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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-11-08

Red bricks, per M.
Portland cement, per Dbl. of 400 lbs.
California lime, per Dbl.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
FREE TO EVERY MAN.
THE METHOD OF A GREAT TREAT.
MENT FOR WEAKNESS OF MEN.
WHICH CURED HIM AFTER EVERY
THING ELSE FAILED.

Painful diseases are bad enough. but
when man is slowly wasting away with
nervous weakness, the mental iOrebod-
ingS are ten times worse than the most
severe pain. There is no let up TO the
mental sufferingS day or night. Sleep
is almost impossible and under such a
strain men are scarcely RESPONSE bic for
what they do. For years the writer
rolled and tossed on the troubled sea
ton whether he had not better take a
dose of poison and thus end all his trou-
bles But providental inspiration came
to his aid in the shape of d combination
of medicines that not only completely
restored the general health, but enlarged
his weak, emaciated parts to natural
SIZE and vigOr, ana he now declares that
any man who will take the trouble to
send his name and address may have the
method Of this wonderful treatment free.
Now when L say free | mean absolutely
ened man to get the benefit of my eXpe-
rience.
1 am not philanthrooist. nor do I
pose as an en- lusiast, but there are
thousands of men suffering the mental
fortunes OF weakened manhood who
would be cured at once could they but
get such a remedy as the one that cured
me. Do not try to study out how 1 can
afford to pay the few postage stamps
necessary to mail the information, but
send for it, and learn that there are a
few things on earth that although they
cost nothing to get they are worth a
time of happiness to most of us. Write
TO Thomas Slater. Box 1925, Kalamazoo.
Mich. and the information VIII be mailed
in a plain sealed envelope.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
FACTS ABOUT BUTTONS.
No Buttons Were Made Here Until
1913, and Some Cost 500 Each.

Everybody is aware of the button
craze now sweeping over the country
but few know that buttons are a COM
paratively modern invention. This is
the age of buttons, says the New
York Journal.
We are slaves of buttons. Buttons
of high and low degree, ornamental
buttons, useful buttons, campaign but
tons, bicycle buttons. club buttons,
official buttons, military buttons, navy
buttons, policemen's buttons, fire
mems buttons, all kinds of buttons,
not forgetting the evasive elusive col
lar button, furnish proof of the as
sertion.
The people of the United States I'M
button 1,400, 100000 buttons every night,
when they get ready to go to bed,
and the next morning they rebutton
the same 100000, 900, unless a few mil
lion have been lost in the struggle.
Then other millions of buttons must
be sewed On.
In the fourteenth century there were
tuttOnS-but no Northumberland there
wasn't button factory in England
until the close of the seventeenth CEN
fury. This button was purely orna-
mental, for, lacking a buttonhole, it
couldn't make itself useful, and the
question arises, how our ancestors
managed TO keep respectfully covered.
OF course, when a knight appeared
in mail, there could have been no ap-
prehension as to the stability of his
covering, for it was riveted on, but
how did a Highlander keep his kits
in place? Was it firmly skewered
with a bog-thorn for a safety pin?
The Romans were circumspect in this
regard. Yards and yards of material
employed in their togas We're wrapped
and entwined about the wearers.
Two hundred years ago there We're
not as many buttons in the whole
world as one will find today in the
smallest notion store. Each one
of these buttons was made by hand.
1t was not until 1745 that any con-
siderable mandatory was estab-
lished. In that year the famous Soho
works were opened at Birmingham,
England, where steel buttons were
made of such beauty and finish as to
command a price of $500 a gross or So
each.
On the accession of George III gilt
buttons became fashionable, and the
price varied from a few shillings a
dozen to 800 apiece. depending on the
character of the work and the depth
of the purchasers pocket
The first button factory in the United
States was established in 1S4S.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
WANTED EPIGRAMS.
His Cook Couldn't Make Them, So
He Was Discharged.

The story is told, says the Youth S
Companion. that a certain Spectator,
exceedingly unlearned. took a fancy 20
the entertainment of literary people
when he had made his fortune and set
up a house: and of course he wished to
have and do all the fine things that other
rich men had and did. After dinner one
day one of his literary guests CHANGED
L dined at X. the poets, the other
night, and he gave US a capital eDigram
at dessert"
The-speculator was Illuminated. He had
no epigrams. After his guests were gone
he called his cook.
Didn't l give you carty blanchy for
this dinner?" he demanded.
Yes. sir: you did, sir" said the cook
and didn't [ tell you to have every
thing that anybody hau?''
Yes. sir; you did sir.
''Yesi Well. now, it seems that at X S
they have epigrams for dessert, and good
ones. too. and folks miss EN- when they
come here. Now / want to know if you
don't know how to cook epigrams?"
The unfortunate cook was compelled TO
acknowledge that he could not cook cpl
grams, and was discharged on the spot.
The present ameer of Afghanistan is
Abdur Rahman Khan. who assembled the
throne in 1880. 1t is little known fact
that Afghanistan once had a Greek
emperor. it being comprised within the
limits of the territory conquered by
Alexander the Great.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

lives; in the Metropolis, from Philadel-
phia for Para, Brazil, wrecked in 1878,
200 lives; in the Naronic, lost in the
Atlantic in 1898, 20 lives; in the Pacific,
Collins liner, bound from Liverpool TO
New York in 1856. 1856 lives; in the
Pomerania of the Hamburg line, sunk
off Dover in 1873, SO lives; in the
Schiller, bound for New York, lost off
the Scilly Islands in 1875, 300 lives in
the Geiser, run down by the Thing
valla in 1888 off Sable Island, 105 lives;
in the Sud-Amerika, sunk in collision
off the Canary Islands in SSS, los lives
in the Vile du Havre, sunk in collision
between Havre and New York in 1873.
226 lives. Just year ago the North
German Lloyd liner Elbe went down
after collision with a collier, the loss of
life amounting to 300 souls
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

5W lTH GOLDEN LOCKS BY ME-
~ ALL THE WORLD is GLAD
WHEN DARK EYES HAS LEFT NE
EVEN JOY IS SAD
Do SOLVE THE RIDDLE FoP NE.
Oh. SPHINx-LlkE FATE
WHICH WOULD PROVE THE SUPEST
FOR A LIFE. TINE NATE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

Hi LUE EYES oR. Brown EYES,
s@ WHICH SHALL IT BE
ADO Re BOTH AND THEY
BOTH ADORE ME
WHIcH ONE SHALL WED ME-,
WHICH ONE SHALL HATE
MUST PUT THE QUESTION
TONIGHT WHILE WE SKATE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

The house of Bourbon furnished kings
to France, Spain and Naples and
sovereign dukes to Parma. At one time
it was said that the humblest member of
this royal family was more influential
than prince of any other.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

The present king of Servia, Alexander
l.. was elevated to the throne in the place
of his desreputable father. in 1889 He
was born in 1876, and is now a sturdy
youth, who. il is said, gives promise of
being as disreputable as eX-King Milan
ever was
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
MAY AMEND THE RULES =

Washington, April 2l.-The Senate has
referred to committee IN rules, by a vote
of w TO "a, the proposition to change the
rules of the Senate so as to limit debates.
Senator Hoar moved to discharge the
committee Oh rules from consideration. of
the motion to change the rules, and on
objection by Senator German the matter
went over till to morrow. The Senate
adopted the Cullom resolution asking for
Information from the Treasury Depart
ment as to whether the present tax on
distilled spirits occasion n legitimate die.
tlllation and decreases revenue. al! ref
erence TO alcohol used in the arts was
omitted
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
y BIG CASE DECIDED.
The Government Wins the Hat-Trimming
Controversy.

Philadelphia, April 21,-The famous
hat-trimming case, which indirectly in
vol wolves between $50, 100000 .and $4,000
700, and which has been postponed from
time to time in the last three years, was
decided in favor of the government by IL
jury in the United States circuit court
this afternoon.
The suit was brought as test case Nv
Meyer Sc Dickinson importers. who
sought to recover from the Government u
difference OF 30 per cent. in customs la
ties. The firms contention was that the
Imports in question consisted solely of
hat trimmings, on which the duty under
the Mckinley tariff act was only 90 per
cent, but the federal officials maintained
that the merchandise was used chiefly for
dresses and dress trimmings, and that
the duty of 90 per cent. levied by the
government was proper.
Meyer & Dickinson were ncminally the
plaintiffs, but there are hundreds of big
importing firms throughout the country
who are interested in the outcome of the
suit and who were instrumental in secur.
ing the best obtainable counsel for their
side.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
KELLEY cONFESSES.
He Gives His Reasons for Killing
Cashier Stickney.

Boston, April 21.-A special to the
journal from Montreal..says that Joseph
q. Kelley confessed the murder of Cashier
Stickney, at Somersworth, n. Fl. He adj
niits that he committed both the murder
and the robbery and says he had no ac-
complete. He vehemently insisted, how
ever, that he had no Intention of killing
the cashier, but that he had to do it be-
cause the old gentleman recognized him.
After telling Mr.. Stickney with bio MS
on the head, when the cashier showed
signs of regaining consciousness, Ee
slashed him with knife.
Kelley sent for Detective Cole and asked
him II he did not think it would be bet
ter for him to tell what he knew. Cole
naturally encouraged him to do So Then
Kelley sent for Chief Carpenter and made
a confession TO him to the effect that he
alone &C committed the murder, and that he
had hidden the remainder of the money
Mt place which is not far from ST. JUS
tine de Newton.
In talking to Cole and some OF the
other detectives, Kelley told Il great many
strange incidents about his trip. Among
other things he intimateh that he had
stolen the clothes with which he was dis
guised from An old woman who he had
met at ST. Justine de Newton.
at the Aggie House in Nc ntreal, Kelley
said that he was u man out for n lark.
The woman suspected Kelley and tele.
phoned for police. When he left the
house in charge of an officer, he said:
We'll, good bye, girls; the next time you
hear of me it will be ut the end of n
rope, and laughingly made n sign which
meant That he was going to be hanged.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
SKIFFS TO
THE RESCUE.
An Appeal From Biggs Says People
Are Drowning.
AT BAYoN vIDEL A NUMBER OF.
PEOPLE ARE SAID TO HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE RAG
ING FLooDs-THE WORK or RE-
LIEF is PROCEEDING UNDER
MANY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ARE ORDERLY.

Natchez, Miss, April 21.--A terrible
tale of woe comes from Bayou Videl in
the lower portion of Madison Parish.
The water from the Bisgs crevasse caught.
the people there unprepared and Hna,var
OF danger. Word was sent out from that
locality requesting that boats be sent
at oDce, as the people were drowning.
How many actually drowned is unknown.
boats have been sent to the fnted locality.
Vicksburg, Miss. April 21.-Thanks to
the prompt dispatching OF the steamer
Nidette with skifs to the country back
OF Coon's Landing, it is believed that all
persons IN danger will be relieved in
time. The Florence, returning from there
sails morning, reported no cases of drpSn-
ing In the back country. Large skiffs
were taken by the Eidette ami these can
be put over the levees and used TO help
people in the interior. No more breaks
are reported, and the levees north of this
place, for which some uneasiness has been.
felt, are so so secure. This : insuress
the security of East Carroll and the north
half of Madison Parish.
The work of relief is proceeding under
difficulties, the applicants being so nu-
merous that it is II task to systematize
the matter. 1t is really impossible to say
how many persons are in need, but esti-
mates run rs high as $4,000. That all
available resources will be severely
strained to care for them is quite evident.
Lieut. Crowley, the government officer
charged with the distribution of rations.
made large shipments to day to points ON
the Mississippi, Yazoo, and Suniower
reserves.
The outlook is rather more cheerful in
other respects, every one feeling eneour-
aged by the decline at Cairo. The water
here is consequently stationary. In rec
ognition of the vast flood in the delta
many expect IL slight rise here. The de-
cline is as yet some weeks away, but con-
fidence is entertained that the water will
recede In time to make n crop in the.
larger part of the delta, though, perhaps,
not in the lower.
The city continues crowded with refu-
gees. In fact, they are arriving all the,
time. They are most tractable, orderly
people, giving the. police no trouble, and
their presence is consequently no burden.
Fears are entertained that n continuation
OF the high water will greatly demoralize
tho labor system of the low. lands, but
such has not been the case in the past,
anu the coOest-headed persons think that
all will lie we'll when the water recedes-
Advices from Davis Island, where n
great many negroes are remaining, say
that the prospect OF making n crop there
Is very unceI tain.
The Queen and Crescent officials to-
night report that Tallulun. La. the car
ltal of Madison Parish is Hooded by
Biggs crevasse, though not deeply.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
UNDUE INFLUENCE CHARGED.
Ci"ars Distributed to Jurors the Ground
for u New TRIAL

Lynchburg, April 21.-Judge Simon
ton, OF the United States circuit court.
mas had entered of record his opinion
granting new trial in the case OF +. NJ.
Ihreadgill VS.. the United States Express
Company. In the original trial the Jury
rendered II verdict in favor of Threadpiil
tor about $50, OO0 The express company
petitioned for new trial on the ground
That Thrcadgill had exercised undue in
nuence on members OF the jury by treat
ing them each to box of cigars during
che progress of the trial
The suit grew out Of large transactions
IN shipments of cigars, and Judge Simon
ton, while eNonorating Threadeill from
any attempt to corrupt the jury, held
that the jurors, by smoking the cigars,
were enabled to ascertain their quslity
ana character result which, by the
ruling of the court, the plaintiff, Thread.
gill, was unable to accomplish by the in
PRODUCTION of ties timony ut the trinl
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
Ladies'
TARIFF HAS RIGHT OF WAY.

Washington, April 21.-After the
House adjourned this afternoon Speaker
Reed was waited on by delegation from
the executive council OF the American
Federation of Labor, who presented Il
memorial asking speedy enactment of
legislation in the interest of the working
men or the United States, and especially
looking to the enforcement of the eight.
hour law: MIR. Reel told the delegation
that until the tariff bill was out of the
way no legislation of general character
would be attempted.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
GLASSES SMASHED IN ms EYEs.
Peculiar Death of w. L. Joseph at Mont
gOmeIY. Ala

Peculiar Death of w. L. Joseph at Mont.
gomery. Ala.
Montgomery, Ala, April Civ. +.
Joseph. OF this city, u prominent insur.
ance man and real estate owner, was
Killed last night under peculiar circum-
stances. Inc State Underwriters Asso-
clatlon, Of which Joseph was president.
met here last Friday, and concluded its
session with banquet After the festiv-
tiles Joseph and several visiting insur-
ance friends took ride in u car. On the
same car was Malcolm Hall, n Young
Dookkeeper, his bride of n month, and
two other ladies. The insurance men.
being in convlvial mood, are said to have
used some profanity
Mr.. Hall, knowing Captain Joseph,
touched him On the shoulder and remind
Ell him that there vera ladies on the car.
some member of the party replied with
an oath and the convivial conversation
continued. The next morning Hall swore
OUT warrant charging Joseph with
swearing In the presence of females. The
case was heard thar afternoon and Joseph
was iined. AS he left the courthouse he
Is said to bave cursed Hall, who struck
nm heavily with his. fist, smashing To-
sephs glasses into his eyes. Joseph fell
anu Was carried home. The blow brought
on paralysis. to which Joseph was sub.
Ject, and ne died ct IL O'Clock. He was
enc oil the most prominent business men
OF the city and was greatly liked. Hall
has not been arrested
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
y WONDERFUL ADVANCE.

Chicago, Ills, April 21.-Dr. Frederick
Bedell, of Cornell University, Tonight
explained to the students of the Armour
Institute the joint invention of DR.. C. A.
Crehore, assistant professor of physics at
Dartmouth College, and Lieut.. G. O..
Squier, heal of the department of cleo.
tricity at the artillery school, Fortress
Monroe, Va, known as "the synchrono-
graph" by means of which six thousand
words pei minute can be sent over one
wire with an alternating current.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
VERBAL CONTRACT VALID.
Lower Court Sustained in the Case of
Rosenbaum vs.. Seddon

Richmond, Va, April 2l.-The SUI.
preme court closed it's session here yes.
terday and adjourned to meet in Wythe-
vile June s.
The most interesting case in which an
opionf0n was handed down was that of
Rosenbaum,s executors against Seldom
which involved about $40, 600, and grew.
out OF verbal contract for the sale of a
big block of railroad stock. In March
1855, Messrs. Rosenbaum and Seldom.
with a party of other Richmond gentle
man, were on the train en- route to New
York, when the future value of Rich
mond and Danville stock was being dis
cussed.
An agreement was reached and n MEM
orandum made with pencil by one of the
gentlemen present by which Mr.. Seldom
agreed to buy $50 shares of Richmond
and Danville stock at ninety.six. to he
taken at the expiration of three wears or
sooner II called for. The stock took a
sudden rise and went up far above par in
II few months.
In July Seldom rendered pay for and
demanded the delivery OF the stock. Mr..
Rosenbaum, wealthy merchant here.
declined to deliver the stock, and claimed
ehere was no contract. The suit was then
bought tor the difference between the ESQ
shares of stock at ninety six and Mt the
price au which it was held when delivery
was demanded The case has gone to the
supreme court twice and Sedden wins.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
Liberals CARRY ELECTIoN

Halifax, n. S., April 2l.-The liberals
swept the Province in the elections for
the local house to-day. Practically COM
plete returns show the election of thirty.
one Liberals and seven conservatives,
making the liberals as strong in the
mouse nnder Premier Murray as in the
last. The conservative leader, John r
Stairs, was defeated in Halifax CITY.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
REMOVAL SAFE

Owing to the sale { t the store now oc-
ccupied by me, l2O Salem avenue, and
having to vacate bv NAY LIST, will sell
the entire stock OF Furniture, Carpets,
Mattings. Oil Cloth. Wall Paper, etc, at
greatly reduced prices Those In want
OF furniture, ETC.. will 10 we'll to call
early, as the large stock must positively
be sold. MARK REID,
Trustee for j. Donaldson.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
ROANOKE, VA, THURSDAY APRIL %. 1897

months ago. attended the Roanoke
convention in its fayor.''
In regard to the attitude of the DEM
ocrats in the House, what is your posi-
tion."
II am in accord with the majority of
Democrats, and this majority agrees
with Hon. JOS. w. Bailey, whom regard
as man of great vigor Of intellect a
man of integrity CT character; in fine, one
Of the ablest men in Congress-"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
DEATH OF a LAWYER.

Staunton, Va, April 2l.-S. I. A'c
Cullough died suddenly here yesterday,
aged 40. He had been in i'll health for a
long time. The deceased was a lawyer
OF line attainEients and was highly cul.
tured in other fields of learning. He
came here from Annapolis and married
Miss Nellie Hotchkiss, daughter of Maj.
Jed Hotchkiss.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
a DRY DOCK SETTLING.

Seattle, Wash, April 81 1t is stated
here tonight that the dry dock Mt the
Port Orchard naval station is settling
under the immense weight of the battle
ship Oregon, now undergoing repairs mt
that place.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
SILK SCHEDULE REMAINS.

Washington. April 21-It is reported
upon good authority that the Senate sub.
committee engaged in reconstructing the
Dingley tariff bill has decided to adopt
the silk schedule agreed upon by the
House.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22
THE WEATHER

Forecast for Virginia: Fair in the east
crn portion, possibly showers In the west
ern portion; much warmer; east To soutIl-
east Winds
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22

Call ut Evans, Butt e. Prices for your
hshing tackle. The hardware men.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-22

Malaga Grapes and California Pears.
j. j. Catogni.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-25
Exclude the Eels.

By all means the District government
should take steps to filter the Potomac
water sufficiently to eliminate the cells
fl ON the supply. The letter printed in
Tuesdays Star from a citizen who has
recently suffered from the presence of a
large and ambitious eel in his supply pipe
should elicit the hearty sympathy of the
entire community. Eels may not be taken
into the system readily as bacteria,
ard they may be more easily recognized
upon discovery than some brands of micro
cocci, but these facts 90 not warrant such
negligence as permits them to invade the
mains and the smaller ducts leading 10
the domestic founts. No large filter beds
are necessary to exclude the cells. No elab-
crate mechanism is needed. A screen hung
in front of the inlets at the various points
of distribution would accomplish the pur-
pose. The city should guarantee, in return
for the fec exacted for water service. a
fluid free from such large forms of life
as the anguilla rostrata, which is, after
all, very much of an acquired taste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-25

to hear and decide all propositions submit
ted. from whatever source and to what
ever purport, with come chance Of profit to
themselves.
These niddie-of-the-road populists. It is
to be observed, have taken no backward
STEP They declare now for what they
have long declared-fiat money, govern
ment ownership of railroads and tele-
graph lines. and n sweeping paternalism in
all directions. They represent truly and
fully the real populist idea of government.
In a word they are the real thing. They
know what they want, and they boldly
and frankly ask for it.
II this program Is carried out its fmpor-
lance will greatly depend on the nomina-
tons made. A ticket headed by an OBJ
scure or a mediocre man would command
no attention A bold initiative calls for q
bold man. Will the populists thus two
years In advance Of the promised action Of
the democracy. put forward Mr.. Bryan for
the presidency? And II they do, upon a
platform undisguisedly populistic. will he
accept? He would be obliged to reply. one
way or another, with reasonable prompt
ness. He could not very we'll hold the
matter under advisement for two years.