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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
A MATTER OF BUSINESS.
Details of a Compact and How 1t was
Sealed.

Octathn VI u OompACC ana HOW IL Wa3
Sealed.
Il have called" said the successful
looking business man, "to see you in
regard to having little poetry written
about my wonderful Spike cigar. have
read with great deal Of pleasure and
profit your verses i'll tho street cars OH
the Thick Rind hams, the Soap Bubble
lamp chimneys and tho White Lead
baking powder.
Certainly" replied the poet, who
was trying to help his father support
him by doing little advertising rhyme.
Just take chair. don't mind stand
ing ut all -
We'll" continued the business man,
producing box of cigars, "hero it is.
They are absolutely the best cigars ever
sold for cents. Why, the lithograph-
ing on that box costs moro than most
men would put into the cigar. AS said
before, they are absolutely superb. They
are better than Any 10 cent cigars You
can pick up and equal to most that can
be got for .. Besides, as you cam see,
they are Il thing of beauty to look at. I
brought them up SO that you might look
them over and BIO assured that anything
you may write i'll praise of them cannot
be exaggeration.
"Thcy are certainly finc," said tho
poet, inserting new pen i'll his holder.
II think l have an idea now. How
would something like this strike you:
You may search everywhere, you may do
what you like,
LII You once get our brand, You'll be stucl, on
'Spikc?'
"Thcrol' he said, ending with n
flourish. GLOW about that? Or how is
thls?' he went OH, without giving his
patron timo to consider:
If You're used to smoking cigarettes,
For home and country strike
Give up those fearful coffin nails
And smoke 'Splsc'"
"Ah, said the manufacturer, "that's
superb! That's just what I wanted.
That's really fine. That idea will at
tract people. declare, 1 never thought
you could do it. Come across to tho
drug store and VIGIL get a good cigar. )"
Now York Sunday Journal.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03

The Iowa legislature has just adopted
the Wild rose as the official flower of the
Hawkeye State. There are As States, but
II OF them only have official flowers, the
selection of which has devolved In some
States upon the legislature and in others
upon the public school children.
Two New England States only have ex-
pressed preference for any flower; Yer
mont for the red clover. by act of the Leg
islature, and Rhode Island by vote OF it's
school children, for the violet
The golden rod is the favorite in Ala
bama; the magnolia in Georgia, and the
peach blossom i'll Delaware.
Those States in which complete or linn
tied woman suffrage has been established
by law are those which have taken the
lead in the selection of State flowers.
Colorado has the columbine, Idaho the
syringia, Montana the bitter root and
Utah the sego lily. The State flower OF
Nebraska is the golden rod, which is like
wise the State flower of Oregon. Michi-
gan has adopted the clover, and Kansas
the "Sunflower State.' would naturally,
one might think, adopt the sunfiower as
Its favorite, but "they do things different
in Kansas" and the field daisy is the
favorite.
The State flower of Minnesota is the
moccasin flower. The fayorite of New
Jersey is the white clover.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Showing What Shotgun Can DO In "A
Load of Hay.

Showing What Shotgun Can DO In n
Load of Hay.
What was the most exciting cxperi-
ence ever had?'' repeated Clarence
Haight ut the Olympic Gun club. 81
think it occurred last summer, when 1
was hunting doves up in Sonoma coun-
ty. Now. shooting doves is not par
ticularly exciting or perilous but
this was one of the hottest experiences
ever had.
II had been travelling all day with Il
big bag, and was pretty we'll tired out
when l struck the country road and
started for home. 1t was good four
miles walk, and was pretty we'll
pleased to see n big wagon load of hay
approaching. Tho rancher gave me per-
mission to ride, so scrambled ND on
top, lay down OH tho sweet, new mown
hay and went swaying and swinging
down the road. [ was inst doing off
when bang! went my shotgun. L had
forgotten to take the cartridges out of it,
and something had pressed the trigger.
The horses gave Il jump, and the driver
rolled off into the ditch
Then discovered that my gun had
set fire to the hay, and 1 thought it was
about time for mo to escape The horses
werc tearing along the road as hard as
they could run, but clambercd for tho
side of the load and slid for the road.
The tail OF my stout hunting coat
caught Oh the top of Sharp standard,
and there hung to tho careening wag-
OIL that threatened to upset and dump a
load of. burning hay on me at every
turn of tho road.
1.-The fire was cracking and burning
fierccly, and already I could feel the
flames. Still the horses ran, and still
my coat held mo fast to that scething
mass of flames. My trousers commenced
getting hot. and then found my coat
was OH fire. The next moment the loose
cartridges i'll my pockets commenced OK
ploding from the heat. and then 1
Smelled my doves broiling.
II had just made up my mind that
all was over, when tho tail of my coat
burned off and l was thrown into IL
dEch full of water beside the road. |
did not stop to see what became of the
hay and the horses. nor of the rancher,
but cut straight across that field for
home. That, gentlemen, was the most
thrilling experience of my life. New
York Press
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
LANIER GRAY.

Real Estate, Rental and Insurance Agent
No. Ia Campbell avenue west.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
STATE FLOWERS.
There Will be 45 of Them In the Near
Future Perhaps

h oe ID OF Inem III the Near
Future, Perhaps.
Every one OF the 40 States In the
on,on, says the New York Sun, has a
motto and shield, and some OF these
NOTICES seem to the disinterested OBJ
server to be somewhat inappropriate.
Nevada, for instance, whose population
is declining steadily and whose influence
Is yearly growing less. has for its motto
voiea ct Potens CWilling ard Able).
mississippi, the only one of the States
which has ever repudiated formally it's
pubic debt, has as it's motto "Union,
Justice and Confidence
On the other hand, Wyoming, the pio
neer state in woman's suffrage. has as it's
motto, LET Arms Yield to the Gown"
The motto of Oregon is "She Flies With
Her Own Wings" the apposteness of
winch does not appear TO be entirely clear
for State whose foreign commerce and
railroad business are done through the ad.
Jacert State Of California and Washing
ton.
Though all States have notices and all
States have shields, only small proper
tlon of the States have flow ers, though all
may have them before very long if the
popular demand for flowers typical of
Statehood continues to increase.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
whnt Caused His Downfall.

You know how absentmindcd Greg
DRY is?'' said the vivacious lady.
Yes, " said the placid lady.
We'll, he went and got one of those
bells for his wheel that rings IL long,
continuous ring, you know"
l know" said the placid lady.
And he went to ring it when he
turned IL corner
"Of course"
And 1T rang. and then he yelled,
Hello! and tried to put the handle bar
up to his ear, and when he got home
nc was mud from head to foot and the
maddest man ever saw, and he didn't
tell me how it happened till the next
morning. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
Swindlcd.

First Street Loafer-It's a shame,
Bill, to think that any one would swim
dle a poor hard working man in that
way.
Second Street Loafer-Why. what's
your trouble?
First Street Loafer-Hero / worked
hard for half a day painting up spar
row into II redheadcd Belgian canary.
and am bowed if the fellow l sold it
to didn't give Inc bad half crown for
lt.-London Spare Moments.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
Had His Reasons.

II tell you there is entirely too much
OF this divorce business going Oh. 1t
should be stopped.
l don't think so. Why should pco-
pie be compelled to bear the yoke when
1T has become tiresomc?'
All, perhaps you want to go throug h
the mill YOURSELF"
"Oh, no. I'm lawyer. "-Cleveland
Leader.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03

The town i'll England best provided
with places of worship is tho ancient
one of Rochdalc, where there are 40
churches and chapels. Fifty belong TO
the church of England and 90 to the
nonconformists The church of Eng
land accommodates 24 449 and the non
conformists $50 persons in sittinSs.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03
letter, salt-Rheum and Eczema

The intense itching and smarting, Incl
dent to these diseases, isinstantly ailayed
by. applying Chamberlain Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
nave been permanently cured by it. 1t
is equally efficient for itching piles and
faVorlte remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts per box.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03

DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, are
just what horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermltnge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
morse In prime condition. Price %
cents per package.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03

Live Crabs, Soft Shell Crabs, Devied
Grabs, Hard Crabs, Crab Meat, CLANS
Taking and Pan Fish. just received ut
CATOGNIS RESTAURANT.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03

Never does man portray his own
character more wildly than i'll his man.
ncr of Dortraying another. -Richter
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03

Bread, Rolls, Cinnamon Buns, hot every
evening. j. j. Catogni
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-03

breakfast, % cents; dinner. % cents
supper 20 cents. Meal tickets "A. j.
Catogni's restaurant.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26
SHOT HIS SWEETHEART,
Did Young May, and Then Blew Out
His Own RrainS

SHAMOKIN, Pa, Sept. 25. The
bodies of Arthur w May, aged twen-
ty-four years, and Miss Cora Kaseman,
aged eighteen years, both of Shamo-
kin, were found in the blacksmith shop
of Joseph Mink this morning May
shot his sweetheart and then blew out
his own brains. The murderer and
suicide was a blacksmith, and, up to
the time Of his death, had been en-
ployed by Mink. The couple had been
lovers for some time, and last week
they arranged to go away and be
quietly married. The parents of the
young woman objected to the maria ge
and this caused postponement Be
ing thus opposed to by the parents Of
the girl, the young couple evidently
made up their minds to end their
troubles by dying together. They met
last night, and, it is supposed, made
all arrangements to carry cut their
terrible plan. The girl left her home
early this morning and went direct to
the blacksmiths shop where May was
in waiting The couple went into the
second story cfrthe building. The first
news of the, double tragedy was learn
ed when Mrs Mink found the bodies
this morning, The bodies were lying
side by side, and. Mays right hand still
grasped an. old fashioned revolver. He
had blown the,girls brains out and
then sent q bullet crashing into his
own head. The bodies were still warm
when found. ID
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26
CRAZY BARRIOS.
Prominent Man Shot by the Panic
Stricken Dictator.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25-The
following dispatch was received here
today:
Barrios shot Juan Aparacio in Oues-
altenango on the day that the revolu-
tionists took San Marcos. A telegram
received by one Of the leading mer-
chants Of this city gives the news that
Morales and his $1,000 to $4,000 victori-
Gus troops are in Antiguay.
Juan Aparacio was the most promi-
nent importer and exporter in Central
America, whose house is represented in
London, Paris and New York. This
news was confirmed by a dispatch re-
ceived from Aparacio's business house
in New York. Members of the Central
American colony in this city say that
if Barrios is bold enough to cause the
execution of so eminent a man as Ap-
aracio, he will not hesitate to carry
cut wholesale slaughter among the
people who oppose him.
A meeting will be held here today
for the purpose of sending a petition
to the state department to take some
action to put an endeto the Severe cen
sorship now prevailing In Guatemala,
so people can receive news from their
friends in that country.
No cause is assigned in the news re-
ceived here for the killing of Aparacio,
but there is every reason to believe
that he was shot because he refused to
give moral and financial aid to Bar
rios.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26
PISTOL DUEL FOUGHT.
The Premier of Austria One OF the
Principals.


VIENNA, Sept. ga pistol duel was
fought this morning between Count
Badeni, the Austrian premier, and DR..
Wolff the German nationalist leader
arising from insults addressed by the
latter to the premier during yester-
days session of the unter haus. Count
Badeni was wounded in the right
hand.
DR.. Wolff fought duel with swords
on May last with Herr Horiea, a
Czech member of the unter haus. This
encounter grew out of the violent
scenes which occurred in the house be-
tween the Germans and Czechs, in
which personalities were freely in
dulged in. Count Badeni, former
ly governor of Galicia, is young and
able Pole, and was very little known,
even in Austria, until he was uneX-
pectedIy called upon to form a cabinet
in September, 1895, when he assumed
the duties of president Of the council
of ministers and minister of the in
terror His nobility only dates back
to his father His mothers brother, a
Count Mier. married the German
actress, Anna Wierer, who eventually
left her large fortune to her two
nCphews, Count Casimir Badeni the
present premier of Austria, and to his
younger brother
Count Badeni's wound is not serious.
The bullet entered the wrist and went
out above the elbow.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26

THE STEP SHOULD BE APPLAUDED,
Saws the London Spectator, Discuss
ing the Subject OF American
Intervention in Cuba.

LONDON, Sept. 25.-The average
Britisher has come to the conclusion
that he is the arbiter Of the fate of
Europe and holds the balance of pow
err 1t must be confessed that the
changed tone of the continental politi-
clans and newspaper writer's from
abuses to caresses encouraged this as
sumption Even Prince bismarck re-
Gently deprecated the constant badger
ing and batting of Great Britain oy
German statesmen and writers. AS
matter stand, in the event of war, the
side securing the assistance OF Great
Britain must win.
In the meantime, it is evident from
the tenor of the speech of Lord Wolae-
lev the commanderin-chief OF the
British forces, at Glasgow On Ihurs-
day last, when the freedom OF that city
was conferred upon him, and from the
remarks made by the parliamentary
secretary for the war Office, the Hen.
w. ST. J. Broderick, the same Light.
that the government is preparing to
introduce a scheme for considerable
increase in the strength of the army,
which will probably call for the for
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26
MICHAEL EDEN
Writes Letter to DIR. Hartman
Columbus, Ohio.

Writes "a Letter to DIR. Hartman,
Columbus, Ohio.
Michael Eden, Keokuk, Iowa, in a
recent letter to Dr. Hartman, saws:
Your medicine is not gold or silver,
but the health of life; and health is
worth more than gold. We have had
your AImanacs for years NV wife
was ailing, and 1 told her to try Pc
ru-na. She replied that one Almanac
said one thing and the others another
thing. That she did know whether
Pe-ru.na was any better than other
medicines. But / told her to go TO
town and get some Pe-ru-na, which
she did. My wife began to take it i'm
medlately, and in two or three DAYS
she began to talk differently, and saw
that the medicine did her good In a
week she was able to do the work.
After that she had sick spell. and
Pe-ru-na cured her again The doc
tors charge from 50 to s. a visit TO
ride out in the country; they get their
money but the sick one is not well
But bottle of Pe-ru-na. which COSTS
81. restores the health. My wife was
thin, feeble, no appetite, everything
hurt her. cramps. headaches and
stitching. But Pe-ru-na put every
thing in order. We keep Pe-ru-na az
ways in the house"
r. Heiser, a popular druggist of Keo-
kuk, confirms the above letter, as fol-
lows: Mr. Michael Eden requests me
to state that his wife suffered six or
seven years with severe pain in the
stomach, and that your famous Peru
ma cured her entirely"
DR.. Hartman's latest book, for wom-
en- only. sent free for a short time, by
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing
Company, Columbus. Ohio.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26
NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
, Positive cure for Dyspepsia.

This may read as though we were
putting it a. little strong because it is
generally Thought by the majority of
people that Dyspepsia in its chronic
form is incurable, or practically So But
we have long since shown that Dyspep-
sia is durable, nor is it such difficult
matter as at first appears.
The trouble with Dyspeptics is that
they are continually dieting, starving
themselves, or going to opposite ex-
tremes or else deluging the already
| over burdened stomach with "bitterS,
latter dinner pills. etc, which inVarl-
ably increase the difficulty even if in
some cases they do give a slight tenn
| porary relief. Such treatment of the
stomach simply make matters worse.
! What the stomach wants is rest. Now
how can the stomach become rested,
recuperated and at the same time the
| body nourished and sustained?
| This is the. great secret and this is
also the secret Of the uniform success
of Stuart's. Dyspepsia Tablets. This is
q comparatively new remedy, but its
| success and popularity leaves no DOUBT
| as to its merits.
. The Tablets will digest the food any
way, regardless of condition of stom-
| ach.
The sufferer from Dyspepsia accord
| ing to directions is to eat an abundance
| of good wholesome food and use the
| tablets before. and after each meal and
| the result will be that the food will be
| digested no matter how bad your dys-
persia may be, because as before stat
| ed. the tablets will digest the food even
| if the stomach is wholly inactive. To il
| Iustrate our meaning plainly If you
| take 1900 grains Of meat, eggs or ordi-
nary food and place it in a temperature
| of 9S degrees, and put with it one of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets it will di-
gest the meat or eggs almost as per-
! fectly as if the=meat was enclosed with
| in the stomach. "a
The stomach may be ever so weak
yet these tablets will perform the work
| of digestion and the body and brain
will be properly nourished and at the
same time a. radical, lasting cure of
| dyspepsia will be made because the
much, abused stomach will be given,
to some extent, much needed rest.
! Your druggist will tell you that of the
many remedies advertised to cure dy-
spepsia none ! of them has given so
complete and general satisfaction as
| Stuart.s Dyspepsia Tablets and not
least in importance in these hard times
| is the fact that they are also the cheap
est and give the most good for the
! least money. 1sa
| A little book ON cause and cure of
| stomach trouble sent free by address
ing Stuart Co. Marshall, Mich.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26

nation of a dozen additional hattaiions
of infantry and proportionate adj
tion of cavalry and artillery, during
the next session of parliament
The warnings have not been sounded
too soon. A telling instance of the
military weakness of Great Britain was
afforded at Aldershot on Thursday.
when the Second battalion of the rifle
brigade left that camp for a tour of
colonial service, including a .ojourn at
Vancouver. Though nomina;ly a full
battalion, there were only slightly over
400 men, and the regiment will have
to be reinforced from the first bat
talon of the rifle brigade, which is low
on its way home
The Spectator, accepting as fact
the report that the United States has
admonished Spain, finds it difficult to
think war can be avoided, adding:
Apart from the fact that pride and
ignorance of the consequences bid
Spain defy the United States, war is
probably considered to be the best way
out of the difficulties. Were the gov
ernment to propose the abandonment
of Cuba in cold blood, it would simply
mean handing over the country to Don
Carlos, so the government proposes to
employ America, as the surgeon, to
do the necessary amputation which
will alone prevent the Cuban .gangrsne
from spreading tc the rest Of the body
polite
After detailing Spain's iniquities in
Cuba, the Spectator continues: ITO
prolong the war would be a crime and
if America chooses to stop these hide
Gus cruelties all Englishmen should
applaud and refuse to inquire too mar
rowly into the reasons which influence
her statesmen in putting pressure upon
SPAIN
Referring to the objection Of "patri-
otic Americans to the admission into
the Union of Cuba and Hawaiian
states and the consequent election of
Senators by degraded populations"
the Spectator says: Americas duty
is to stop the long agony of Cuba and
if her constitution admits of her doing
so safely, the sooner she amends her
constitution so that she can hold fes
new acquisitions on different footing,
the better for her and for humanity.
MARTIAL LAW
Proclaimed as a Means of Subduing
Hungarian Peasants.
LONDON, Sept. Pa special dis