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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24
THE LEES LAST NIGHT.

a large crowd again witnessed the
mesmeric and hypnotic performance of
the Lees at the Academy last might. A
few minutes was given to Il preliminary
lecture. in which was shown the kinds of
ubjects-namely physical mental and
;ntermediate-that exist. WheH the
call was made fer volunteers thirty. five
or forty at once respOnded--some we'll
known business men and some Allegheny
students as we'll as others. Mr.. Lee
then stepped to the front and announced
that two gentlemen mad been expressing
themselves on the street as not believing
in mesmerism and that he would he glad
if they would come up. Mr.. Andrews
and Mr.. Johnson at once walked up ON
the stage. Then began Il presentation of
some irresistibly funny scenes. far sur
passing Monday night in point of interest
and eutertainm ent. The subjects danced,
sang. sneezed, laughed, posed in n most
reckless fashion. The serenading scene
was good, in which byooms were used for
instruments and all played and joined in
the chorus in true serenade fashion
The change of expression when aroused
was wonderful A man was plac ed in a
cataleptic state and big rock which
took four me n to raise was placed on his
breast as he rested on two chairs, one for
his head, the other for his feet \ black
smith from the audience then brought
down nine pound sledge hammer with
full force several times on the rock. Sew
eral other amusing things were enacted
which kept the large udence in con
tinued roar of laughter. The boat scene
was one of the funniest. The way those
fellows did bail the water out dodge the
boom and finally al. jump out and swim
for the shore was truly remarkable. A
different programme is rendered nightly.
Tonight several new features will be
introduced
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24
HANNA EXITING L1BERAI.

New York. Nov. 23-In coal circles in
this city it is said that Marx A. Hanna
ard other coal operators in Ohio have de-
cided TO advance the wages OF their min
ers ID per cent, beginning December / .
This advance is expected to be followed
by other operators.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24
Big Cloak Values.

Finer ones, of course, and
plenty of them; but for good
wearing medium-priced gar
ments these are bonanzas.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24
COrsets.

Ladies, please take notice
that we have just added to our
big Corset stock a line Of the
celebrated
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24

Norfolk shell oysters, not opened, .
cents each, at CATOGNrS.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24
P. D. Corseis.

They need no talk. Ladies
10 wear p. d. Corsets will
we no other.
Prices, 81. SO, 50, 50. so and
y
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24

GET ONE of our 81. 80 manufacturers
sample colored cheviJt suits You'll say
that you paid $40 bill for same suit
elsewhere not long ago. r. SCHILLER,
2S Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24
MARKET HOURS.

The city market will he closed to- day
at IL O'Clock, the rsual hour. 1t will be
closed all dizzy tomorrow, Thanksgiving
Day.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24
THANKSGIVING SUPPER.

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the b. of L.
f. will hold meat and oyster supper
Thanksgiving evening ut p. III. in the
Railroad Y. NJ. C. A. The ladies' have
done and are still doing "A noble work and
deserve the cordial patronage of the pub
lie in their efforts to raise money.
A SPECIAL OFFER TO ALL WHO
WILL ENTER THE BUSINESS COL
LEGE BEFORE JANUARY /, 1888.
MAKE INQUIRIES.
Husbands who would please their
wives should buy only HYGIENE PAT
ENT FLOUR, made from the cream of
Virginia wheat.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24

Go to the Radford Steam Laundry for
the
Famous
Flexible
Finish
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-24
/; CHICAGO PRODUCE MARkET.
112 Jefferson street.

Chicago, Nov. 23.-The leading flu.
lures ranged as follows:
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
Unique Marriage Ceremony.

Judge Reuben S. SaffoId of Madi-
son, Ga, is being kept so busy marry.
ing couples from the surrounding
neighborhood that his business on
the bench is delayed. This is the
result Of the adoption by him of a
new marriage ceremony a few weeks
ago, by which he has won so much
prominence that the country folks,
and especially colored people, look
upon him as the only man in the
state competent to join them TO-
gether. A young colored couple
came to his house one evening when
he was slipping mint juleps with
some friends of his on his broad
front porch and asked him to marry
them. lie went through the usual
ceremony, and raising both hands
said impresslvely: "By the author.
ity vested in me as an officer of the
state of Georgia, which is sometimes
called the Empire state of the sonth:
by the fields OF cotton that lie spread
about in snowy whiteness around us;
by the howl Of the coon dog, and
gourd vine whose cIinging tendrils
will shade the entrance to your hum
BILE dwelling place; by the red and
luscious heart of the watermelon,
whose sweetness fills the heart with
joy; by the heavens and earth, in
the presence of these witnesses, /
pronounce you man and wife,
Since then the class of pepole in
that section of the state who marry
often do not believe that any cere-
mony will hold good unless perform
ed by Judge Satfold.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
He Was Badly Mixed,

"You must be on your good behavior this
evening, George, for the minister is to take
dinner with u.s. said Hyattsville lady to
her worser half, as he got home from his Of
fee in the city last Thursday, says the Bristol
Courier:
"What have you for dinner?" inquired the
husband.
"Well,. 1 know he is fond Of fish, so
bought quite string Of small river fish and
several large ones from the DAM
"I'm not much at doing the honors when
we have a minister at the table," said George;
"but guess we can get through with it all
right"
Half an hour later they were seated at the
table and a blessing had been asked by the
minister. A little nervously the head of the
house began dishing out the vegetables, and,
turning to the guest, said:
"Will you have some of the little river fish
or would you prefer some of the dam big
fish?'
The warning kick from under the table
from his wife was unnecessary. He knew he
had blund cred, and cold beads of perspra-
ton started out on his forehead
"Ob, mean,"-trying to repair the error
"wll you try some of the dam river fish Oh
some of the big fsh?'
Worse and more it! His daughter slyly
pulled his coat tail TO bring him to his senses.
"That is, would you like some of tine river
fish or some of the other dam fish,"
"The deep carnation spreading over the
good ladys face didn't mend matters bit
and with gasp he plunged once more:
"Ahem! Which of the dam fish do you
prefer, anyhow"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
Vol. IL.

portant issues of the campaign is
nearing settlement, and hardly any
noticeable Improvement of the
wretched times is manifest. The
tide will soon set in strongly against
the republican party unless the de-
preston in business is altered.
Idleness and want breed a bitter
discomfort which will never be over.
come until there are ample employ
ments, The foes America has to
fear are not the sullen, savage
Turks, nor the insurrectionists OF
Cuba, nor the territory-grasping
British, but they are our own pa
tient and heart-tired people-ou1
own suffering, much-promisod peo
ple-who, betrayed and disheart.
ened, no longer have faith IN their
party, and will turn to any leader
ships that offer promise Of better
times, believing that worse times
can never come than those now ex'
isting."
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
Uncle Peters Recipes.

1. To keep your feet dry on rainy days
Stand on your head.
2. The best way to mind baby: Do every
thing he tells you to.
g. The safes way to gather chestnuts
Take pair Of scissors and cut them out OF The
comic papers.
A. How to get soda wafer or candy fol
nothing: Persuade somebody else to buy il
for you.
S. How to make dollar go a long ways
Put it in an envelope addressed to somebody
in the Sandwich Islands, and mail 1t.
g. How to 60 west at no expense what
ever Turn your back on the East and walk
straight ahead.
=. TO avoid summerine, whispering ant
impudenrei Don't talk
3. To avoid swallowing watermelon seed
and cherry slonea Eat no fruit but bananas
Or apples.
9. TO learn to dance In one lesson. Wall
on the hot sand at The seashore at midday Il
midsummer barelooled.
10. The sarest method Of remembering
dateS Fix them firmly in your mind, an'
don't forget them.
Al children following these rules, whiel
are the result Of many years Of sapeiienee ol
Unite Peters part, will Gad thai llsy can &c
eempIish The special objects lor shieh ih
rules arc made wllhoui any added efoIt.-
llApel'A lafaE
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

The right Of the sugar trust to
aid in buying elections and, by
consequence, legislation to fill its
pockets, having been formally es-
tablished by judicial decision, what
should congress do about it? asks
the New York Journal.
This congress will do nothing,
1t is dominated by the party which
has behind it all the trusts, the unit
ed power of the predatory and priv
ilege seeking wealth Of the whole
country. This congress and this
administration cannot turn upon
the trusts without being in migrate
full rebellion against their creator.
We're the senate clean, and pos
sessed Of the sensitivesness that
goes with cleanness, there would be
now not one vote for any bill pro
viding the smallest favor for this
trust which has brought the senate
into suspicion and humiliation. In
selt-defence an upright senate would
kick the sugar trust from the enjoy
ment Of any tariff privilege, and so
prove to the country that the senate
is above either purchase or intimi-
dation by a moneyed combination
which is believed to have among its
assets as many senator's as it cares
to own.
But if Mr.. lLavemeyer's senate
and Mr.. Reeds house ofrepresenta-
tives are content to exist and act
under the orders Of the sugar trust,
the American people are not. Time
moves, and there will be a congress,
and an administration winch Will
deal with the sugar trust, and all the
rest of these associations for plum
der. as they should be dealt with,
A tariff which protects trusts is
necessarily tariff that subjects the
public to piIlage, and makes lnevi-
table the appearance in Washington
of scoundrels to ocorrupt and scoun-
drels willing to be corrupted.
Republican ascendance means
government by the trusts-govern-
ment by such men as Havemeyer
and Searles, who ought to be in Jail.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
UNION RIDGE.

Farmers are busy plowing corn.
Will Yourt went to Frederick
town Sunday to see his grandfather,
r. e. Kelley, who is very sick of
cancer.
E. e. Barks delivered an address
to the Sunday school children Sun
day.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Yount has been very sick the
past week.
Prof. Frank Burcham came home
from Fredericktown last week;
will return Monday.
r.. F. Teeters went to Jackson
to the picnic Saturday. He reports
a good time.
Charles Johnson captured a fine
string Of fish out of our creek the
other night.
Mrs. Susan Shrum spent last
week the guest of her niece, Mrs.
J. I'll. Yount.
Max Schneider was turning hay
over in our neighborhood last week
Marshall Johnson came up from
the Cape to see old friends Satur
day.
Clarence, be braye and 60 all the
way. Lille won't let the dog bite
you.
Miss Marie Carr spent Friday
with her cousin, 3. +. Teeters.
We are sorry to say that little
baby Turner is no better of the
whooping cough.
Miss Erma Petty visited Miss
Marie Carr Sunday.
Everybody enjoyed the delight
full shower that fell Sunday; the
world seems brighter and better
by 1t.
Mrs. Susan Shrum visited her
cousin, Mrs. AngeIine Critics, while
she was in our neighborhood.
Rev. W. A. Davault has been
chosen to address the children on
the I'd Sunday in June. lie being
a good speaker and former teach
err of the children at tho Ridge, all
expect to have an enjoyable day.
Mrs. Liza Newel's children have
the whooping cough.
Mesdames J. III. Yount, Malinda
Baker and Susan Shrum visited
Mrs. II. j, Turner last week,
Mrs. Isham Teeters remains
about the same with her paraletic
stroke,
The spacious armament on high
shall be their house. Having been
ruled out OF the M. II. church house
vt Cedar Fork q Congregations
Methodist church class will be or
ganizedat @. M. Johnson's spring
on Saturday, June IL, at . O'Clock
Everybody remember tho piece ant
be sure and come,
| 1'oop AND TopO.
1
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
Our Correspondents.
PATTON.
Health is very good.

Health is very good.
Our town is still improving.
John L. Grindstaff is repairing
his blacksmith shop.
William Hicks has just opened
up large stock of furniture in our
town and is ready to offer you al
most any thing in the furniture
line so cheap that you can't help
from buying.
George Limbaugh has moved in
his new store and is now ready to
sell goods cheaper than ever.
Wheat harvest will be on in about
two weeks, a little later than usual
and not so good, for there will not
be more than half crop harvested
At W. J. Winfeld's is the place
to buy your new harness or have
your old one repaired.
John Minch was arraigned before
Esq. Bollinger the other day on a
change of venue from Esq Biffle's
court in Crooked creek township
and tried for common assault upon
the person of Silas Green. The
jury returned q verdict of guilty
with the usual fine. Mr.. Minch ap
pealed his case to the circuit court
Our assessor, J. D. Hahn, is now
assessing in his own township. He
says he is getting along fine and
thinks he will like the business.
Crops are making very slow
progress toward growing on &C
count of the cool weather.
PATToNITE.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

The pope has just completed a
Latin poem ofeighty stanzas, point
ing out the beauties Of frugality
and the evils of giuttony. The
poem is filled with charm and quiet
humor.
His holiness says pay attention
before all to cleanliness; that the
table appointment be spotIess, the
glass bright, the napery immaculate
and that from the cellar Genes the
purest wine of the Albanian Hills,
(which exhilarates the spirits and
keeps away trouble; but don't trust
Bacchus, so don't be frugal in di-
luting wine with water" He con-
tInuos:
"Obtain from healthy grain we'll
cooked bread. Eat sparingy of
chickens, lamb and beef, which
are most nourishing to the body.
Meat should be tender and with
out abundant sauces or root vegeta-
bles, which spoils it.
"Fresh eggs are excellent, wheth-
erraw or slightly cook ed. Drink an
abundant quantity of foaming milk;
it nourishes infants and assists old
age. Also honey, that celestial
gift. But, of this, use frugaljy.
"Add to these sweet herbs, fresh
vegetables and garden supplies.
Add ripe fruits according to season,
especially tender apples, when,
with the pink tints, brighten the
banquet.
"Lastly comes q drink which, IN
hard seeds, Mocha sends you, a
softly slipping black liquor that
comforts the heart"
The pope adds that by following
these precepts man may live a
healthy, strong and good old age,
The second part of the poem con.
sists in graphic description of a
banquet, which is largely composed
Of oysters, high spiced venison
foie gras, etc, cat the end of which
there is sometimes strife and con
tention and almost always bodily
disorders"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
Two Queer Worlds,

The careful observations recent.
ly made by Prof. Percival Lowell
Of Harvard at Tecubaya in Mexico,
prove almost conclusively in the
minds of astronomers that no hui
man life can exist on Venus or Mer-
curry, or, if there are people there,
they must be altogether different
from those of the earth and those
who are now believed to inhabit
Mars. 1t has been demonstrated
that these planets rotate only once
in the full course of the orbltal rev.
olution around the sun, says the
New York Journal.
The faces which those planets
thus turn toward the sun enjoy per.
petual dag while the farther sides
are wrapped in endless night.
These planets have, therefore, in.
tense heat on one side and intense
cold on the other.
On one side Venus is always
glowing in the light of the sun
Night or darkness are there un-
known. A heat far greater than
any known on this earth prevails
over this half of the planet.
On the other side there is per
petual night. No sun ever shines
there. The'place is covered with ice
and snow, and vegetation is un
known.
The same conditions prevail or
Mercury. II ~, therefore, apparent
that If thero are human beings upon
those planets they must bo either
n hardened kind of Esquimos OF
voritablo salamanders. Prof Lowe
does not say what Is the nature oi
tho neutral zone that intervenes be
tween the dark aud the light sides
Of those planets.
The presumption Is that here
along the edge, there must be d
territory Of some thousands ofmilel
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
GLEN ALLEN.

have gathered u small batch of
locals for your valuable paper.
John Henry Hawn has been very
sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Belchamber have a
very sick child.
We had a glorious rain Sunday
night and the farmers are all happy
as a consequence.
Our blacksmith, Jesse Grader, is
hustler. His old house didn't suit
him, so he got up early one morning
and tore it away and had new one
ready to occupy by night. Fact.
and can prove it.
lam sorry to learn that our res,
ident physician, DR.. Berry, whom
we all have known from his boy
hood, and are ready to trust i'm,
plicitly, is thinking Of leaving oul
town for a awhile, on account of his
health.
Frank Sans of st. Louis is 7lsi
ting his aunt, Mrs. Avery thinner
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Zimmerman
have q sick child.
Rev. Mr.. Pinnell filed the pulpit
here Sunday and I thought was go
INC to Eli the whole house.
Miss Mamie Zimmerman, after 9
weeks rest, has started up hel
school again.
The young people of our towr
pass their afternoons with the balls
and mallets, in game they cal
croquet-or coquette.
Am sorry news happenings are
so scarce. Maybe | will be luckiel
next week. ToPsY.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10
OUR NEIGHBORS.

Cash Book: There will be Fourth
of July picnic ON the old Stephens
May field place, three miles and a.
half from Millerville and near
Kurreville. They are fixing to
have a good time. The ground is a
beautiful place and all who go will
have nice time.
Judge Joseph Medley met with
serious accident last Sunday morn
ing at his home three miles south
east of town. He fell from the por-
tico to the ground, distance of
about eighteen feet. He was un-
conscious when he was taken up,
and remained SO for some hours.
The Judge was slowly convalescing
after an illness that confined him to
his bed for about year He was
very badly hurt and in his already
weak condition the injury will
probably 60 hard with him, We
understand the Judge had rented
!
his farm and was contemplating
moving to Jackson.
Dunklin Democrat: There was
wisdom in the appointment of DR..
J. N. Holmes, of Piedmont, and
Frank R. O'Neil, of st. Louis, mem
bers of the board of managers Of
the state school for the blind at
st. Louis. There are no better
men.
A railroad. part of the Houck
system, is to be built fl ON Morley,
Scott county, to Morehouse, on the
G. A. 7. road, in New Madrid
county. The company was incor-
porated last week, capital stock
$3.50, 900. L. r. Houcl, E. F.
Blomeyer and others are the inCor-
porators. At Morley the new road
will connect with the Houck road
that runs to Commerce.
George Haun, aged l9, died at
the home of his sister, Mrs. James
Henson, in Kennett, Tuesday NOR
ming, from blood poisoning, caused
by the bite of some insect, supposed
to have been mosquito.
Jackson Comet: Mrs. W. F.
Kinder Of Marble Hill visited her
daughter, Mrs. DR.. Cannon, this
week. She was accompanied by
her son Thurman.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

world and are largely drawn upon
by breeders in other states and
countries.
Its live stock is enumerated and
assessed as follows: Horses, 919,,
600 head, value $7,000,0O0; cows,
$4,000 head value $17,000,000
other cattle, 1,686,OOO head, value
$32,000,000; sheep, 775,OO0 head
value 81 ,475,000; swine, $4,000
head, value $l2,363,OOO; or a total
assessed valuation Of $69,700,000
which is probably about half the
real value.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

We understand first class row
is ON in Cape Girardeau populist
circles. Some time ago Scott Wilk-
inson turned his Comet newspaper
over to John II. Russell. The lat
ter, it seems, outshone the Comet
so easily in every particular thai
Scott cot "that tired feeling" and
in RusselPs absence, deposed hin
and mounted another man in the
editorial and managerial chair
Now we have it, on good author
ity, that Russell has instituted
$4,000 damage suit and the wal
promises to be quite a merry ane
interesting affair.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-10

RESOURCES OF rISSOURI.
Some Interesting Figures Compiled
Regarding Its Wealth.

In 1896 Missouri produced 200,-
100000 bushels Of corn, 100000
bushels Of wheat, 100000 bushels
Of oats, 3,5OO,000 tons of hay, H.
100000 pounds Of cotton, 100000
pounds Of tobacco, 100000 bushels
Of flaxseed and 5000, 900 bushels Of
potatoes, says the Corn Belt.
The estimated annual value of
its fruit crop is: Apples $lO,0O0,-
600; strawberries, $500,000; grapes,
$l,O00,0OO; raspberries, blackber-
rios, peaches, plums and other fruit,
ST., 100000 or a total of ofS12,500,O00.
The dairy business Of the state,
exclusive of the investments of the
farmers and of their products, and
including only the creameries and
dairies that have made report, re-
quires for its support the products
of 10000 acres Of land, valued at
$4,OO0,000; it has 100000 invested
in dairy buildings, owns 10000
cows valued at 100000, and annual
ly produces for market 100000
pounds Of butter, 100000 pounds Of
cheese and 100000 gallons of
milk, total investment of over $5,.
100000, making gross annual re-
turn in dairy products of 81 100000.
A review Of the agricultural con-
dltions and the productions of Mis-
souri, indicates the limited pos
sibilities of the state. 1t has an
area OF 44,0O0,000 acres; the largest
iron mountain in the world; twenty
counties with an unlimited supply
OF iron; $4,000 square miles of coal
area and an annual output of 3,000,.
600 tons; lead mines operated in
twenty-six counties, the most pro.
ductive single mine in America and
o total annual production of 61,0O0
tons of pig lead. II also leads in
zinc production, with an annual
output of l3l 900 tons. 1t has OK.
tensive quarries of red and gray
granite, red, gray, cream colored
and notified marble, onyx, lime.
stone and sandstone.
1t has the largest stock.leedinp
farm, producing It's own grain; the
largest nursery, the largest orchard
and the largest jack breeding nnd
importing establishment In th,
world.
Among breeds Of live stock ID
improved hogs, cattle, sheep, horses
and mules are winners IN eompetI
ton With the BEST animals IN ths