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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25
N NV Norfo|ks1sWestern
s.zzazazzzsaa Schedule in Effect
July 4, 1897.
WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY
July 4, 1897.

OAlL1
$40 a ~ Washington and Chattanooga
limited) for Bristol, intermediate sta
tions and the South and West. Pull
man sleepers to New Orleans and Mem
phis. Connects at Radford for Blue
field and Pocahontas
4;20 p. m, the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Bluefeld, Pocahoutas, kenova,
Kansas City, Columbus and Chicago.
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Roanoke to
Columbus. Also for Pulaski, Wythe
vile, Bristol Knoxville, Chattanooga
and intermediate points.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT ROANOKE.
From Norfolk 1850 a. M; 4:1O p. m.
From Hagerstown 1850 a. M. ; 4:O5 p. m.
From Winston i 10 D. m.
From Bristol and the West 1875 p. m.
1870 p. m.
NORTH AND EASTBOUND, LEAVE
ROANOKE DAILY.
1:5O'p m. for Petersburg, Richmond and
Norfolk.
Las p. IN. for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
10:45 p M. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleepers Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond.
l0:45 p. IN. washington and Chattanooga
lmited) for Washington, Hagerstown
Philadelphia and New York. Pullman
sleepers to Washington via. Shenan.
doah Junction and Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Durham Division-I.eave Lynchbure
Union station. daily, except Sunday
400 p. IN. for South Boston and Dur.
ham and intermediate stations.
Winston Salem Division-Leave Roanoke
Union stauion) 4:30 p. m. and
1870 a. m. daily, except Sunday Camp
bell street station), for Rocky Mount
Martinsville, Winston-Salem and inter
mediate stations.
For all additional information apply
at ticket office or to w. B. Bevill, Genera
Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va.
N. F. Bragg Travelling Passenge,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25
sicilIan Love Charms.

Tho love charms Of Sicily arc many
and curious. One, very popular and
considered very powerful, is to put into
an eggshell few drops of the blood of
the longing lover. The she'll is exposed
to the sun for three days and to the dew
for three nights. 1t is then placed Oh
hot ashes until calcined, when the
whole is reduced to fine powder and
administered secretly in cup of coffee
or glass of wine to the object Of affec-
ton. Another charm is for the witch to
undress at midnight and tie her clothes
up i'll bundle which she places OH her
head. Then, kneeling in the center Of
her room, she pronounces an incanta-
ton, at tho end of which she shakes her
head. If the bundle falls in front of
her, it is good sign; should it fall be-
hind her the charm will not avail. Yet
another is worked in the following
manner: Pieces of green, red and white
ribbon are purchased in three different
shops, the name Of the persons to be
charmed being repeated. mentally, each
time The shopkeepcr must lie paid with
the left hand, the ribbon being received
in the right. When all the pieces are
bought, they arc taken to witch, WHO
setsout to find the person to bocharlned
On finding him, CIR her, the witch NUT
tiers to herself, with these ribbons
bind you to such one Then she re-
turns the ribbons to the purchaser, who
ties them beneath his or her left kneo
and wears them at church. -Macmil-
lans
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few years
was supposed 10 he ncurable. For II
great many years doctors pronounced it
n local disease, and prescribed local rem
e'iics, and by constantly failing to cnre
by local treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Science has proven catarrh TO be a
constitutional disease and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j.
Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally iii doses from ten drops
tn teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and the mucous surfaces Of the sys
TEN They offer one hundred dollars for
any case II fails to cure. Send for circr-
lars and testimonials Address,
+. j. CHENEY 6 CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25

NOTICE. Those having brick and
stone work or vitrifled brick pavements
to.be laid would do we'll to call on or adj
dress j. L. Falls, the practical contractor
and builder. Also all kinds of carpenter
work, plastering, painting, kalsomining
and paper hanging done on short notice
All work guaranteed. J. T.. FALLS, No
118 Fifth avenue n. e.. Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25
A Brazen Girl.

Miss Highup-It's perfectly scandal
ous Did you hear about Miss dc Pink?
Miss Tiptop-No. What has she done?
"Oh, the most immodest thing imag-
Unable. She's let all the world know
she is crazy to get married by "ning
and Joining Il cookery SCHOOL,.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25
FOR RENT.

Sroom house, Eighth avenue S. w. $15.
14-room house OH Church avenue s. W.,
S25. w.
7,room house on Ninth avenue s. W.,
$11.25.
room house on South Jefferson street,
$lS
S-room house on Park street n. W., $15.
Groom house, Seventh avenue IL. e.;
price Sc.
And many others. Also several store
rooms.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25

A sea-captain
may n ayigate
his ship safely
a c o s s the
ocean, but when
he comes into
port he must
have applet who
knows all the
difficulties and
dangers of that
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25
ScpOfula,
Skin EruptiOnS.

Scrofula, Eczema, letter and SINH.
lar diseases cannot be cured by local
applications of ointments and 1;ni-
ments, for the disease is in the blood !.
and can only be reached by blood
remedy.
S. SIS. tSwift's Specific) is far ahead
of other blood remedies because it does
so much more. 1t promptly reaches
and cures the most obstinate and
deep-seated diseases which they have
no effect upon whatever.
Mr.. Thomas N. Tinney, of Corpus
Christi, Texas, writes:
u "For years suffered
in from Scrofula, which
-u- seemed to grow worse
THE under the Treatment of
$50 physicians. At times
bLUUU, the dreadful disease
would extend to differ.
ent parts of my body, causing severe
eruptions of the skin and untold suf-
fering. The many prescriptions I
took did me no good, and the local ap-
plication of remedies did not seem to
reach the trouble at all, for they had
no effect whatever. resorted to al
most every patent medicine recon-
mended for the blood, but without re-
suit.
udu Utmost OeSpa1reQO OF ever being
lid OF this dreadful faint in my blood,
when, by the advice of friends, began
to take S. S. S. (Swift's Specific), and
before l had finished
the second bottle I no. THE
ticed an improvement.
How much money and RIGHT
suffering 1 could have
saved if had only be- REMEnY.i
gun the right remedy!
This S. S. S. proved to be, for as
continued its use I grew better, and
was finally cured completely of dis
ease which had cursed my life for
years, and had withstood the treat
ment of many so-called blood reme-
dies, as we'll as of the best physicians.
). 5. S. also cured me of severe case
OF rheumatism. 1t is the only real
blood remedy on the market"
1t is not difficult to be cured of any
blood disease, if the right treatment is
given. S. S. S. is the only positive
cure for Contagious Blood Poison,
Scrofula, Cancer, Eczema, Rheuma-
tism, or any other deep-seated blood
disease, for it promptly reaches the
seat of the trouble. 1t is the only
S &: !; ::
mercury or other
mineral, which means so much to those
who know the disastrous effects of
these drugs. %
Valuable books can be had free bv
addressing Swift Specific Co., Attain
ia, Ga.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25

"For years I suffered
from Scrofula, which
seemed to grow worse
under the treatment of
physicians. AT times
TIL e dreadful disease
would eYfeud ~ d;Fa
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IN
THE
BLOOD.

before l had finished
the second bottle I no.
ticed an improvement.
How much money. and
suffering I could have
saved if I had only be-
gun the right remedy!
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25
JUNlUS McGEHEE. Agan

For the National Mutual Building and
loan Association of New York, Masonic
Temple, Room No. 9.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-25

mineral, which means so much to those
who know the disastrous effects of
these drugs.
Valuable books can be had free by
addressing Swift Specific Co., Attain
ia, Ga.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
CHECKING OF BAGGAGE.
Receives Kicks and Marks Through
 Every Channel of Passage.

Receives Kicks and Marks Through
 Every Channel of Passage.
 The American constitution has been called system of checks. So in Amer ican life. When you want to travel you give your baggage to the porter of your hotel and he gives you a check in return. At the station you reclaim it with the check and pass it in at the counter and receive another check. As you approach your destination another functionary comes along the train, takes your check and gives you another check in its place. He fishes out your baggage and conveys it to your hotel- for consideration. You have left your third and last check at the office of the hotel when you enter 1t, and thence it is delivered upon your receipt of the baggage.
 At first you bless the arrangement a few weeks of it the tyranny of the check becomes so galling that you be- gin to long for the good old English method of dumping down your goods in front of a porter and leaving them to find the way themselves. You would even hail it as a personal triumph if some of your baggage would get lost. But it never does. Sometimes it ar rives late, but it always arrives.
 Yet 1t seldom arrives in the shape in which 1t started, if that is any con- solation. They who have to do with the baggage see to that. You will soon discover why Americans carry their goods in ironclad trunks, and why ii is madness for anybody to anything else. started out, like an idiot, with q new leather portmanteau. They ripped the stout brass lock off the first week-not for plunder, apparent ly, but simply because it is the tradi- tion of the service. They punched it and kicked and danced on it. Tn soft CT hours, when literary inspiration came, they wrote on 1t. My portman- teau to-day is an epitome of the politi- cal sentiment of the United States from New York to San Francisco AS
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

historical document 1t is beyond price, and I am contemplating the gift of 1t to the library of congress at Washing ton. As a portmanteau 1t has both feet in the grave.
 The system of checks is not confined to travellers luggage. The conductor of the train passes carelessly to and fro asking for your ticket and giving you check in return, or asking for your check and returning your ticket. If you hand your stick to boy in a hotel while you write your name in the register he dashes off to stow it away in some secret place and returns triumphant with check. In the very hotel bar, when you buy seven pence ha-porth of whisky you get check San Francisco Call.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
Notice for Publication.

Land office, Camden, Arks.. Nov. 22. 1877 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim. and that said proof will be made before the Clefk of Polk county, Arks ., at Dallas, on siA Jan, 1898, viz:
 WILLIAM II. MANIFOLD, of Polk county, Ark. H. K. 202Tl for the N2 SWi SW4 NW4 Sec. and NE4 SEA Sec. 5T2S RA W.
 lie names the following witnesses 10 prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land viz:
 John M. Smith. James A. Walters, George W, Newman and Levi N. Hill all of Mountain Fork, Ark.
 ROSS Register
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
Pineapple Preserves.

Fill with cold water kettle contain ing six large, ripe pineapples, and boil them till tender. Drain off the water. and when the fruit is cool pare it, re- move the leaves, and cut into slices half an inch thick. Take out the core. leav- ing round hole in the center of each slice; weigh the fruit, and to each pound allow a pound of loaf sugar. Cover the bottom o1 'tish with the sugar, on tllis place a layer of the pineapple, and so on until the dish is full, finishing with the sugar. Set the dish aside in cool place for 24 hours; then drain the slices from the sir'ip, put the sirup in a let- tle and boil til the skum ceases to rise skimming carefully; put in the pineap- pie and boil for 20 minutes longer Good Housekeeping.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
Notice of Publication.

Land fiice at Dardanelle, Ark. Oct. 2S, lSI Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of Scott county at Waldron, Ark, on De cember, 24, 1897, viz:
 RALPH W. KLEIN, ii, E. No. 20o23. for the Inf of SC ar, and neqr of SC qr, and ne ar of sw or, section 82, town ship north, range B2 west
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upOn and euluya' tion of said land, viz: William Little, William Walkup, Samuel Little and Robert shores All of Rich Mountain, Ark. VIM. F. W0OTlh, Nov Register.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
Notice for Publication.

Land Offce at Camden. Ark, Oct. 22, ls97 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of Polk county, Ark at Dallas on sih Dec, 1897, viz:
 GEORGE W. SCOTT, of Polk county, Arks., H. K. 15l65 for the SC q of ne qr and n hf of SC ar and nc qr of swqr, section II, township south range 90 west his cuntinnoIis residence mon and cultivation of said land, wigs
 John B. harmon, of Mena. Ark, James 4. Gass. Henry T Kent and Wayne Nj. Fleming of Ransom, Ark J. A. ROSS,
 Nov. 3 Register.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

Among the industries supplied with electrlc power by Niagara falls is tba manufacture of carborundurn crystaIs lhese are formed by the reduction in electric furnaces of a mixture of sand coke salt and sawdust. The beautiful piue crystals are afterward crushed to powder which is used as an abrasive like emery or corundum. Carhornnd,,, =, Is remarkable for its hardness, in which property it almost, if not quite eouals
 a'asacnd.-Youth's Companion.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
TO BE A LITTLE HOLLAND.
Proposition to Dtke New Jerseys
 Marshy Waste Land.

Proposition to Dtke New Jerseys
 Marshy Waste Land.
 New Jersey is beginning to interest itself in the subject of reclaiming the extensive tract of marsh land lying bo- tween Newark and Jersey City and stretching up the Hackensack for dis tance of IS miles. The tract, which is crossed by a dozen lines of railway. contains 27,0O0 acres which produce nothing at present but swarns of mos quitoes and a rank growth of bul- rushes and salt marsh hay. The mos quitoes are a nuisance to the residents of the neighboring towns and the bull rushes and salt hay have very little commercial value. And yet the land on which they grow is doubtless the most fertile tract in the state.
 The state geologist has just issued an interesting report upon the subject from his consulting engineer, who dis cusses the methods and cost of reclaim ing these lands. This, he says, is just as feasible as the drainage of the fen lands of England or the vast tracts which have been rescued from the sea in Holland. He proposes that the work shall be done by throwing up dykes along the main watercourses and draw ing the water off by a system of tide sluices and pumps operated by wind mills, as in Holland. He estimates the total necessary outlay at $1 ,26s, 400, ex- elusive of the cost of the land. This would be trifie less than $50 an acre for the 27.000-acre tract.
 As every foot of this land, if re- claimed, would be suitable for market gardening, with the most extensive market in America within a stone's throw of the state of New Jersey would find the undertaking profitable invest vestment if the figures of the engineer are correct A work of this kind must be done under the supervision of the state, in order that there may be some responsible control of dykes. pumps and sluices, but it is probable that the pres ent owners would be willing to be as- sessed for the cost of the improvement. or sell at a reasonable rate to those who are willing to put money in the undertaking, so that the state would in the end be able to secure a return of every dollar of necessary outlay and be the instrument of bringing under culti- vation the finest tract of agricultural land in the state.
 The reclamation of this land, lying, as 1t does, at the very doors of the Greater New York, would serve another important purpose besides restricting the mosquito crop and turning a worth less marsh into a garden, and that is that it's cultivation would furnish em- ployment and a livelihood to thousands of the idle population of the city. The experience of England and Holland having shown that the reclamation of this extensive tract is perfectly feasible. the work should be undertaken. There is a great deal more of this sort of land worth reclaiming in the United States. but the Hackensack tract is best worth retaining first to serve as an example to be followed elsewhere.-Phi1adel phia Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
Mach Money Lost.

The longest time during which a note has remained outside the Bank of Eng land is III years. It was for e 25, and 1t is computed that the compound in- terest during tfat long period amount ed to no less than e6.o00.--N. Y. World.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
Absent- Minded.

Professor - Margaret, please take that car out of the room. I cannot have it making such a noise while am at work. Where is it?
 Scrvant-Why, sir, you are sitting on it.--N. Y. Mercury.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

 ARTHUR IRQ.!!u!:!.I.!I.E!:.
rHRouGu ExpREss-psil.
cEUpcH sERvIcEg.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-At new chu,., building goornerAmsterdam and zwolle street. preachiI,r at n a. m. and 80 D. m SnrsaV school.at g :s0; prayer meeting at o'clock
 H. R. SCHIMERHoRN, Pasto,
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

NE. CHURCH SOUTH-Preachinv s... sunday at II I'm. and ' 80 p. n Sunday schoa 1sS at 10 a. m.; Epworth League 2:SO ?. m. Prsyr meeting Wednesday evening.
 J. Y. CHRISTMAS, Pastor
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

A.F.6A A. M. Dallas Lodge No. 12S-Will meet at their lodge room on Saturday evening Gu or before the full moon of every month at [ o'clock. Thad NJ. Carder, w M.; V Pertel, secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

CITY COUNCIIr-Regula meetings at Couu eli Chamber on the first Tuesday evening" each month. Thad Nj. Carder, mayor; wv Whitley, recorder.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

BAPTIST CHURCH.-Services every supd,, At nj a m. and D. m. Sunday school at m m. Prayer meeting every Thursday eyeuns
 ". L. CoApERE Pastor
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

MENA LODGE. K. of r. No. 1O0-Meets ii Castle Hall in Blocksom's block on Monds evenings of each week. W. A. Disbrow, c. c W. l. Boyer, K. of $. R.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

WOODMEN of the WORLD, Camp No. 6l- Meets in regular session on Thursday evening. of each week. J. C. Byers, c. C.; w. Ivsa Matheny, Clerk.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

HOOK and LADDER Co. No. l-Regua meetings on first Tuesday evening of eacl month at o'clock. Ben Lewis, fire chief.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
SOCIETIES.

COMMERCIAL CLUB-Regular meeting, first Monday evening of each month at HotsI Mena George k. Wheaton, president, and P. Landes, corresponding secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
The Mikado's American Tour.

We learn on excellent authority that the mil<ado contemplates tour through the United States and Europe at some future time. If he is able to carry out this plan he will be the first Japanese emperor who has ever been allowed to leave his dominions. It seems, how ever, that there are great difficulties in the way, the old fanatical Japanese party objecting strongly to so remark able an innovation. The Turkish fanatics did the same thing when Abdul Aziz announced his intention of paying visit to Paris and London. They were unable to prevent it, and that luck less sovereign was the first Turkish sovereign whoever crossed the frontiers of his empire, except as a conqueror The mikado is highly educated man, who speaks several European languages and his visit, should it ever take place. will be an event of great interest," London Chronicle
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
\ New Use for the Catacombs.

\ new and senfially nineteenth century use has been discovered for the catacombsIbywhic the subsoil of Paris Ia honeycombed. The subterranean galleriesof this kind beneath the .Jardin des Plantes have now been converted into species of laboratory and aquari- um. A number of them have been fitted with reservoirs and glass tanks, while in others the inches which once con- tained human bodies nave been con verted into cages. where scientists are able to study the effect of total and partial darkness upon animal life.- Demorest.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
outwitting a store Detective.

A detective in a well-known retail store is engaged in the mental process of kicking himself whenever he thinks of certain transaction which took place last week. At time of day when the store was crowded the detective, who was keeping a sharp lookout for evildoers, was approached by a we'll dressed, intelligent-looking man, who informed him that he was employed as detective in another store, and had fol- lowed shoplifter from his firms store to the present place, where they would find her at the glove counter stealing gloves. "Let her alone" said the strange detective. "and when she loads mp I will follow her home. and we cGn then make big haul" Consent was given to this plan, and the shoplifter stole $2o0 or $500 worth of goods un- molested. Then she went out, followed by the strange detective. That was the last ever seen of the pair, and the store detective wonders how on earth he was duped so easily.-Philadelph Record
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-12-09

THE Boone Banner of last week condecends to give space to 9 lot of slush credited to the sermon of Dr. Bachman of-- the Banner doesn't state where, but presama- bly, of Harrison. The revoraned doctor is quoted as saying. "For the salvation ot many children who have an unbelieving parent, for their prospect ot getting to heaven, it would be better for them if the unbelieving parent were dead and out of the way" Ii this remarkable statement be so, why not the church issue an ediet that all unbeIieVing parents be slain, and ''put out of the away" Preachers arc supposed to do all they can to make Believers out of the people, but such rotten balderdash as the above is doing more toward turning the world toinfdelity than all other infuenc ces combined, and neWspa pers that go so far as to give such slush q moral endorsement are only adding fury to the flame and not worthy place at the freside ot Hindoo heathen.
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-12-09
IF the Empoor of Germany had

IF the Empoor of Germany had been induIging in dreams of an nexing Hayti, he was radely awak ened when officially informed that the United States would not coun- tenance anything extreme on the part of Germany in it's dealings with Hayti, as the little republic was under the protection of the Monroe doctrine.
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-12-09

IF Gov. Brady of Alaska is right in predicting that Alaska wall some day become a great agricult ural country, we must have been awtully misinlormed about it's climatic conditions.
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-12-09
GEORGE LAWSON, Deputy United States Marshal, who killed Outlaw Dynamite Dick, received rewards amounting to $2, ,8OOFriday.

THAT the devil is seldom as black as he is painted was proved by George Gould's voluntary in- crease of ten per cent in the wages of the employees of the Missouri Pacific railroad-an increase that will add $900, coo 10 the annual expenses ot the road.
 Ripans Tabules cure liver troubles.