approach Of fall,
Except provisions.
B p. SHII.ABER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
Manual Labor and Professions.
from the PHILADELPHIA Times

The tendency of young men in this coun-
try to embark in the learned professions
with no especial aptitude for anything ex-
cept avoiding manual labor, is constantly
On the increase. 1t is greatly to be de-
plored, for to such failure is almost the in
evitable result. The trouble with these
young men is that they do not understand
the dignity of manual labor. They do not
realize that honors and fortune may be
more readily realized outside Of these So
called learned professions than in them,
and that it is just as honorable to swing
a hammer or to hold a plow as it is to
make speech in court or amputate limb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13

n. Michelin proposes to insert a clause In
the next French budget for the withdrawal
OF copper coins OF ten to five confines from
circulation and replacing them with nickel
coins Of twenty. ten and five confines. II
the proposal Il adopted. . total OF "a. 900 600
francs will be struck on. To avoid con-
fusion with the silver currency the nickel
coins win be pierced In the center and viii
have q smooth edge. They win be COM
posed OF twenty-five per cent nickel and
seventy-fve per cent copper.