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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
TIM HoeAN's FIREMAN.
His Remarkable Experience Because Tim
Objected to His Color.

Objected TO His Color.
eyes, Stree" declared the railroad
man, "thoso days that are past arc the
palmy days. remember well when I
fired engines that burned nothing but
wood. worked with On engineer, Tim
Hogan was his name, who was ono Of
the best on the line. 1 amt going to
give tho name Of the road nor nothing
like that in telling you this tale, cause
Hogan might get in trouble at this late
day.
SIN them days tho engines had 8
draft through the smokestack which
beat the world, and the engine Hogan
run had tho strongest draft Of any en-
CINE on the road. Many's the timo Ho-
gan has had to stoA his engine when
she was putting hard going up hill un-
til I got and put piece Of sheet iror
over the stack. What for? Why, to keep
the fire under the boiler. The draft
would draw it all out.
We'll, about the time speak Of the
road wanted to introduce niggers as fire.
men. OF course we kicked, but it didn't
do much good. Hogan kicked harder
than anybody and swore he would kill
any niger the road put i'll his cab, and,
not only that. he would throw his life
less body into the firebox.
"One day Hogan comes to me Just
before we was goin out on our run and
said, Jim, they we put niger in with
me for this run, but want you to 20
out with me. anyway
WHAT'S tho use?' says l.
Well, you como on and don't ask
no questions, says Hogan.
Hogan was powerful and deter
mined sort Of man, and didn want
no trouble with him, SO climbed into
the cab 'longside of the niger when the
train pulled out.
We'll, Sir. I'll never forget that run.
hogan was mad and sulky, and he run
that old engine with all tho cars behind
her just like he was way behind time,
Tho niger heaved wood into the fire.
box, and Hogan kept cussin him and
tellin him to keep 'er hot First thing
l know we'd struck the bottom of the
longest and heaviest grade on the line.
Hogan's engine was drawing great
chunks of wood from the firebox. and
the stack looked like volcano.
finaily, Wnen Inc Niger was lean
ing over to lift piece of wood, Hogan
hit him on tho head with q monkey
wrench, and he fell over just like he
was dead. was SO scared I couldn't
move, but Hogan got off his seat and
chucked the niger feet first into the
firebox
Il looked out of the window. didn't
want to SEQ such q shocking sight
happened to look at the smokestack,
and l SEQ the nigger's boots como out Of
1t, then his socks, then his pants, and
then he come feet first. When he rose
from the stack, he yells, 'Goodby, Mr..
Hogan
I'VE saw him light on the ground and
jump up and run. I have never seen
him since, nor neither has Hogan, but
you can't get Niger into Hogan's cah
and that's fact '~-Memphis Scimetnr
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
THE TURKISH KAlK.
It Moro Closely Resembles the Gondola
Than Any Other Craft.

Crawford, tho author, to whose skillfu,
pen Constnntinople is indebted for one Of
tho most ohnrming volumes ever issued in
its praise, has word to say aoout tho
Turkish boatmon and their vehicle, the
kaik.
"Constantinople owes MUCH" writes
he, Ito tho matchless beauty of tho three
waters which run together beneath its
walls, and much of their reputation again
has become worldwide by tho kaik. 1t Is
disputed and disputablo whether tho Turks
copied tho Venetian gondola or whether
tho Vcnctians initiated tho Turkish kaik,
but tho resemblance between them Is SO
strong us to mako it certain that they have
common origin. Take from tho gontlola
tho 'felse, or hood, and tho rostrated stem
and tho remainder is practically the kaik.
1t Is of all craft of its size tho swiftest tho
most easy to handle and tho most comfort
able, and tho Turks generally arc admitted
to DO tho best oarsmen in Europe.
Indeed they huvo need to DO, for both
the Bosporus and thc Golden Horn aru
crowded with craft of ovcry kind and mado
dangerous by tho swiftest OF currents. The
distances, too, arc very great and such as
no ordinary oarsmnn would undertake for
pleasure or for tho sake of exercise. 1t is
no joke to pull 10 or 16 miles against
streom which in some places runs four or
live Knots hn hour. "-Pittsburg Dispatch
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
To GrOw Teeth.

A Moscow dentist has solved the
problem of supplying the human mouth
with false teeth which will grow into
the gums az firmly rs natural ones. DR..
Zamensky has performed several sue
cessful operations on dogs as we'll as
human beings. The teeth are made of
gutta percha, porcelain or metal, as the
case may be.
At the root of the false tooth holes
are made. Holes are also made upward
into the jaw. The tooth is then placed
in the cavity. III n short time a soft.
granulated growth finds its way from
the patients jaw into the holes in the
tooth. This growth gradually hardens
and holds the tooth i'll position.
1t is stated that it does not matter
whether the cavity in which tho tooth
is to be placed is one from which nat
ulnl tooth has been recently drawn OF
whether it has been healed for some
years. Moscow Letter.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
GIRL GRADUATES, ESSAYS.
= Welcome Innovation In School Gem.
3S.a nicnccmont Exercises.

n,enccment ExercIses.
Writing Of "Girls and Literary Calls.
lsnenics." IN Ladies' Homo Journal, Ed
ward W. Box directs serious attention to
the literary features Of girls schools COM
smencement exercises, especially tho sub
?ects Tor essays chosen for or by gradual
Ing students, which no holds, In very
many instances, arc entirely inappropria
Mr. BOX writes that "when tho parents
anu friends of tho graduates assemble to
SEQ the honors of tho school yoar coming to
should wish to got some assurance that the
money devoted and the timo given to their
education shnll not have been for nnught.
But 40 not think that these parents take
the slightest pleasure in seeing their
daughters wrcstle with tho topics given
them LOT their essays-topics that arc
nearly always far beyond the ken or con.
ception OF girlhood. took tho pains last
Jnno to carefully follow tho reports Of
commencements in different parts OF our
country, and tho mistaken topics discussed
III graduating essays werc something re-
rnarkable."
Among tho topics referred to ho cites
"A History of Civilization, - Republic
Versus Monarchy, ~ "Trndes Unions md
Monopoly For Labor, "The Negro and
bis Right to Vote and others quite as
inappropriate for girls to write upon. Mr..
Box contends that "thero arc plenty OF
topics to BIO found in tho realms of history,
nrt, astronomy, literature or music which,
commencement essays arc doomed neces.
sary--and, to my mind, they are not-can
DO fur moro wisely or acoeptnbly discussed
than those referred to. But why have COM
mencement essays ut all2 For ITO most
part they boro tho audience rather thnn i'll
terest lt-and bore tho girls who read them,
too, fancy. In several of tho colleges
whose commencement programmes for last
year lilo before me notice that tho tradi-
tional essays aro omitted and simply gen.
eral exercises wero followed, or an address
by q prominent educator was given. Tho
change is u welcome ono, and tho prinoi-
pnls of colleges throughout tho country
will DO wise if they initiate tho examples
of these leaders,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
a Peculiar Cat.

Among the most cherished possessions .;
Miss Frances Willard is her Angorn ca;
Toots. Toots once bore the more digniiic,l
namo OF Gladstone, but Eng!and's Grand
Old Man happened To tako IL stand on TIE
prohibition question that did not Ineer
with Miss Wizards approval, 50 shc rc-
christencd the cat. Toots hns habits which
must try tho temperance raforlucr for hu
gets intoxicated occasionally though with
Miss Willard for mistress rum" is nat.
urally not tho cause of his crime. The
perfume of English violets makes him as
maudlin MS ever fiery liquids did q human
being, and carnations, too, nro al bad as
strong drink in his CASE.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
wHlMs OF ROYALTY.
some OF tho European Performances OF
tho Late Shah OF Persia.

tho Late Shah OF Persia.
"a number Of amusing stories Is told OF
tho performances of the late shah Of Per-
sia during his tour of Europe. AT o gar.
uen party given In his honor ut Hatfield
House by Lord Salisbury IN exhibition OF
shooting was given for his amusement by
an expert who shot corks of a lady head
The shah thought it very easy, and, taking
repeating rifle in his hand, asked If he
might try. The lady performer refused te
allow herself to 30 shot Mt. The sinh there
upon turned about, sweeping the barrel OF
che gun around In the direction OF Lord
Salisbury and his guests, to their intense
CONSERVATION, and invited tho Persian
minister to take tho lady place. Lord
Salisbury, however, prevailed upon the
shah to excuse his fellow statesman.
On his first visit to London the shah
was expected to open tho Mansion House
quadrillo with the Princess of Wales. In
defiance of all etiquette, however, he de-
cined to do this, on the ground that she
was too thin, and in her place no led out
tho Duchess of Teck-there was SO much
more Of her.
a similar incident took place in Paris
Whom he was received by President Mac
Mahon in 1878. AS he entered tho great
gallery of the Palace of Versailles young
girls clad in white presented him with
bouquets, which he slowed away in a has,
ket carried by ono of his officers. Ho stop
ped for moment before group of the
wives of some high state officials, among
whom was the stout and comely spouse of
a member Of the government. Struck with
admiration, tho shah gave new and po-
Tito proof Of the affection Of orientals for
opulent natures by taking all tho bouquets
from tho basket and placing them in the
arms of this lady. His compliment was
greeted with u general burst of laughter, in
which both tho shah and tho lady joined
San Francisco Argonaut
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
FASCINATION BY SNAKES.
Tho Tongue Play of the Reptiles q Lura
For Their Prey. AZ


For Their Prey.
The pheasants which formed the sub
jects of the following observations were
Matched out in an incubator from eggs
kindly given me by Sir Cecil Miles.
The eggs were taken from the hen and
transferred to the incubator few days
before the young birds were due to
emerge.
Two pheasants were Matched out at
about 3 p. IN. That evening, at about
$3.50, finely chopped egg was placed be
foro them, but they showed no signs of
peoking at it, nor did they peck ut
grain or sand next morning at II a, IN.
at 4p. III. they began to peck, but seiz-
ed very little One struck repeatedly at
crumb of egg on the others back, but
failed to seize it, though the other bird
was quito still.
The little birds showed no signs of
fear Of me. They liked to nestle in nv
warm hand. My fox terrier was keen to
get at them, muoh keener than with
chicks, probably through scent sugges-
ton. placed two of tho young pleas
ants, about day old, on the floor and
let him smell them, under strict orders
not to touch them. He was trembling
i'll every limb from excitement. But
they showed no signs of fear, though
his nose was within an inch of them.
When the pheasants were week old, I
procured largo blindworm and placed
it i'll front Of tho incubator drawer in
which the birds slept at night. On OPEN
ing the drawer they jumped out rs dsu-
al and ran over the blindworm without
taking any notice of it. Presently first
one, then another, pecked vigorously at
the forlled tongue MS it played in and
out of tho blindworm's mouth. Suisse
quently they peoked at its eye and the
end Of its tail.
This observation naturally leads ono
to surmise that the constant tongue play
III snakes may net as lure for young
and inexperienced birds, and that some
cases Of SO called fascination may be
simply the fluttering of birds round this
tempting object. distinctly remember,
when boy, seeing grass snake, with
head slightly elevated and quite motion
less, and round it three or four young
birds futtering nearer and nearer. It
looked like fascination. 1t may have
been that each hoped to be the first to
catch that tempting but elusive worml
Presently they would no doubt be invit-
ed to step inside. Mature.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
THE BLUEFlSH BRIGADE.
What Happens When the Blues Make q
Charge Upon the Menhaden.

What Happens When the Blues Make q
Charge Upon the Menhaden.
"When menhaden or herring are driv-
en- upon the beach by bluefsh, ny they
often are, SO that they can be carried off
by the CARLOAD" said q fisherman,
"there is very seldom found among them
ono of their pursuers, md if one is found
it is likely to be fish that is diseased
or that has been hurt in some way. The
bluefish follows to the very verge Of the
water, but there it stops and it is go
powerful and alert a swimmer that
close as it is, it still easily keeps clear
of the land. The menhaden or herring
are no mean swimmers. They could
come as close and keep of the shore as
easily as the bluefish do, but not when
the bluefish are after them. Then they
are like men pursued to the edge of
precipice. 1t is almost certain death to
jump, but they must do that or ture
and take the chances Of breaking
through the pursuing line
"When the bluefsh-there may be
5000 or 1000 Of them togetber-sight
school of menhaden, they go for it
like brigade of heavy cavalry, cutting
and slashing, swapping and biting,
right and left. The menhaden are sim.
ply overborne by superior weight, and
there is nothing for them to do but fee.
If they are driven toward the shore, the
land is TO them what tho precipice
would be to the man. They must take
it or they must turn and Try to fight
their way through. Many do turn and
try to swim under or over or around
the savage blpctish. and some escape in
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08

Mr.. Isaac Horner. proprietor OF the
Burton House. Burton, w. Va, and one
of the most widely known men in the
State was cured of rheumatism after
three years OF suffering. He says:sI have
not sufficient command of language TO
convey any idea of what suffered; my
physicians told me that nothing could be
done for me and my friends were fully
convinced that nothing but death would
relieve me of my suffering. In June,
1894, Mr.. Evans, then salesman for the
Wheeling Drug Company, recommended
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. AT this time
my foot and limb were swollen to more
than double their normal size and it
seemed to me my leg would burst, but
soon after / began using the Pain Balm
the swelling began to decrease. the pain
to leave, aud now consider that I am
entirely cured" For sale by Fl. G. Barnes,
"He puts up prescriptions
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
QUEER BELGIAN CUSTOMS.
Burning the Dead and Renting Graves to
the INDECENT.

the INDECENT.
There is nothing in Belgium, not even a
marriage, to which so much pomp and
show belong MS to funeral. 1t is tho most
important show occasion of career, and
the expense must be heavy tax on the
average family, for one will not economizo
In the details that custom says arc neccs-
sary for the dead if such economy can be
prevented. When death occurs, Grape is
not hung upon tho door, but Il notice is
sent to oil friends and relatives. This,
when folded, is about the size of sheet of
commercial note paper, not placed in an
envelope, but folded so tho address is writ
ten on the outer section, which has q black
border an inch deep
On the receipt Of this notice cards arc
left ut tho house by men, who call and rep
resent the women of the family. No wom-
nm attends funeral, though it 1nny be her
nearest and dearest who lies dead, nor does
any woman go to the grave. Grief always
appeals to ones sympathies, but it is diff
1cult for foreigner of Anglo-Saxor stock
to associate grief with tho usual funeral
procession that one sees in Belgium. Tho
hearsc is gaudy with gilt and looks top
heavy with Its ornaments. 1t is much like
circus chariot in all but shape. The
driver wears n fantastic Init and cloak.
The hearso is drawn by black horses with
trappings of black, and two, sometimes
four men follow it clothed in high pointed
hats with streamers quite to their waists
and long flying capcs of black with moro
strcamers. Then comes line of carriages
the moro tho bottcr for popular esteem. Ii
is not necessary to have any ono in them.
Often the men who ride arc smoking I
have counted 25 carriages, hnlf of them
empty. Only tho very rich can buy land
outright for their dead. The other people
hire tho grave for as long n time as they
can afford, maybe year, five years, ten
years and very rarely twenty-five years.
Then it Is taken for another occupant
Those opponents of cremation who have
sentiment as an argument against it are
asked to think of this way Of doing, which
must one day BIO the only alternative near
the largo cities. The new coffin is placed
upon the remains of the former unless ono
cares to remove what may be left of what
was once the homo of a soul. For tho very
poor there is harder lot still, as they can
not hire n grave. Tho potter's field is o
large ditch, into which the bodies are
placed and covered with quicklimc. Docs
not cremation seem even in sentimental
way preferable to this? Letting out graves
explains why there arc no old time grave
stones. asked the workmcn around the
place, where is the old part OF the bury
ing groundf" and received for answer.
"Therc isn't any," which stroll around
proved. The oldest grave could find wa,
but 20 years and was concession per
petuite," tho workmcn explained, to tbs
letting OF graves, and the inquiries elso
where verified all their statements
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
UNCLE SANS AUCTION SALE,
Annual Disposal of tho Accommodations or
tho Dead Letter Office.

tho Dead Letter Omce.
One of the queerest "institutiopn''
of the national capital is the annual
clearance sale of the dead letter Office,
in which q vast accumulation of articles
gone astray in the mails is sold to the
highest bidders. The auction house
where it is held is continually crowded
with excited men, women and children,
and beside it the bargain counters dur
ing the holidays are as Ravens of rest,
for when Uncle Sam goes into tho junk
shop business great things are expect.
ed. AS i'll the church fair rattle, you
pay small amount of money and trust
to luck to get back more than its value
The articles, previously listed in N
Wholesale sort Of way, are tied up in
bundles of from three to half dozen
and "auctioned" for what they will
bring, the average bids ranging between
10 cents and dollar.
Nobody is permitted to examine the
goods before purchasing, and no money
is refunded to tho dissatisfied. Every
body hopes to pull n genuine plum from
the pic i'll the shape of diamond ring
silk dress pattern or a silver teapot
and although comparative blanks are
the rule, there is always the possibility
of prize. For example, the auctior,eer
holds up one of these odd shaped BIN
dies, listed pictures, underwear, my
sic, cigars. Going going-gone-fo
90 cents to n dapper young gentleman
who was caught by tho word 'cigar. y
He opens it on the sport-an unwise
thing to do if one objects to good natured
ridicule-and this is what he finds: Six
cigars, broken into bits with SO strong
an odor that one wonders how sledge
hammer could have done it; underwear
IA female 10 cent Jersey" pictures
collection of newspaper cuts designed
for amusement of some small child.
The lot would be dear ut II quarter AM,
is Of no use to the buyer.
In tho dead letter Office proper-thnt
charnel house which swallows nearly
half n million missives every month";
Is positively narrowing More than lo
bushels of photographs have accumu
lated there, awaiting the annual crema
ton. There arc trcsses of hair enough.
to stuff II dozen mattresses, grandmoth-
ers' silver locks and babies golden curls
many no doubt cut from dead brows
and small sums of money which poor
workmen send homo to feed their wives
and little ones, and servant girls save
from their scanty wages for needy par
cnts-gono TO Uncle Sans rich purse,
not because the United States wants it.
but because the scnders' writing or or
biography WAS beyond mortal ken. 1t is
hard to realize that in this land q.
schools, at the close of the nineteenth
century, there arc so many people SO
ignorant CT SO careless us to send several
millions of letters u year without stamps
or addresses on with addresses which nc
man can make out. People seem to lie
so intent OIL what goes into tho letters
that they forget all about the supcrscrip-
lion 1t is estimated that 81 800, 900 III
drafts and $50, 900, 600 i'll cash is recciv.
cd every year through dead letters. In
dianapolis Journal.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
Important Busircas.

Laura-Auntie, should 1 be justified In
writing to young man who had never
written to me?
Auntic--Only on very important bust.
moss, my dear
Iaura-Wcll, this is important business.
want to marry hiul.-Picls Me Up.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
W1rely Remembrance.

a letter from lady at an inland wa.
tering place to her husband contains
tho following passage: "In your last
epistle you sent me 200 marks and 1, 900
kisses. should be glad if in future you
would send me. moro money and fewer
kisses. "-Dorfbarbier.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08

SO rapid has been the change i'll the
English language that the English Of
today bears no moro resemblance to the
English of 1000 years ago than it does
TO German. -
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08

The Bank of England employs about
400 men, and has n salary list, includ-
ing pensions. of about $500. 900 per an
num-
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08

DR.. Cady's Condition Powders, are
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
'vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put
horse in prime condition. Price 25
cents per package.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08

The Chippewa river was named from
the Indian tribe. The Indian designa.
ton was Mayawaken, "Tho Mysterious
Stream"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
letter, sait-Rheum and Eczema.

The intense itching and smarting, Incl
dent to these diseases, isinstantly allayed
by. applying Chamberlain 8 Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. 1t
is equally equally efficient for itching piles and
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08

Tho climatic limit to tho cultivation
Of wheat IS not so much the cold of
winter as the heat of summer. 1t will
not mature In climate where the sum
mer temperature is below 60
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08
Recipe For Croam Candy.

10 cups of sugar allow half as much
water and half a cup of vinegar. Place
these i'll saucepan over the fire and
boil until the mixture will harden when
tested by dropping little in cold wa
ter. Flavor with a teaspoonful OF vanil-
la, and turn upon buttered plate and
pull as soon as it is cool enough to hen.
die easily.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-08

Aunt Jane-In my young days, Ev-
elyn, girls amused themselves with q
spinning wheel.
Evelyn--Bnt. aunty dear, you ough,
70 see my wheel spinL-
The Robesonian., 1897-11-24
Su:s,Yan's :Lost Chord

The first correct copy Of Sir Ar
thur Sullivan's great song, ''The
Lost CIord,'' ever printed in
America, direct from the compo-
ser's Own hand, will appear in the
Christmas number Of The Ladies'
Home Journal. Over his sigma
ture Sir Arthur Sullivan states
that Of the millions Of copies Of
the "Lost chord sold in America,
all are incorrect, and that this is
the first accurate copy of the song
ever prepared By him or for which
he ever received a penny of pay
ment. The complete music and
words of Sir Arthur's copy of the
song expressly prepared for the La.
dies Home Journal will be given