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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27
SALEM MI VS.
EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

4 CoreaD by the name OF Kim, whose
initials were not learned, is visirir the
Coreans Of Roanoke College.
NJ J. Ballard. VII. NJ. Treadw,y, of
Richmond and c. p. Corner, of Weyncs.
borO, met with Il narrow escape from
death at the Norfolk ana Western depot
on Monday night. The passenger train,
which passed Salem 1T 10:4S, had hardly
gone by woen ii freight came laundering
along on the other track, and the passen
gers barely escaped death. halfway
trains ought to be limited in speed rs
they pass through corporations.
ID T. Blackwell, constable of Gave
Spring, was in the city yesterday attend
ing court.
+. A. Day is able to be out again, after
two weeks OF sickness.
The chemical engine recently purchased
by the town council, hab not rs yet been
tested. One of these engines tested Il
short time ego in Washington knocked
all the fire ont of the west end of IA bald.
ing and set the east end Oh fire. 1t was
said to have put the fire ont in Il space
about the size Of a box OF backing Let
us have II test OF this wonderful $500 en-
gine.
Miss Dickerson, who has been visiting
at the home of Capt. &. G. To:H pkns. re.
turned to Richmond yesterday
Woodson kes-;ler, Of Giles county, is
attending court.
w. II. Arlington, SUDDEN. of Roanoke
College, left last night for his home in
Livingston, Ga.
At the regular annual meeting of the
salem Improvement Company there was
considerable debate with reference to the
future policy OF the company along the
line OF Stricteso economy, anu also in re-.
gard to closing the affairs of the company
so rs to realize the grcatest aUount for
the stockhol hers j. W. i. Alcmong
was clccte. Us president OF the company
for the next wear, with salary Of 81 Doe
After his reelection as president, he vol
UNFAIRLY agreed to act a. president. secre.
tary aui treasurer for The next year. at a
salary of 81 900 The former board of
directors were elected, ~ follows. NJ. W.
Bryan aud DR.. j. A. Gale, OF Roanoke
city; James / Lee, OF 'Lynchburg; j. ".
j. Allemong, d. Il Strousc, Y. j.
Shickel, W. II. Ruthraufl. J. c. Lang
horne and Il. Logan, of Salem.
According 90 celebrated anatoInist
there are upwards Of 1000, 900 little
glands in the human stomach These
glands pour out the digestive juices which
dissolve or digest the food. Indigestion
is want of juice, weakness of glands, need
Of help TO restore the health Of these or.
gans. The best and most natural help is
that given by Shaker Digestive Cordial
Natural because it supplies the mate
rails needed by the glands TO prepare the
digestive juices. Because it strengthens
and invigorates the glands and the
stomach, until they are able to do their
work alone Shaker Digestive Cordial
cures indigestion certainly and pcrma.
ncntly. 1t does so by natural means, and
therein lies the secret of it's wonderful
and UNMARRIED success
Al dru ggists, price 10 cents to $l.C0
per bottle.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27
OANOKE TIMES. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 27. 1897

fourth class postmasters, and most of the
remaining 24.275 are unimportant.
Within the past few months President
Cleveland has added about 10000 to the
exempt list--a muui;icent contribution
and our Mugwump contemporaries con-
gratulate Mr. Mckinley on ";l material
tightening of his official burdens" in con.
sequence of his Immediate predecessors
considerable activity. The Providence
Journal submits that there is yet n vast
amount to he done, and it points to the
66. I25 tonrth-cl class postmastUrs, more
than two thirds of the aggregate number
of office holders. still subject to the spoils
system. who are now awaiting the ex.
pectcd onslaught of the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General and his ax. The
Journal, having shown the President
elect where his civil service reform work
can find space for Jealous activity, makes
another suggestion in the same general
direction, but pertaining to higher grade
of officials. 1t feels confident that Major
Mckinley might further the cause by re.
fusing to remove Presidential postmas.
tiers now in Office unless compelled to do
so by their ineiliciency or unsuitability.
The Post has no doubt that Mr.. Nc.
Kinley will faithfully keep the civil SER
vice reform pledge of the St. Louis plat.
form, but it is not yet convinced that he
will meet all the demands of the Mug
wumps. 1t is absolutely necessary for {.
President to have the support of his
party. If President Mckinley were to
keep in Office all the postmasters that
have been appointed since March 4, 1898,
he would not have il party behind him.
The fact is the cNemptiug process has
been carried so far that there is little
space for its further extension without
exciting ,mplacablc hostility. The post.
offices have awavs been, and still are, re
gardcd by Lcarly all the people as politi-
cal places in the partisan sense of the
word. Whether this is right or wrong,
wise or unwSc, it is Il fact, ami it is such
Il fact that no President could afford TO
ignore.
If the civil service reform organs and
advocates are in need of fresh fields and
pastures new in which to spread their
work, why is it that they persistently
ignore the glarng Inconsistency OF Con.
sress which, while protesting to admire
the inherit sy,tem,' takes good care to
keep its own ABUNDANT and luscious pat
ronage to reward the hcnchmcn of mem.
bers? That is where our AIuywrmp
friends should get in their work. That
is the wall against which the Civil Service
Reform League should hurl its shot and
she'll. That is the great citadel OF the
'spolsmcn," but the league ignores it
altogether. Washington Post.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27

The wheat fly is said to have been
nearly rs destructive to tho wheat crops
of this country as the Hessian fly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27
In - days letter from Now York
Will he delivered in Hongkonp.
- Serious Case.

Mrs. Newly, is it true that your
husband is SO very abscntmindcd?"
Perfectly. We've been married six
months, and many an evening at III no
gets up, takes mo by the hand, tells me
what u delightful time he has had and
would leave if l did not remind him =
Detroit FREQ Press.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27

Fond Parent-How much do you love
me, Bobby:
Bohby-Fivc cents worth.
Fond Parcnt-is that all.
Bobhy-No. You can make it "a dino
if YOU like.-Ncw York Journal.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27
w 4 II I 5 3
looms WANTED.

VOUNG BUSINESS MAN WOULD LIKE
Il nicely iurni-hcd room In private family
ate particulars in reply. Address ''B :" care
Iimcs. ~ IT
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27
NOTICE OF RiEETIHG.

fHNHE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
a the STONE Printing and Manufacturing Com
pany wi II he held in the oflce OF the COMPANY Al
10. ll9, ia North Jefferson street. Roanoke, Va
monday, February lat, 1897, at O'Clock D. m.
Al A. STONE. SECRETARY
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27

You CAN MAKE FROM $50 TO $40 PER
month and expenses easily during thlb sea-
son with us. Why will you be idle when such
an opportunity IL offered you. Good territory
ann line line OF goods. STANDARD INSTALL
NEWT CO., "a Campbell street. Roanoke, Va
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27
AGENTS WANTED.

WTANrHD -CANVASSKRS ALL OVER VIK
w sinia TO sell honeeholu necersitics on The
credit system. Lace Curtains, Chenille Goods
Clocks. Siverwar". Kings. etc, etc Atdrees
GA, ELY II FITZGERALD, Roanokc, Va.
IL - I'm
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

The New York Herald remarks;
Science is at work ON some difficult
matters, and up to date it has made o
good record as a miracle worker. We
are living in an exceptional epoch and
the word impossible will very soon be
expunged from the dictionary. Tesla
tells us that he can telegraph without
wires. He has been at work on the
problem for long while and has al
last solved it, We are on the threshold
of great changes, and every man who
didn't die fifty years ago ought tc
shake hands with himself. There are
two puzzles which remain. Somebody
must discover the secret of the fish's
tail, which puts oar best propeller to
shame as sort of stage coach affair,
and then we shall have rapid transit
across the ocean with a vengeance.
Some one else must find the secret OF
the birds wing, aud then we shall have
air ships for passengers and merchan-
disc. When we have made these two
discoveries and applied them we shall
look for the millennium.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

"The supposition that the sunhower
would absorb malaria has long since
passed away" explained a health
office physician to n Star reporter,
"though there is no doubt that there
was some good connected with it. At
one time. many years ago, there was
an idea prevalent that there was con
siderable malaria about the old naval
observatory Some of the professors
were told that in South America and
other countries where malaria was
supposed to abound, that the sun
flower was regarded as u preventive,
and they ordered a quantity of the
seed. The flowers, as many Of our
older residents will remember, we're
grown about the observatory in great
profusion for their hygieuic ad.
vantages. There was no harm done
by the growth of this flower, for it
crowded out certain plants aud weeds
which were by no means as beautiful
or as valuable in any respect. The
naval observatory is therefore the
original home of the sunhower in this
country, and it is entitled TO the credit
of bringing it here. Whether it tabsorbs
malaria or not, it is certain that il
beauties waste places. The flowers
which grow along the banks of Rock
Creek, within sight of the cable-car
bridge, were originally planted there
over twenty years ago, and they have
been coming up regularly since. -
Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

Bicycles are not yet very common
in Spain. The authors of Sketches
Awheel in Modern Iberia" were con-
stantly frightening animals and an
gering their owners; in one case q
murderous assault by drunken
driver was narrowly averted The
writers comment on the noisiness of
Spanish towns, the badness of coun-
try roads, the benuties of the scenery,
aud so forth, Postal affairs do not
seem TO improve at oil. The writer's
mailed from Granada seven small ar-
ticles TO the post in other countries,
and only one of them reached its des-
tination; and this was but sample of
their experiences.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

ElwoodS. Lenry, lawyer of Newark,
N. j., will be q model husband if he
keeps the pledge he has taken, pre-.
diets the New York Press. He had TO
choose between it and suit for di-
vorce. He promises to cease abso-
lutely the use of spirituous and malt
liquors of every description; to spend
his evenings in his wife's company at
home or elsewhere, at her pleasure,
and to give to her all the money he
earns
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

Russia will have q new labor law
after January l. The working day is
fixed at a maximum of eleven and a
half hours; for Saturdays and the days
preceding holidays il is ten hours, and
on Sundays and holidays there is TO
be no work. Workmen who are not
Christians will net be compelled to
work on the days held sncred by their
sects. For night work eight hours
will constitute days work.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

David II. Bracket, who recently re.
turned. to his old home in Portland,
Me-, after a residence of many years
in ALASKA, claims that he is the man
who found the first nugget of gold in
what is now known all over the world
as the Klondike region. Bracket went
to Alaska in 1877, and for long time
divided his energies between running
n sawmill at Sitka and buying furs of
the Indians. To carry on the latter
industry he made long trips into the
interior on foot, and in the course OF
them he kept open an attentive but
not very hopeful eye for signs of gold
''It was while on one of these journeys
in 1979," he says, "that found the
nugget. 1 had crossed the great back.
bone of the Alaskan mountain range
and traversed the valley where Circle
City, Fort Cudahy, Dawson City and
Fort Reliance have since been built
One day 1 camped on the lodges above
what am sure is now called Bonanza
Greek. Two of my Indian guides came
in with furs at 10 o'clock that night,
and l traded with them. Then, as it
was still light, walked down to the
mouth of the creek, and there picked
up a stone which had gold in it. ]
looked around for more, but, not find.
ing any, 1 put the stone in my pouch
and did not think much more about
the matter. Later, at Sitka, showed
the nugget to an old miner, who offered
me $40 for it. took the money, but
wouldn't tell where 1 found the gold.
I went up the Yukon in 1881 and tried
to locate my creek again, but failed,
Clarence Berry, of Fresno, Cal, went
up the river in 1890, and, suppose,
located near Klondike and Bonanza
Creek. He and Frank Phiscator, but
1 have always claimed that l picked
up the first nugget on Bonanza Creek. >
Bracket declares that the mountains
on the American side Of the line are
the real backbone of the range, and
that all the creeks and tributaries o.
the Yukon River are full of gold
There, he thinks, is the real source oi
the gold streak that reaches down
through california.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

The many accidents that have over.
taken mountain climbers in the Alps
have never had an effect permanently
detrimental TO Notwithstanding as a
sport, and probably the serious acci.
dents-in one case fatal-that have
this year befallen the climbers of Mount
Rainier will not discourage the Maza.
mas, though it may induce the exer.
else of greater precaution. The Maza.
mas constitute n society, made ur
chiefly of dwellers ON the Pacific coast,
whose special pleasure 1t is to scale
and explore the great mountains OF
the Northwest The society was or.
ganized in July, 1894, on the summit
of Mount Hood, by 1872 persons, who
climbed II, 225 feet to attend its first
meeting. The next year parties OF
MaZamas ascended Mounts Hood,
Baker, Adams, Rainier, and Jefferson.
Last year the club made an excursion
to Crater Lake, in Oregon, and this
year its attentions have been largely
concentrated on Mount Rainier. On
Tuesday, July 27, Professor Edgar
Mcclure, an experienced mOuntaineeI
and leader Of the Mazamas, lost his
life by fall. The next evening two
other climbers fell into crevasse.
One made his own way out; the other
was rescued with difficulty. An idea
of the quality of the sport that Mount
Rainer affords this year is to be gath
cred from the information that the face
of the mountain, for mile down from
its summit, is continuous sheet of
ice, in which steps have to be cut by
climbers. The mountain is IA, 450
feet high, and 10, 600 feet of its eleva-
tion is covered with perpetual snow.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22
How Stolen Rice ThrIved.

Senator Vest recently told this story
of the origin of South Carolina's
greatest industry: Jefferson, while
Minister to France, visited Italy, and,
finding there very superior quality
of rice, filed the pockets of his
Virginia overcoat, the old-fashioned
Virginia coat, with capes to it, which
our grandfathers wore-with it, and
to use plain language, smuggled it
out of the country. He carried it to
Paris, put it up in small packages of
five and ten grains, and sent it to
Charleston, s. c., and that was the
basis of the South Carolina rice, the
finest now in the world"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

OF 1000 persons only one reaches
the age of 100 years, and not more
than six that of sixty-hve years.
Germany now has electric light in
over 1000 postal cars, and Austria is
about to adopt the same system.
A Frenchman has patented a device
whereby passengers may be landed in
safety from railway trains running at
full speed.
Coal tar, when used for dyes, yields
sixteen shades of blue, the same num-
Der of yellow tints, twelve of orange,
nine of violet, and numerous other
colors and shades.
A method of transporting grain
through iron pipes, by means of sue
ton, from distant farms to the sea-
board, has been devised by an inven-
tor in Orlando, Fla.
atThere are snails actually resembling
thorns. This species remained for a
long time undiscovered, until close
observer saw one of these thorns walk
ing around the branch.
The American University, at Wash
ington, is celebrating the completion
of the largest rejecting telescope lens
in the world. 1t is wholly American
work, aud the first of the kind cast in
this country.
A German medical paper has re-
ceived a report from South Africa,
saying that experiments have proved
that if cattle are inoculated in time
with Koch's serum, ninety to ninety
seven per cent. of the animals can be
saved from the plague.
Scarlet seems to be the color most
conspicuous in bright sunshine, and
scarlet flowers are commonest in dry
and sunny climates, where their color
gives them an advantage in their strug-
gle with other flowers for the atten-
tions of butterflies and other pollen
bearers.
A microscopic examination of moth
or of pearl shows the shell to be made
up of very fine lines SO closely put to-
gether that the white light is broken
up into its prismatic colors, and we get
the so-called "play of colors." Taking
a careful cast of such shell the wax
cast will yield the same prismatic eff
fects.
A new electric invention is a simple
device by which an electrical current
Of high potential can be uniformly de-
creased in volume or strength, or both,
at the will Of the operator. The in.
strument or apparatus is in the nature
Of a rheostat, and can be used wher-
aver a graded current is desired
Electricity.
An eminent physician states that ty-
phoid fever can be washed out Of the
system by water. He gives his pa
tients what would amount to eight or
ten ounces an hour of sterlized water.
In cases of cholera, where the system
secrets large amount of fluid, enor-
nous quantities of hot water are of
great benefit.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

The new cap adopted by the Navy
Department for officers of the service
has met with much criticism. The
change of uniform is regarded as en-,
tirely in the interest of the military
tailors of the country. One great OBJ
lection TO the cap is that across its
visor is stitched a greater or less
amount of gold braid, the quantity and
design depending upon the rank of the
Wearer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22
THE LITTLE ONE AWAY.

World amt like 1t used to be-colder skies n Afay
g 20 eone's sawavi
Wish the birds asingng could onest that roam
Wish the sweet bells ringing could darling home
SIT here the sunshine md dsee
Morning gofes peepng In where used to be;
They loved her little window
Gave her glad good mornings kissed her
Sit here In the darkness, mani esstir
Aud hear tho Silence singing n Of her;
know the lilies dream OF her with lei the roses
And sunfowe shine like
World ant what It used to be--skes and
Summer amt as sweet The one awe
Wish the birds singing
Wish the glad bells ringing could
F. L. Stanton In Constitution
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Buzz-zz-self Dcnial-Two Ways of Get
ting n FOcus-A Case of sequitur--NIonlS
or Monkey2-An Eye Witness-Chil-
dren of the Century-Only n Hint, Etc
Above the sleeper's nose,
Trembling mt every joint,
Buzzed the young mosquito: II want to sup,
And I'm trying to screw my courage up,
Up to the sticking pointl'
Chicago Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22
Martin Luther's Body.

1t has recently been ascertained that
the body of Martin Luther, contrary
to general belief, was never removed
from the palace church at Wittenberg,
where it lies seven or eight feet below
the floor Of the nave, in a coffin of
wood lined with tin. Close by is the
coffin of Luther's friend and associate
Melanchthon.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22
SONG.

Arnough you are in your shining day,
Aud the tongues Of the crowd
And of new friends are glad with yor-
praise,
Be not unkind or proud,
But think Of your old friends the most;
Times bitter flood will rise,
And your high beauty fall and be lost
For all eyes but these eyes
w. B. Yeats, in the Saturday Review,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22
A Common Paradox.

Little Elmer-"Pa, my teacher told
me to write an example of a paradox,
and l can't think of one. Will you
help me?"
Professor Broadhead d-'You might
say that, although Mr.. Tubman, who
is trying to reduce his flesh by bicy-
cling, is continually falling of, he
does not seem to be growing any thin
uer. judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

Teacher rich man dies and
leaves u million dollars --one-ffth to
his son, one-sixth to his daughter, one
seventh to his wife, one eighth TO his
brother and the rest to foreign mis-
sions-what does each one get?"
Little Willie Briefs-"A lawyer. -
Puck
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

Mr.. Gotrox-"What would you ex-
pect me to do for my daughter if you
married her?"
George Goodthing (slightly en-
barrassed) ed)-"You-er wouldn't be
willing to die for her, would your
judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

Mrs. Newlywed-"That is our new
burglar alarm-you see, If a burglar
should get into the lower part of the
house, that would ring.
Her Mother-"Oh!--and scare him
OFF,"
Mrs. Newlywed (doubtfully)-"Well,
it might; but it would give Clarence
and me plenty of time to hide in the
attic, anyway Puck,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22
She Was willing.

H-"Will you marry me?"
She-"No. I'm not a clergyman. "
He-"Well, will you permit clergy
man to marry us?"
She-"Yes, you TO somebody else,
and me to-well-somebody else. -
Boston Traveller.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

Reilly-"Couplings is a fireman
with true musical instinct"
McCarthy-"I didn't know he had
any talent in that line.
Reilly-''Well, he has. When the
music store burned yesterday Couplings
played on six pianos all at once. -
Judge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

When w. @. Woodward, of Barnard,
Vt, went after his COWS aud set his
dog at them the whole herd Of seven
teen made for the dog at once with
lowered horns. The dog turned tail
and ran toward its master. Mr.. Wood
ward was knocked down and all the
COWS ran over him, but he was stepped
on only once on ea'h leg New York
SIM
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

Cholly Ricketts, (tragically)-'Re-
fuse me, dearest, and 1 shall enter
monastery and be monk"
Maude Summerairt--"M
Don't you mean menagerie?" ?"-Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22
InnlSing Ahend.

Lightlove-"At last, dear Sophia,
we are alone, and can tell you that
[ 10"
Sophia-"Oh, please, no, Mr. Light
love, don't tell me here"
Lightlove-"Why not? There are
no witnesses. 4"
Sophia That's just it."-Punch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

Most Kansas counties pay bounty
ON wolves killed. Yet wolves in that
State have in o year killed only 115O
sheep, according to statistics collected
by n member of the State Board of
Agriculture, while the 155,57O dogs
owned there have killed 1894 sheep.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-09-22

Mrs. Tenspot-"I am so glad that
you are engaged to Harold Willoughby.
Was it a long courtship?"
Miss Skidmore-"Not very. My
cyclometer registered about 100 miles. "
-Judge.