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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
ELPAAL SOCIETY ENTERTAINED.

The Elpaal Society of the First Baptist
Church were entertained last night ut
the residence Of Mrs Cooke, 316 Camp
bell avenue. Quite large crowd were
present and the evening was spent play
ing games and indulging IN some vocal
and Instrumental music which was highly
appreciated. Refreshments were served
at q late hour and were enjoyed to the u t.
most, after which the party broke up, all
voting it success and expressing Il wish
that they would.hav another party.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
THE NEW WOMAN.

Pttsburg, Nov "a girl giving her
name as Elizabeth Hall. and hei home AS
Parkersburg, w. Va, was arrested here
gave for wearing mems clothes was that
she had no money and found that she
could beat her way on the trains better
by wearing trousers. She said she wanted
to reach Elgin, Ill
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.

louisville, KY, Nov. 0.--The twenty
first annual meeting of the Knights of
Labor was called to order to-day by Gen
eral Master Workman Sovereign. The
proceedings are secret and will last for
ten days. Action will probably be taken
omorrow on the Hazleton.riots. sover-
eign refuses to state whether the couven-
ton will affirm the Chicago platform.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
r.. CADY'S CONDITION POW

DIR. CADY'S CONDITION Pow
DERS are just what horse needs when
in bad condition. Tonic, blood purifier
and vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put n
horse in prime condition. Price 90 cents
per package. For sale by Fl. Q. Barnes.
"He puts ND prosecutions ~
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
ON MURDER BENT.

philadelphia, Nov. 0.-Charles Gill
barth, cigar maker, residing on Law
renee street, this afternoon shot his
father, in law, Frederick Futz; his son,
Frederick Futz, Jr., and then shot HIM
self through the head. 1t is thought
that all three will die. The shooting
was the result of family quarrel
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
FOR FREEDOMS CAUSE.

Tampa, Fla, Nov. 0.--Nine carloads
of munitions Of War passed through here
tonight for Key West. It is supposed
that they were destined for Cuba.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
WOOD! WOODr WOODl!

For PINE or OAK wool-by the CORD
or by the LOAD-prepared for COOKING
STOVES or in BLOCKS FOR HEAT
ING STOVES, go to w. X. ANDREWS
g. CO., 219 Salem avenue Their belled
teams are always ready to deliver it.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
THESE ARE TRYING TIMES.

Nervous breakdown 10 getting to be a
very common trouble and ordinary prac-
titioners cannot successfully treat it.
Many people are spredisposed to it; with
some it is brought on by overwork and
worry; the past few years have been such
trying ones for our men and women.
Such cases need soothing treatment the
nervous tension must be essened SO that
you can sleep. If you don't sleep your
nerves will never regain their wonted
calm. DR.. Greene's remedies for the
nerves are wonderful. They assist nature
and there is no reaction. Fortunes are
constantly being spent by the wealthy in
fruitless search for lost nervous strength.
Write to the great specialist DIR. Greene,
at -35 West Fourteenth street, New York
city, and he will show you the sure road
to recovery and charge you nothing for
the advice. No one is qualified to advise
you as he is. His experience is greater
than that of any other practicinR Ihysi-
ciau. His discoveries have saved thou
sands from despair. The great remedy,
DR.. Greene's Nervura, is only one of his
grand medical discoveries.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
All kinds of fancy baskets filled with
tropical fruits at CATOGNI'S.

The up to-date assortment of Cloaks
and Capes at Enock's Bazaar is worth
your inspection. Their Plush Cape at
~ 0S and Astrachan Cape mt S3!4S are
unusual bargains. Their lower and
higher numbers are equally reasonable in
price. '"liF h'
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
HE CAN STAND IT.

Newport, +. l., Nov. 9.-Cornelius
Vanderbilt's palacelhere, "The Breakers,
was slightly damaged by fire this morn
ing.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10

Malaga Grapes, direct from Spain. at
CATOGNI'S.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10

Don't miss the Dress Goods Sale at
Enock's Bazaar, "a Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10

Bicycle given away free. Goods cheap
than ever. Gravatt's Fair, 8 Salem ay
nue..
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10

Maccaroons, lady fingers, kisses,
cream putfs, pound cake, fluit cake, at
CATOGNrS. ttn
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10

TRIMMED HATS AT HALF PRICE.
All our imported hats and bonnets will
be sold at a great sacrifice this week
come and take your pick, as the prices
are cut in half for this week only.
PALAIS ROYAL, 10l Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10

OLD PAPERS for sale at, The Times
office. Good for putting under carpets.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10
A MILLIONAIRE FAILS.

Mankato, Mimi, Nov. 9.-John A.
Willard, millionaire banker, made an
assignment today. The liabilities are
about $780, 600 and the assets are largely
in real estate. He was worth over
Sc, boo, 600 about two years ago.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10

JUST RECEIVED.-1,0 ZOO pounds
Lowney's chocolates and bon bons ut SOC
a pound
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-10

Go to the Radford Steam Laundry for
the
Famous
Flexible
Finish
The morning times., 1897-02-21

sensational minister afterward modified
this, it seems to have given the Mormons
hope OF proselyting these, 80, 900, for the
newest proposition is to have a Mormon
revival here.
Brigham ii. Roberts, the eXhorter, and
George ID. Pyper, the singer, VIII conduct
the services, their very names indicating
their profession, for nobody but Mormon
woulddgnifyit with the name Of calling"
It seems that this man Roberts is no joke
He is deeply in earnest and believes he
has field and future in New York that
will result in great good to the Mormon
church. Since poIygamy has been aban-
doned, in word il not in deed, in Utah,
it is his belief that a more liberal spirit
will be extended their religion in the
East, and for this reason he intends TO
make a tour of the cities The series
of revival services here viii last as long
as any encouragement is given them This
may be "a long while, as there are always
enough people in the metropolis who are
dissatisfied with present conditions to make
up anything new that is offered.
This is in 10 irreverent spirit, but one
can institute the GueeTest religion on earth
here IN less than week, simply because
there are an awful lot OF people who do
/ ot know their own minds and are VIII
ing to permit other people TO tell them
what O think Give me a ma gnetiC man
and Nv oman with MISSION and with
their aid | VIII agree to found sect
here to be known as The An FOurs"
Let the fundamental idea be any old
thing-say that man was created TO crawl
instead OF walk, and that pride and the
upright position goeth before fan. In
one week-and there is money to bet On
it-a sect will be founded here that VIII
The morning times., 1897-02-21

that nice girl, Just because he got
foolish letter from a woman who is
sorrier she sent it than for anything
else she ever did. And you want to tell
him, besides, that If he's a full grown
man, and not "A boy, he'll go and see
this girl and let this woman apologize
for her foolish letter, as soon as he can
He should cut his beard off, II he wears
one, as you do. Id give you further
messages for him, but my train is ready.
l see. Good night. and be sure that
William Miller is at the BarEJey Cor
ners parsonage by Wednesday next
Hell be there said the man, straight
ening up and looking the Elder in tie eye,
land you may tell the Elder 5 wife that
although Bill Miller used to he "A farm fore
man, and is now a car-whccl tester, he
has saved up some money, and is sure he
can earn enough more to make that nice
girl comfortable. And he hopes he can
make her happy"
1t was not an easy task to secure Miss
Moore's presence at the parsonage in time,
but the Elder did it, and nc also saw toir
that she was the first to greet Bill Miller
as he walked up the path TO the front door
of the parsonage, his clean-shaven face
bearing such look of hope as had long
been stranger to his honest features As
for the young woman, her face grew paler
than ever when they met for the meeting
was a real surprise, but her lips grew red
and her eyes grew deep, and brown, and
tender, as Bill told her why he had gone
away, and why he had come back again
Later in the day he made ii up with
Mrs. Johnson, insisting that she lad moth
ing to apolCg gize for, and that good woman
with tears and smiles gave her blessing on
a certain ceremony which it was arranged
should take place on the next day week
Should you ever visit MeTcerville you
may sec Bill himself if you care to. He
was one of the first TO take up the sec
ond and SOundcT boom movement in that
thriving country seat, and his real estate
office is, by far, the most important one
there. Mrs Miller and Mrs. Johnson are
great friends, and the minister is now
the pastor OF the largest church III the
town. He breaches every Sunday in a
handsome new ''edifice'' put up with
Bill's n oney mostly, in the midst of what
was few years ago known as the m Her
division of the newly opened suburban
district.
The morning times., 1897-02-21

a really lovely girl, girl with education
and with fine prospects. Without being
too frank, | think ! may say that she
ought to marry man of culture and po-
sition-a man with more money than
you, for instance, nrc ever likely to have.
Now, my dear Nj. Miller, am certain YOU
VIII no: feel hurt at my writing so plainly,
for | am sure you esteem Miss MCCre
far too much to take offCnSe Ii I anything
that is calculated 10 bc Of benefit to her
l viii rot say any more in this letter, but
l hope you'n see at once whit course Il
man WI o feels toward her as you do, ought
to take And l am sure you VIII take it.
Very sincerely yours,
There she said, as she posted it:
''th at s a strange letter, maybe, but
he's a strange mar, and it's a strange
thing for a girl like Alice Moore to tie
thinking about him. 1t VIII have its
effect, l think
And so it did, for Bill was not seen
around Barkley's Corners on the day fol
lowing his reception of the letter, nor did
any one know where he had gone. His
feelings a $ he had read the missive were
chiefly amaZement and sorrow, entirely
unmixed with anger at the writer, for he
had never analyzed his sentiment toward
the shoolma am and he agreed with Mrs.
Johnson that Alice Moore was far too good
Just got out, without even collecting the
money due him on his wages.
"(Mrs.) MARY Johnson
The morning times., 1897-02-21

could go the farmer referred TO at least
one better. Mr.. Perry wrote that he
was the father of ten daughters, not
eight and that all of them We're living.
Following up this statement, MI Ferry
added that he also had two stalwart sons
living and that two others were buried
in the family graveyard.
All his girls; in fact. all the children, were
born on Rehoboth farm, near where An
thony Perry built his house somewhere
about 1880: for Ezra Perry can trace his
descent away back to the seventh genera
ton, TO the aforesaid Anthony, who came
over from England and landedat Plymouth.
This house is located in what is now
known as South Attleboro. for old Reho-
both has been so cut up and parceled out
among adjoining towns that she scarcely
knows herself.
Mr. Perry is proud of his daughters and
proud of the men from whom he descend
ed and if old Anthony looks down on the
red-cheeked damsels gathered under the
Perry roof In Attleboro he is undoubtedly
proud of his descendants.
The mother comes from an old Barring
ton, R. L. family, and she was born in the
house where her mother and grandmother
were born. MIS-. ferIy piusheu When hei
husband playfully referred to her as q
baby, and she as blushingly admitted that
she was only twenty when she married.
She was born in 1912.
Mrs Perry is a woman in the prime Of
life, and her daughters, every one, resem-
BILE her. She, with her husband, liked
the farm, but the children as they grew
up naturally desired to live in more
populous section, and SO the family moved
to Attleboro.
Mr. Perry's father died when he was
quite young. His father, by the way,
fought in the war of 1912, and his IA
ther's father served from the start to the
finish in the war of the Revolution, hav-
ing been at the battle of Bunker Hill, and
Mr.. Perry said that the old man often said
The morning times., 1897-02-21
uer Greatcst Need is Money

The mothers greatest need in the
opinion Of Congressman Jim Young, is
money. 1 feel thatthe mothers themselves
would agree with me if pollcd. OF course,
there are many other things that mothers
need-the company of their husbands, for
instance, when the latter, instead of being
at home, are taking in the saloon, the
club, the lodge, the theater, or the quiet
little game that keeps them out long
after midnight has passed: the presence of
their husbands at church on the Sabbath
day, the good nature of their husbands to
assert itself over temper and selfishneSS
at the beginning of a new month when
the bills for the last month are handed
him, and, above all, the consent of their
husbands to let them, the mothers, do
the talking when they feel SO disposed
have not the time TO touch on the ques-
tion OF what the duties of the husbands
ought to be toward the mothers in the
matter Of the care OF the children II is
too grave subject to touch upon except
after mature deliberation. And there Mr.
Young closes his discussion of the Mothers
congress-,
The morning times., 1897-02-21
! V

II was late in the following August be-
fore any Of the Barkley Corners folks heard
or saw anything more OF Bill Miller. His
disappearance had caused no end OF talk.
in which the minister's wife. however, had
been carefui not TO join. For a different
reason Miss Moore had said little or moth
ing about the missing man TO anyone. But
the minister, not knowing of his wfe's let
ter, and manlike being blind to the entire
situation, had a good deal 10 say about it.
Bill had talked more to the j Elder than
TO any other man OF the Corners, and the
good minister was badly cut up by the
disappearance At the dinner table on the
Sunday after its occurrence he had started
to rehearse all the Corners theories re-
garding IL in g conversation with the
schoolm am.
Before he had finished she excused her
self from the table on plea OF a headache,
leaving the minister with his wife, who
seemed Unaccountably indignant. She
then briefly, but pointedly enlightened her
spouse on the sentimental side OF the situ-
alton, and explained about her letter after
which the minister, for the first time in
his life, expressed himself with great dis
tinctness, rs an ardent dissenter from his
wife's policy, and declared that he should
do all in his power to undo what she had
done 1t was greatly to his joy, therefore,
that he was the first of the Barkley S
Corners folks to see Bill Miller again.
The minister had been on his vacation,
The morning times., 1897-02-21
TITLED JAILBIRDS

The sentence of Lady Scott 10 imprison-
ment tforcirculating ISLANDERS concerning her
son-in-law, Lord Russell, in En- gland, calls
attention to the fact that at present
there are in the various jailSof Europe quite
a number of persons of title who-are under
going terms. Lady Cunning, widow Of Sir
Henry Cunning and granddaughter OF the
second Lord Churchill. is serving term of
several years penal servitude for forging
her fathers name to a number of notes.
She might have escaped with punishment
less severe if during the trial the fact had
not come to light that her frauds had ex
tended over a number of years, ana the
financial necessity that had tempted hes
to this course was her recklessness IN bet
ting on horse racing.
The morning times., 1897-02-21

is the present standard. Mr.. Lorimer, it
is asserted, has received assurances from
the Illinois Steel Works and two other
great establishments that they will ac-
cept all government work ON a atwenty-year
contract at the price specified in the bill
The saving on this basis would suffice
every two years to build an additional
first-class battleship President Leshman,
of the Carnegie Company, boots at Mr..
Lorimer's proposition. He asserts that
''the idea of the governments requiring
any concern to make arTnor plate suitable
for warships at $40 per ton, or of any
company being able to accept such a propo-
sition, is absurd
Naturally, one of the greatest bene-
fciaries under the present contract Sched-
ules scoffs at this tremendous toppling of
price. He would be an angel, ripe to
sprout wings, otherwise. If 1t be true
that President Gates, of the Illinois
Steel Company, is prepared, as is asserted,
to invest upward of $3,000,000 in a new
arInor plate mill, contingent on his get
ting the new contract under the Loritncr
bill should it become law, it opens serious
doubt as TO the sincerity or sagacity OF
the Carnegie Official comment. The
tremendous tumble in steel rail prices,
which the Carnegie people accept with
the most cheerful equaninity, confident
that they can compete profitably with any
concern at home or abroad ON any basis,
lets in flood of light on the subject
The tremendous economies in steel and
iron production which have taken place
within u few years, and which are by no
means at standstill, are reyolutionizing
the factors OF cost. This is a fact so
well known to netaliurgical experts that
it is scarcely debatable 1t is the true
secret OF the steel rail collapse.
Whether or not similar improvements and
economies ofproductionapplye equally tothe
manufacture OF steel armor plate, cannot
he assertede ex cathedra. But the presump
ton is very great that they operate in some
degree and that arInor plate can be rolled,
forged, finished and hardened al cost con
siderahly less than at the time when it was
necessary to produce a certainty out OF uii-
certain experience, and methods largely
tentative. Manufacturers OF armor plate
| now know exactly what they have to meet.
They can estimate To a fraction every ele-
ment OF Cost in mat eral, labor and appli-
ances. The experimental era has gone
by. If great steel plants which have
grown to their prcponderating rank by
sagacity in adjusting themselves to the
changing requirements Of the market, are
willing to contract at Il price less than
one-haf the present schedule TO produce
| amor plate, il is pretty safe To conclude
that they expect to do 1t at a fair profit.
The Lorifner bill unless it is killed pre-
naturely hy the corrupt intrigues OF the
lobby, always tercely active when the
| question affects millions Of dollars, ought
| in it's discussion to illuminate this whole
| problem of steel manufacturing to an un-
| precedented degree. Even if it is uIti-
mateIy defeated, il IN ay open the eyes ofthe
! public on some very suggestive issues
| New York Journal.
The morning times., 1897-02-21
Bill Miller'S Romance
Hy PAUL DANDY


Bill Miller and Alice Moore first met
face to face at donation tender
ed,' according To annual custom, as a
makeweight for his decidedly slender sal
airy, to Elder johnson, pastor of the
little church at Barkley's Corners.
She was the Corners schoomistress-a
normal school graduate-and the first wom-
an to whom the school had been intrusted
in the winter time for many years. She
was twenty-five, perhaps, slight, of middle
height, with plain, pale face, colored only
by the red OF her lips, and lighted by eyes
generally thought to be gray, but which TO
Bill seemed a deep, dark brown. She
boarded at the parsonage with the minis
ter's family. BIZ was six feet two in his
stockings, but SO broad OF shoulder and so
heavy oflimb that his great height was Not
apparent except when surrounded by a
crowd Of smaller human beings. He was
the new farm foreman OF the big Barkley
estate, from which the Corners took its
name. Among the men of the Corners he
had gained a reputation for enormous physi-
cal strength and "A most iucomprchensible
disinclinatlon TO talk, unless it was posi-
lively necessary.
And why not, pray?" she pursued, teas
iDgly.
Why, I'm so almighty big and clumsy"
he finally said, with great frankncss, "and
] step on so many feet when l try TO get
around in a crowd. 1t must be fine
thing TO be light ON your feet, like You are.
Her eyes grew almost black with sup
pressed mcrrimcnt.
IF you II excuse me, ma am he went
on, with difficulty, IN get out and not
bother you. l didn't mean to intrude on
you"
No, don't CO. she protested. "Sit down
and tell me about the West. Nobody Will
miss us
Her quick perception of ms Western
origin from his speech made HIM quite
forget himself, and before he knew it
he was drawn into his first long. easy
conversation with an educated girl. She
had heard of him and his Tctlcence, and
she drew him out of himself by the same
methods size used n encouraging awkward
and seemingly stupid school children In
fact, he was only Ii big OveTgro wn child,
in spite of his twenty-eight yeaIs, and he
told her all there was to tell Of his com
monplace struggles and narrow life, from
the time he was left to shift for himself in
a prairie frontier town TIL his meeting with
her.
His frankncSs made her forget herself
somewhat, also, and she became rather
confidential regarding her school, es-
pecially as to young Jim Simmons, the
biacksmith's nineteen year-old son, the
sole unTuly one among her sixty odd
pupils. Jim had said no woncn can
teach the BaTkley Corners school through
this winter and She was afraid hc " ould
keep hls word. An her tact, every form
OF persuasion, seemed lost on Jim.
The morning times., 1897-02-21

ficient power to be obtained by electricity
TO drive the motor cycle or any other
machine, there comforts one the old prob
lem of the storage battery. This latter has
never proved successful for continued
propulsion. The motor cycle for war
must be run on a basis OF absolute GER
tainty. Thisiswhy NJ. Francois l. Hereaux,
the inventor, says, gasoline is used.
The method of conveying an amount OF
gasoline sufficient to supply the various
machines is as thoroughly modern as the
machines themselves. tits a tank, mounted
upon a horseless wagon, which is also
driven by a gasoline motor. 1t is the in
tention to recharge the motor cycles each
day. as it has been estimated that the or
dinarytank which forms part of themachine,
contains Just about a sufficient amount of
gasoline to supply the motor for one day s
travel