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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
THE SUBJECT WAS DROPPED.
Tilt at a Banquet Between Two Well
known Mem


Known Men.
THAT reminds me, remarked an old
pioneer to San Francisco Post reporter.
when General Halleol1's name was men,
toned, "of the banquet we gave Hal.
leck III 1865, when he returned from the
war. Tho people here were proud of
him, for he had moro than regained the
laurels he lost mt Corinth, when he per-
mitted the enemy to escape under the
cover of IL big battery of wooden guns
that had been mado out of logs during
the night.
Among the friends of Halleck who
met him at the banquet was Bully
Waterman, the old sea captain, who in
early days commanded clipper ship
plying between San Francisco and New
York On one voyage he had laid a big
wager to beat rival clipper, but when
he found on going to sea that some of
his crew who had shipped as ablebodied
seamen were incompetent he was SO mad
he hanged three to the yard Just how
many were hanged was never known,
but Waterman WAS tried for murder and
acquitted.
During one of those silences that
Will fall over the merriest of banquets
General Halleck called to Waterman,
who was at the other end of the room:
Now that you have been tried and
acquitted, Waterman, won't you tell us
how many men you hanged OH that voy-
age?''
Yes, general, l WILL responded
Waterman, if you will first tell us how
many wooden guns stopped you Mt Cor
NTH.
''The subject dropped there
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
Changes In Cavo Dwelling Anim

The influence of environment upon
organisms is nowhere more striking"
says Science, than i'll tho case of ami
mails which find themselves aociden-
tally lost i'll caves and which succeed in
accustoming themselves to tho situa.
ton III spite of its difficulties. NJ. Ar
mand Wire gives some notes on his OBJ
servations in the Complies Rendus. The
principal difference in the situation
consists Ill tho absence of light and in
the rarity of animal prey. The eye al
ways becomes atrophied to degree
which varies with the species and also
with the individual There is some
times difference between tho two eyes
OF single individual. Tho eyes are to
certain extent replaced by other or
gans Of sense; the antennn of tho
campodes become, in some individuals,
twice as long as usual, and sometimes
longer than the entire body. The tactic
hairs with which the body is covered
obtain an exaggerated development, and
III the crustaceans sometimes even i'll
wade the ocular globe. Hearing does not
seem to be accumulated, but the sense of
smell is very acute, and bit of tainted
flesh becomes invaded in very few
minutes with II large colony of animals.
The organs of digestion become very
considerably modified in those species
which are naturally carnivorous, and
in two staphylins the mandibles were
found to be completely atrophied. Every
animal is moro or less completely de-
augmented, but those which had no
trace of color remaining began to have
numerous little black spots disseminated
over the whole body after they had
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
His LAST Meal.

Every day some fresh source of food
supply is discovered, says The Stamp
Collector Adhesive stamps have not
hitherto been regarded as nutritious.
Tho ostrich prefers gold watches for
steady diet. and the travelling tinker's
donkey has II reputation for consuming
any clean linen that may be handy.
a Hindoo paper, however, gives an
account of curious incident that &C.
Cured at the residency in remote dis
trlct III Ceylon little while ago. Mr..
fierls, the Office assistant, placed ON
his table some judicial stamps to the
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
Tho Ancient UmbreIln.

on coins i'll the rock carvings of the
anclents the umbrella often shows it's
Iamillar form. This goes to prove that
Jonas Hanway did not invent the um-
Dreila, but he saw the value of the east
ern sunshade and soon it became the
Iashlon to carry this useful article.
There must be great difference be-
tween the umbrella of the eighteenth
century and the modern steel ribbed,
SILK covered, slender article which it is
regarded as II misfortune to get wet
Irish Times
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14

an armed and desperate nun. Directly
the crime Is discovered the nearest pack OF
hounds Is sent for A sheriff or his deputy
or other officer becomes tho muster of tho
hunt, so to speak. Three pr four others,
or possibly dozen, may Accompany him
on horseback, although In mountainous
regions they may be compelled to abandon
their horses ut any moment.
In each puck Of hounds there is ono wise
old dog, who is the leader. Sometimes his
scent is not tho kccnest. but his sagacity
exceeds that of tho others.
ii the pursued has left anything behind,
that is given to the dogs, and the tracks
nro pointed out as well. Directly they
strike the trnil they give tongue. Tho bay
or bark Of the Bloodhound Is deeper, moro
musical, more significant than that of the
foxhound. There Is something portion
tous about it.
Sometimes tho dogs circle about for
many minutes before they arc off in full
cry; then, swiftly or slowly, rs the trail is
warm or cold, they gnllop along, their
noses close to the ground, giving tongue
as they run to show that they are full of
confidence
The dogs do not run so fast that 1t is
difficult for man on horseback to keep
up with them, and If tho trail is cold ono
on foot can keep their pace.
The mon can 500 no sign of the fugitive.
They cannot oven SEQ the tracks TINT re-
tain faint odor that lends tho dogs AS
they follow they wonder when they shall
reach Il stream and If the hounds will BIO
at fault.
Men who know that they will be chased
with dogs always mako for water because
they know that it will throw them off tho
trail. 1t succeeds moro often with beagle,
or foxhound, than it does with blood
hound.
Directly a stream is reached the dogs
stop. Then the leader seems to direct tho
movements of the pack. Some cross to
tho other side. They run up and down
the banks of the stream like shuttle,
gradually increasing the distance covered
Others make wide circles. Tho interest of
the dogs is intense. They seem to feel
that 1t will BIO disgrace to lose tho trail
They whine ENORMOUSLY and show their
anger at times.
Suddenly one gives tongue The others
may DO far away, but directly they start
for the common point, rushing pcllmell
after the dog that has found the trail.
If 1t should happen that tho trail is hot,
the dogs can tell whether the fugitive has
passed up or down stream and thereby
save much time.
AS the trail grows warmer the speed and
enthusiasm of the dogs increase. They
will outstrip the pursuers nnd rush on
quickly to the victim. Usually the fugi-
tive climbs tree or sits on the top of u
fence if there Is one, but this Is not nee
essary., If he will remain perfectly still,
no harm will come to him, but the spec
tacle of half dozen frothing, red eyed
bloodhouDds, with hanging jaws, rushing
toward q fugitive while they give voice is
likely to make him desperate, and If he
fights he will suffer.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
Trunks nnd NIeersoha,,n,

According TO the best authorities
upon the subject, the idea of using
white tale iii the manufacture of pipes
is of comparatively recent date, COM
pared with tho age of the habit of smok-
ing, and what is still more curious is
the fact that in the oriental countries
which produce white tale, or meer-
schaum, as it is called, and where the
use of tobacco forms part of the educa-
ton of the faithful, the people never
dream of making this substance into
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
STREET CAR CONDUCTORS.
They Work Harder and Rate Lower Than
THOR Steam Road brothers.


You often think it's hard for the pas
senger conductor of an accommodation
train which stops at two or three sta
tons to the mile to tell who has paid
his fare and who has not The conduct
or OF short run accommodation train
especially must be peculiarly gifted
man. He must be at once both cool
headed and even tempered, or if not he
is II total failure.
But if tho requisites of railroad
conductor are such, what are the re-
quirements of the man who runs COM
mon street car? Why, as much as those
of the railroad man and several times
moro. The railroad accommodation con.
ductor on ono OF tho short run trains
which leave tho big cities has little
moro work, little more responsibility
aud requires less real skill than tho man
who by grace is called conductor" OH
trolley car of one of our cities.
Both men, of course, have thousands
Of cares. The railroad man has a certain
number of stops to mako and a certain
schedule time allowed for getting over
his run Of tho railroad The street car
conductor has an uncertain number of
stops to make, yet he still has his Ger
tain scheduled time to make OH his run,
and he must make it, too, or be able to
give an "a No. l" excuse for failure.
The railroad conductor is ALWAYS tho
biggest man on his train. Is ever the
street chr conductor the biggest, unless
every passenger is off and the motorman
also! These things make it hard for the
patient man, who must be polite and
who is expected by the company for
which he works and spurred on by
dozen or so sharp eyed "spotters, - or
street Car detectives" as they call
themselves, to feel as lovely as "A spring
morning, and they mako his already
nervous work doubly so The railroad
conductor doesn't meet that phase of
existence once in decade, or if SO not
any oftener.
No one presumes to expect SO much
from the knight of the ticket punch as
he does from the knight of the trolley
rope. Every one who travels OH street
cars expects the conductor to know
every cross street on his line and just
where it strikes that street, and, in
deed, he should know this much, but in
addltlon lie Is expected to know every
ono who lives on tho streets along
which his line runs, every one who
lives on all the countless streets which
cross the route of his car and then all
tho immediate streets and their inhabit-
ants tho whole length Of his line The
street car conductor is expected to be
porter rs we'll on his car He must help
people OH and off, lift up and lift
down huge baskets and bundles, never
get tired of all the questions which
only the city directory could answer,
and then, in addition, keep all of the
strict rules of the company for which
no works and sec to it that all of his
passengers do so too. For this work no
gets 50 or So 20 day, while tho rail
road conductor, who is very king i'll
comparison, draws his SO or So per day,
or $l25 month, and is not classed as
social suspect" either -Pittsburg
Dispatch
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
New England Meeting Houses.

Cotton Mathcr said: 81 find no lust
ground III Scripture to apply such a
tropo as church to a house for public
worship. A meeting house is the term
that is most commonly used by New
England Christians, and every town,
for the most part, can say we have II
modest and Il handsome house for the
worship Of God, not set off with gaudy,
pompous, theatrical finerics, but suited
unto the simplicity of Christian wor-
ship -
The people were seated in the early
days. says DIR. Ezra Hoyt Byington, in
his book on 1.-The Puritan In England
and New England" on rough benches,
men and women OIL opposite sides
Pe%s were not provided first. Now and
then special vote was passed by the
town authorizing some person to build
Il pew i'll the meeting house at his own
expense. Squares on the floor, about 6
feet by 6, were decided to individuals,
on which they erected pews to suit
themselves The best seat was some
times assigned to the man who paid the
highest tax i'll the parish. Sometimes
the committee was instructed "to
hare respect upon them that are 80
years old and upward. others to be
seated according their pay" In one i'll
stance we have Il record that tho com
mittee was instructed "to have respect
to age, office and estate, so far as it
tendeth to make IA man respectable, and
to everything else that hath tho same
tendency.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
Opened tho Wrong Door.

In letter to one of his children
Guizor tells how on his first visit to
Windsor he lost his way and opened
wrong door and beheld for moment q
lady baving her hair brushed The next
day the queen (for it was she) joked
him about it, and he says: ~ ended by
asking her leave, if ever wrote my
memoirs, like Sully or st. Simon, to
mention how, at midnight, opened
the door of the queen of England. She
lnughingly gave me the desired permits
sion. -
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14

pipes. They MAKE bowls and goblets of
it, but no pipes. 1t may be that tho
long pipestems which allow the smoke
10 cool and lose it's acridity before
reaching tho mouth leave tho oriental
smoker quite indifferent in regard to
the quality Of the bowl. AT all events,
one never sees Turk with 4 meer-
schaum pipe. DIES Etats Unis
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14

value OF about 200 rupees. While his
attention was drawn to something else
ms pet goat was slowly but surely max
ing meal Of the stamps This was not
discovered until the goat had swat
lowed some 90 rupees worth of stamps.
Immediately the goats life was de-
manded as penalty, and the stamps.
sIterward taken from its stomach. were
forwarded to tho commissioner.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
I" There Is a Tide
In the Affairs of Men

which, taken at its flood, leads on to
fortune"
There is time in buying FUEL when
you can lay in your winter supply to the
best advantage.
Now is the time. Catch it while
it flies, and so to 219 Salem ave-
nue., where you will find the belled teams
of w. X. ANDREWS & co. ready to
supply you with the best of coal and
wood nice and dry
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA sALvE.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfactionor money refunded. Price 25
cents per box. For sale at Massie's Phar-
macy, 100 Jefferson street. Roanoke.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
ON A CRIMINAL TRAIL
Hunting a Fugitive With Dogs
Is Exciting Work.
THE MUCH MALIGNED BLOODHOUND
Never Injuries His Victim Unless Attack
ed-Wonderful Sagacity of tho Pack
When on tho Trail-NIan Hunts More
Common Than In Slavery Days.

ed-Wonderful Sagacity of tho Pack
When on tho Trail-Man Hunts More
Common Than In Slavery Days.
Tho bloodhound has become the most
important momber of the police and detect
I've force III many parts of this country.
hlah hunts arc moro common thnn thoy
wero In slavery days and the terror which
the dogs have inspired among criminals in
the south is very great
The very namo of these dogs conjures
horrible pictures of relentless beasts pur-
SUNG victim until fatigue Weights him
down and then springing ut his throat and
tearing him to pieces.
IL Is very wrong Impression with little
TACT upon which to bnse it, but it will take
several decades to remove 1t. Still there
Is something dreadful In tho nero thought
OF men being tracked by dogs.
There arc n peculiar grandeur and an
intensely sage severity in tho head Of tho
aristocratic bloodhound. There Is a sug-
gcstion Of latent power and suppressed fe-
rocity about him. His calm dignity and
majestic, thoughtful mir show his ancient
breeding and lordly associations. His
wrinkied brow, his weary, mournful gaze
from deep SGT, bloodshot eyes, bcspcak years
and centuries of meditation.
He is as noble ana as wonderful us he
looks. You cannot imagine bloodhound
OF high breed attacking living creature
without proyocation. And this Is true of
him.
The true bloodhound never wantonly
tracks victim he has run down If the
man romans perfectly quiet, tho blood
hound Will let him alono, but If tho man
attempts to run on there is bound to DO
trouble. Even then tho bloodhound pre-
fers to brighten rather than injuro tho OBJ
Ject of the chase. Ho will make deal of
threatening before he will bito.
Very often it happens that tho blood
hound is attacked by tho trailcd ncn and
then tho animal becomes savage and
dreadful. His very mcin inspires terror,
and his sharp fangs, his powerful jaws,
and his red and angry eyes make him APP
pear ono of the most formidable of beasts
man hunt is very exciting thing. 1t
is called sport i'll some places. Very often
1T is dangerous, for tho criminal may he
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
BICYCLE FREE

Besides selling school books at lowest
prices, we give n ticket @ith each 10 cent
purchase. The customer returning MS
largest number Of tickets before january
will get that SO Crescent Bicycle in
our window. The Crescent wheel is
guaranteed by the Roanoke Cycle Com.
pany. GRAYATT'S FAIR.
No o Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14

The Norman English laws enacted
.hat leper had neither power to sue
IN any court nor to inherit property.
During his lifetime he was permitted
10 enjoy the usufruct of any property I'M
his possession at the time he was .foundI
guilty. SO to speak, of leprosy, but all
rights of disposition over it he lost.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
No Lovemaking by Teachers.

A Fayette county (Pn.) school board has
adopted this resolution: Teachers must
not make love while employed by the
board or during school hours The viola.
ton of this rule will be sufficient cause
for dismiasal"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
Those who believe chronic diarrhoea 10

Those who believe chronic diarrhoea 20
be incurable should read what Mr.. p. F..
Grisham, of Gasrs Mills. La. has to say
on the subject. viz: az have been n suffer
err from cal onic diarrhoea ever since the
war and have tried all kinds of medicines
for 1t. AT last I found remedy that
affected cure and that was Chamber
Inns Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea RENE
dy." This medicine can always be de-
pended upon for collie, cholera morbus
dysentery and diarrhoea. tits pleasant to
take and never fails to effect a cure. 25
and 90 cent sizes for sale by H. L. Barnes
"He puts up prescriptions"
Fresh oysters by the gallon, quart or
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14

been kepsror month in the light, and
THESE spots were particularly abundant
III those parts (antennm and claws)'
which had been accidentally lost aud
were i'll course of restoration. -
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14

The following has been recommended
as producing a cement which will fas-
ten glass or porcelain, etc., together
firmly and will not be affected by strong
acids: Mix together two parts of pow
dered asbestus, one part of barium sui
plate and two parts of sodium silicate of
specific gravity l.50. a still iirmer glue
can be made which is particularly valua-
BILE, since it is not attacked by hot acids,
by mixing together two parts of sodium
silicate, one part of the finest sand and
one part of finely pulverizcd asbestus
If potassium silicate is used instead of
the sodium salt, the glue will harden
immediately, but otherwise it will re-
quire about an hour to set -Exchange.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14

Fresh oysters by the gallon, quart or
pint at Catogni's restaurant.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-14
MONEY TO BURN.
They Burned 1t aud Later Wished They
Had Kept the Fuel.

Had Kept the Fuel.
When Burnside made his mud march
on to Fredericksburg, we men i'll the
advance had some gay times, remarked
u veteran of tho civil war. "It was
long while before the Johnnies would
let as cross the river, but when we did
get across VIC made the fellows who had
been shooting ut us for the past three
hours get right up and dust for safer
quarters. The infantry soon followed us
and took up their position along tho
river toward Falmouth, while we Skin
mished through the town. When we
came to the Planters hotel, we Just
walked i'll and took possession Every
body had deserted the place and we did
just as we pleased. In going through
one of the rooms l came across three
bundles of Confederate notes Each
bundle was labeled to contain SO, 600,
and as l held them aloft shouted to
the rest of tho men that we now had
money to burn. They laughed, and
thrust the notes in my pocket. The
Johnnies had taken or destroyed every
thing to eat, and, as for liquor, there
wasn't any in tho town.
Altei saIisl iilb OuTSelNeS InuG tner0
was nothing further to be had in tho
Planters hotel we sailed forth and
walked up toward the homo Of the
mother of our couDtry-George Wash
ington's mother. We had had no break
fast yet, and now it was close Oh to
noon. One of my companions had some
coffee i'll his haversack, so thought we
might have little coffee if nothing
else. Well, we got the coffee out and
then discovered that wo had no firewood.
There was some tall swearing just at
that time, for tho Johnnies hadn't left
go much as match behind them.
Two got itl' cried, and 1 hauled
out tho three bundles of notes I had
found in tho Planters hotel. My ex-
preston was greeted with shout by
my companions and-wo had money to
burn. We soon had the fire going and
the coffee cooked. Need say to any
soldier that we enjoyed our coffee at II
price which seems rather high-$l5,-
900? We were soon through and marched
back into the town only to sec our men
trying to buy some tobacco without
money. How strange it seemcdl They
had not n cent, while we had money to
burn and burned it,
Four years after l regretted having
had this money and burned it. While
i'll Washington i'll the winter of 1865
had tho modification of seeing an adj
vertisoment for this identical package
of notes and offering so per cent OH
their face value for their return. They
were Virginia state bank notes; hence
their value. Whenever hear that a
man has money to burn think of my
Sl5, 900 and shed tear of regret that
burned it. '=NeW York Tnlnoram
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-09-24
The Nations Honor

Joe Greene's popularity was established
beyond the scintlla of a doubt. last night
when Il large crowd attended the produc-
ton of THE Nations Honor" This is
one of Edward +. Roses best plays and
was written for the company and Mr.
Greene. 1t is much different from any of
the other pieces that have been produced
by this company this week. All parts
were well taken. Mr.. Greenc'S every ap-
pcarance being the signal for wild bursts
of applause. Heretofore we have in some
way neglected to mention the specialties
of Miss Richards. We don't know how
it happened. for she is one of the favor
ties with the audience. Her work is the
best. Clarence l.. Heath. a well-known
man of the stage. is treasurer and is with
the company. He has Travelled for MANY
years in Maine and is well known
throughout the State. Don't fail to see
the play, tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-09-24

A very pathetic case is that of Thomas
Clair of this town. 1t is said that years
ago he worked hard and carefully saved
all he could from his small earnings hop
ing to some day possess a home of his
own. He worked steadily year after year,
until at length he had accumulated
enough to purchase a small farm.
place was found that pleased him and he
purchased. believing that at last his
hopes were to be realized. All went we'll
for Il time, but he soon found that he had
been grievously wronged. The owner of
the land had no clear title and had sold
what ne did not own. The rightful own
crs took possession and Clair lost the
hard earnings of years He then declared
that he would never again speak to any
iivihg man, and he has kept his resolu-
tion. He will only speak in a whisper and
then in the fewest possible words, when
absolutely necessary. Constant broodinC
over ms misfortune unsettled his mind
and he is now a harmless lunatic Rut he
believes he still owns a certain farm and
spends hours i'm useless labor upon IT and