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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-10
SOMETHING TO KNOW.

1t may be worth something to know
that the very hest medicine for restoring
the tired out nervous system to healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine
is purely vegetable, acts by giving tore to
the nerve centers in the stomach, gently
stimulates the liver and kidneys, and
aids these organs in throwing off impuri-
ties in the blood. Electric Bitters i'm
proves the appetite, aids Indigestion, and
is pronounced by those who have tried
it rs the very hest BLOOD purifier and
nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for SOC and
81 at Masse's Pharmacy.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-10
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP

On account of my having accepted n
position taking me out OF the city, 1 have
this day disposed of my interest in the
grocery business of st. Clair Brothers,
Jefferson street, Roanoke, Va, to James
S. and Robert St. Clair. who will CON
tinue the business under ssthe same firm
name, and will collect all accounts due
the firm OF St. Clair Bros. and discharge
all debts due by same prior to date of my
withdrawal. Thanking the public for
their liberal patronage to the old concern
and trusting their continuance with the
new, am very respectfully,
PALMER ST, CLAIR,
Roanoke, Va. Dec. 1. 1897
Bicycle given away free. Goods cheaper
than ever. Gravatt's Fair, Salem ave
nue..
MORE Gun PRICES
YOUR HORSES shod all around for
81 cCpta sppt M Sbanarie I<aDtroi-,.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-10

Mr.. Bryan, we notice, is down in Texas
duck hunting. Political good luck may
not have rained upon Mr.. Bryan, hut
there are compensatons for all things
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-10

"All is not gold that glitters," and
since the introduction of the paper petit
Goa, we may add, all is not silk that rus.
ties.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-10

Tee Hallett &; Davis bargain has hene
sold. We SILL have II bargain in two
other uprights. We also have some new
upriShts for rent, and, should you after
six months wish to purchase, will apply
rent paid TO purchase. j. Il. Rogers &
Co., l / South Jefferson street.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-10
HON mo- PREVENT pNEuMONIA.

At this time of the year n 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, pneu monia. We know of
no better remedy to cure II cough or cold
than Chamberain'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 u single case having
resulted in pneumonia Persons who
have weak lungs or have reason to fear a N.
attack of pneumonia should keep the
remedy Mt hand The % and so cent sizes
for sale ny ii. c. Barnes, che puts up
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-10

Look at our % cent books. Gravatt's
Fnir, . Snlem avenue
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-10
MORE cur PRICES.

YOUR HORSES shod all around for
D cents spot cash ut Shaner's Kentucky
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-10

Mr. Charles NJ. Biackforh,,, of Lynch
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Beauty OF the creole women.

GAS you SEQ his face, writes Ruth
McEnery Smart in an article on the
creoles, "a People Who Live Amid Ro-
NANCE" in The Ladies Rome Journal,
"you will know that he-the creole
husband or fathor--rcaliZes that no
flower upon the lily covered altar is
half so fair or so fit for the temples
perfect adjoining as his blooming wife
and budding daughters, who sit in line
beside him. If he does not think these
things, he is dullard-or, maybe, only
half creole. Perhaps his mother was an
American or Scotch. And then? Per-
haps he would not think them because
they might not be true. They would be
other things, other things just as fine
and good no doubt-they might even
have rare beauty of a different type
but the creole woman is flower. She
is q magnolia or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
" camellia, or, especially when
there is good warm drop of Spanish
blood in her veins, she is red, red rose
"a rose too sweet TO pass untouched
but for her perfect dignity and piquant
hauteur that is as protective as any
thorn upon roses stem.
Properly speaking, or, rather, mar
rowly speaking. the creole is an Amer
lean, born of French or Spanish parents
or of both, and strictly both parents
should themselves be foreign born, but
the creole is often only the great-great
grandson of creole, and some OF their
families of purest blood could not reach
the mother country without going back
through three or four American born
generations.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
The English Soldier.

Tommy Atkins knows of many ways by
which he may add to his regulation pay
of shilling a day. He is a shrewd in
dividual, and knows his worth, and fire.
quently realizas quite "a nice little sum
by "doing a bit outside. "
Smoking concerts in public houses are
Of almost daily occurrence III garrison
towns. On these occasions pianist and
a chairman are Indispensable, and the
landlord finds it we'll worth his while
TO induce "a soldier to attend, for the
presence of red coat is usually popular
among civilians.
At theaters and music halls, too,
Tommy finds himself appreciated. de
can take hand in the orchestra, while
a man who can act the soldier to the
life, and will bring his own uniform
with him, will find ready wage await
ing him.
Many hotel proprietors employ SOL
diers as walters and find that as smart
serving men they are thoroughly appre'
ciated. In fact, Tommy Atkins can turn
his hand to anything, even to helping
bootmakers make boots - Pearson
Weekly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
utl,z,nr His College Education.

A tramp appeared at the house of j.
81. Barton, three miles south of Column
bia, Mo-, one morning and asked for
cold victuals in Greek. He stated that
he was graduate of Princeton. MIR.
Barton, himself Greek scholar, was
lust about to start for Columbia, and
his horse was hitched in front OF the
house.
Jestingly he offered to give the tramp
the horse if he could recite the Greek
alphabet without mistake. The tramp
looked at the horse and then at Mr..
Barton, and then inquired il the bet in
cluded the saddle and bride. Mr.. Bar
ton said that it did, and then went into
the house to get Greek book.
Returning, he found the tramp mount
ed on the horse. As Mr.. Barton stepped
from the porch the tramp ratified of the
alphabet without mistake, and, turn
ing the horses head, disappeared in a
cloud of dust. The animal on which the
Princeton pilgrim rode away was one OF
the best blooded horses in Boone county.
noted for its blooded stock. -Philadel'
,hia Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Theories OF the Jack-o'-lanterns.

The scientists have put forward theo-
ries to account for the appearance or
the will-o'- the-wisp, or jack-o'-lsntern
lights. One of these is that they are due
to phosphureted hydrogen gas, which
possesses the peculiar power of sponta-
neous ignition on coming in contact with
dry atmospheric air. This gas could be
easily generated by the decomposition
of animal matter in marshy soil, and 1t
would be especially liable to cause the
appearance of phantom lights II 1t
should become mixed with the gas
from decaying roots, etc. Jack-o'-lan-
terms of this variety generally recede on
being approached, and travel with
great rapidlty.
The second theory is that such lights
are due to light carbureted hydrogen
gas, such as might arise from decayine
grass, leaves, etc.
While these theories have been adj
vanced they have never been proved Il
be correct; neither has the moving
away phenomenon when approached O
that of their spontaneous ignition eve
been explained. The chemist and ex
perimenters in general are unanimou
in the conclusion that JACKIE lantern
cannot be artifcially produced. Othe
names for this light are friar's lantern
grave light and FOOLS fire. st. Loui
| Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
COOKS ON A PILLOW.
Domestic Economy In Wong Seeks Tiny
Chinatown Home.

Domestic Economy In Wong seeks Tiny
Chinatown Home.
The smallest residence in San Fran
cisco is, of course, located in Chinatown.
1t is not, however, at the end of dark
alley in damp cellar. In many OF these
are some very diminutive roosting
places, but they are elegant homes and
flats compared to Wong. Seeks private
residence ON the corner Of Waverly place
and Clay street.
Wong's home is about as big as his
skin-a trifie larger, of course, to allow
for his wooden shoes that go to bed with
him, but the difference is not material.
Wong's home is box nailed to brick
wall over the fruit stand where Wong
makes living that would not keep ;
white baby fat.
Directly opposite-that is TO say, OF
the southeast corner of Waverly place
and Clay street-there is another China
man who has residence similar to tina
Of Wong. But his is larger than Wong
| whether owing to larger wooden shoe
or to just what is not known. But
measures fully foot more in length ant
is an inch or so more III thickness.
The dimensions of Wong's private
residence--he lives in it all by himsel
are feet in length, 2 feet in width
with q ceiling height of feet clear o
the gas fixtures. For pillow Won
has IA 90 cent oil stove, and in the morn
ing he cooks his breakfast on his pillow
He uses q rope ladder to get into hi
home, and when he has tucked himsel
in for the night he pulls up his ladde
and is safe.
Wong is saving money and will som
day take the steamer for China and Cal
off 900 or 800 American gold dollars
the slums of Hongkong, where he Wi
live like prince. San Francisco Cal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
CURIOUS RELIGIONS.
Some Sects the Members 80 Which
Thought They CoUIdn't Die.

Some sect- the Members 30 Which
Thought They Couldnt Die.
Our congress is prohibited ~ the con-
stitution from making laws respecting
religious views and theories This being
the case, fanatics OF all kinds have TAX
en- the opportunity 20 PROFOUND their
views and make an effort 20 spread their
doctrines. Within the present century
not less than a half dozen deluded NOR
tails residing within the limits of the
United States have claimed 10 be Christ
returned to earth, and the queer thing
in connection with the ministry of SUCH
fanatics is the fact that they can per-
suade persons who are supposed to have
fair amount Of brains to believe thas
they are all they claim to be.
Since 1880 five different sects have
been founded in the United States the
members of which claimed the ability
of either themselves or their founder to-
live forever. Each of these queer com
munities has been known by its neigh
bors as 1.-THE immortals, and each has
| in the course of time come to grief, as
| all such visionary dreamers must. The
] last Qeluu6u DeluB W lOuuu q scCs oh
the theory that he himself. at least, was
immortal was David Patterson, who was
known to his followers as ''the eye OF
Jehovah The Patterson sect were
known as "the children Of Zion" Their
headquarters were mainly at Grand
Rapids. Mich. although there were up
ward of dozen branch organizations i'm
the different states of the Union. Pat
terson claimed that he would never die
and the great tenet of faith with the
children of Zion was belief in the claims
which their leader made. In 1888 this
self styled "eye of Jehovah" began 70
grow dim-in other words, to waste
away with an incurable disease. Finally
he went to France, where he died, jrrs's
as all other mortals have done or VIII
do. This cured the delusion of the Mich
iganders at Grand Rapids, who som1
awoke to the fact that their leader hao
either been crazy fanatic or bias
phemer. Sects founded on claims of i'm
mortality are not at all dangerous, az
J it is only question of time when the
delusion will be effectually dispelled.-
st. Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
African Blood brotherhood.

The method of making blood brother
hood among the Gala and Soinali has
its peculiarities. 1t is described by Will
liam Aston Chanler in Through Jun
gle and DESERT"
Lokomagul, ON behalf of his people.
and /, on behalf of my own, each seized
in our right hands a round stone Upon
the stones we literally expectorated.
Each then passed his stone to his fol-
lowing, who did likewise. We then ex
changed stones, and each. holding the
stone in his right hand, with his left
dug a small hole in the soil, meanwhile
uttering words of supposed magic inn
port In these holes we finally placed
the stones and covered them with sand.
We then grasped hands and assured
each other that we were the best friends
possible.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Possibly the Oldest woman I'm England
is Sarah Thomas, who, on Feb. 8. will
be 100 years Of age. Mrs. Thomas has
smoked clay pipe for sixty years.
Mrs. Emma Palmer, Frankfort. Ky.
divorce, shot herself because Bash
Fitch, a Nanceburg banker, did not
cherish love for her.
The new Danish ambassadress at
Paris is an American woman, formerly
Mrs. Charles Moulton, nee Greenough.
of Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. Benjamin Larson OF Marshfield,
Wis, was assisting her husband TO saw
down tree, when 1t fell, crushing her
To death. She leaves four children, the
Oldest only years.
Jack the Ripper tragedies are in
course of perpetuation in Amsterdam,
Holland. The last murdered woman,
terribly mutilated. was found the morn
ing before Christmas.
There are over 700 laundries in New
York. the labor of which is carried on
entirely by Chinese men and women.
Governor Sheldon of South Dakota
denies that he either has or intends to
pardon w. w. Taylor, the defaulting
state treasurer.
1t is proposed in Missouri 10 employ the
state convicts in draining the swamps
In the southeastern part OF the state.
A Los Angeles (Cal) jury refused to
deliver a verdict until the fees were
paid.
One of the valuble relics intrusted to
the care of the grand master of Masa-
chusetts Masons is 1.-The Washington
urn" small golden urn containing a
lock of General Washington's hair.
Two locomotives and three freight
| cars were demolished in wreck on the
| Weyerhauser and Dobbie logging road
| at Minnesung, Wis. One of the firemen
received slight injuries, while both en-
| gineers escaped.
| Drunkenness decreases nearly 3 pei
| cent per annum in London.
Thirty-siX employees of Milwaukee
were dropped from the service as the
result of the civil service rule that al
employees of the city shall be citizens Of
this country.
A Denver man says that Franci:
Schlatter, the divine healer" will soor
show himself again. He will appear il
wheatfield, surrounded by cherubs
he will be eight feet in height, and hi
hair will be white.
Hugh Hentchel's wife deserted him a
Joliet Ills. leaving four children. Hent
chel hanged himself to a door, having
previously slashed his throat and sew
cred the arteries in his legs.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Patents In Japan.

No patent is granted to foreigner
in Japan. No foreign inventor, by APP
plying through japanese citizen, can
obtain a patent except by fraud. II
patent were obtained by false repre-
sentation that the japanese citizen was
the inventor and it was discovered that
he was not, the patent would be at once
Cancelled. 1t is precisely the same with
trademarks and designs-there are no
registration and no protection. The re-
suit is that all goods of foreign produce
and manufacture, of which the label Is
worth copying, can be bought all over
Japan of japanese manufacture. and
at quarter of fractional part OF the
cost of the original and genuine foreign
made article. -ham' Horn.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
THE BLACK SNAKE.
He Is as Much at Home In Tree Tops ia
on Terra Eirma.

va
There has been much discussion among
naturalists and in sportsmen's journals
regarding the ability Of the black snake,
our one constructor, TO travel swiftly
amid the branches. Ten thousand men
have seen the sleek black streak Of rope
accomplish the feat easily. Here is but
one incident:
The black snakes habitat includes ILL.,
nois. Lasalle county is not far north
of the center Of the state, and perhaps g
little west of the center line drawn
north and south. There are some very
good woods in Lasalle county, because
through that county run two OF the
Mississippi's tributaries - the Illinois
and one Of its branches, the Vermilion.
Bailey's creek is one of the little farm
land tributaries of the Vermilion river.
Along the creek are reaches of woodland,
or at least there were awhile ago. In
those bits of woods-bits as compared
with Michigan forests-there are and
have been black snakes, great fellows,
worthy of their reputation farther east.
| This is what happened one day when
young fellow went hunting 1t is worth
| the telling, because it illustrates the
black snake 8 nimbleness among the tree
tops:
Wandering along cautiously and qui.
city, looking for q shot on either side,
the young man heard suddenly an un'
common rustling among the leaves
above him. He looked up and saw some
thing that astonished him. A fox SOUR
rel-and fox squirrel is the biggest Of
the squirrel kind-was leaping from
limb to limb, from tree to tree, in morta
alright evidently fleeing from SOME
deadly enemy. Close behind him, curry
ing, twining and twisting, but with al
details of its looomotion invisible from
below, so swift its progress and so cas-.
its passing from limb to limb and ire
to tree, came three to five feet OF black
ness. 1t was black snake pursuing tn
fox squirrel. Its chase was hopeless, bu
the ability and the hungry earnestnes
of this one constructor of our northern
woods were demonstrated remarkably
As for the man underneath--well, n
was young fellow with shotgun
The young fellow with a shotgun is
reasonably good shot in the country
and he kills snakes He poured loa
of shot into that black streak anon
the branches, and it dropped to tn
ground, merely foul, dead, moderated
sized specimen of Boscanion constructor
Recreation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Legislators Snowbound.

Minneapolis, Jan. specials to The
Journal from Red river valley points
indicate that the storm that has been
in progress there since Sunday morning
is more severe than that of Thanksgiv-
ing, though little snow has fallen. 1t
is very cold, and the loose snow has
been piled in tremendous drifts. The
only train that left Grand Forks Mon
day morning was bound for Bismarck,
and was loaded with members of the
legislature 1t Is stalled just outside
the city. There are no trains running
in the Red river valley.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
His Excuse Insufficient.

The witty remarks of Judge Craig
Biddle, il gathered together, would I'LL
a good sized volume Here is good one
gotten of by him recently while sitting
in the quarter sessions court: A German
juryman asked to be excused from serv'
ing on the jury.
"Why?" asked the judge.
"well, your honor. / don't understand
good English.
"Oh. you will do, replied the judge.
"You won't hear much good English
here anyhow. "-Philadelphia Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

Massillon, O., Jan. 5.-Notices have
been posted at all the mines In the
Massillon district of reduction In the
price of pick mining from 81 cents to
81 cents per ton. The notice says
20 te of 60 cents has been agreed upon In
pennsylvania under the long estan-
Iished system whereby the Ohio rate is
O cents less than that of the Pittsburg
district. therefore the 81 cent rate VIII
he maintained under existing condi-
tions. About 1000 men are now out
but It is thought they will resume WORK
and continue till after the joint meet
ing of operators and miners at Column
hua Ian ~.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
THE GOLDEN THROAT
Bell-like Tones Not Always Gift OF Me-
ture, but May he Acquired.

The power of the highest interpreta-
ton of music in song is vouchsafed to-
but few favored mortals and is not 30 be-
acquired by any amount Of endeavor, II
the true "golden throat, with flneiy
adjusted chorde vocales, be lacking. A
voice of sweet and mellow quality III
speaking, however, is not always gra'-
cious gift of nature, but Is possible at
tainment to persons of the most ordinary
musical capacity. A prima donna spends
scarcely more time practicing her scales
than an ambitious actress devotes 10 the
cultivation of ringing, bell-like into
nation to her sentences, for public speak
ers and people Of the theatrical profes-
sion understand the value of vibrant
tones, Of the Thrilling, solemn. proud.
pathetic voice" whose echoes linger
/ long in the memory of the inthralled-
! listener.
Among well bred people low voices
are the rule--low, but not always music
al. a tendency TO falsetto marking any
effort beyond ordinary conversation,
which is simply an evidence of the lack
! of proper training, or Of a failure to
practice those primary principles of elo-
cution that are a part of the hriefest.
common school education.
Lessons under u teacher are not an
absolute necessity to the woman who
would secure the grace of clear, sweet
accents. Deep breathing and chest ex-
pansion are the first steps toward the
desired end, and systematic course of
throat strengthening, combined with
enough discernment to decide between
a nasal twang and pure tone, is about ALI
that is needed to achieve fair degree
Of success.
An excellent method Of strengthening
the throat is gargling with cold sals
water in the morning, bathing it at the
same time, first with very hot and then
with very cold water. 1t thus gets a
slight shock and is braced up and per-
manently benefited. New York jour
| nal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Costly Fire mt Nashville, Tenn.

Nashville, Jan. 5.-About O'Clock
Sunday the fire which originated In the
immense dry goods store OF Lepeck
Bros. at II o'clock Saturday night. was
under control. Nine stores and the
south end of the city market house.
containing offices of heads of city de-
partments, were destroyed. The loss Is
about $4,000. The origin of the fre
has not been ascertained. Several hre-
men were injured by falling walls and
Captain James Sullivan was caught by
a falling wall and badly bruised, ana
when rescued was found with a broken
leg. Charles Thompson. cashier, and D.
r. Carr, manager Of the Stief Jeweiry
company, were badly wounded by faii-
ING walls.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
She Knew BETTER.

"Chaste MOON, :" sang the poet.
At that the moon hid her face behind
O cloud.
"Alas, that I am unworthy of his
praise!" she sighed.
She doubtless had in mind the notori-
Gus fact that once month she got full
and staid out all night. Detroit Trib-
nua
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Tit For Tat.

The wits Of Washington are suggest
ing that this is good time for Great
Britain to give tit for tat and insist thas
the Cuban question should be submitted
to arbitration, just as the United States
government suggested to England that
such course be taken with her troubles
In Venezuela. Chicago Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Pugilist Duffy Dies.

New York, Jan. 5.-James Duny' the
Boston pugilist, who collapsed at tne
conclusion of a ten-round boxing ma'ch
with George Justus at the Broadway
Athletic club Saturday night, died Mon
dav without having regained conscious
ness. Dick Roche, who acted as rer-
cree. and Tom OBrien, manager OK the
o,,,h are under arrest, also Justus.