davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
Where spools Arc Made.

"Oxford county, Me-, turns out nearly
ell of the spools on which tho thread of
this country is wound" said u wholesale
notion dealer Tho spools arc made
from white birch timber and they are
produced by the million in Oxford coun-
~. There are many other points III west
ern Maine, also, where the industry is
important. There are many sawmills in
that part of the state which are kept
busy the year around saving white birch
logs into strips four feet long and from
one to two inches wido and of the Same
thickness.
"These strips are sent to tho spool fac
tories, where they are quickly worked
into spools by most ingenious labor saw
ing machinery. The strips of white birch
are fed into one machine, and they are
not touched III fact are hardly seen,
again until the spools, all finished for
market except polishing, drop out by the
bushel from another machine several
rods away from where the strips started
i'll. The spools get their gloss by being
rapidly revolved in barrels by machinery,
the polish resulting from the contact of
the spools i'll the barrel.
''In the backwoods villages of Oxford
county one sees scarcely any other in
dustry but spoolmalling, and every one
is i'll some way interested III the business.
The factories have been eating into the
Maine birch forests for years, but there
seems to be enough left yet ofeed them
we'll for years to come. Hundreds of
thousands of feet of logs are cut and
sawed into spool timber annually
New York Sun.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
MencIek,s Italian Prisoners.

While most Of Mcnclck's Italian pris-
oners are being harshly treated many
OF them have Il comparatively easy
time The wealthy Abyssiuian women
insisted that their husbands should take
into their houses those prisoners who
We're able TO render services that graft
fled their personal vanity, so that hair
cutters. perfume makers, ti;iors and
shocmakers are very well treated. Queen
Ialtou herself set an example i'll this
respect. and those Of the officers and
soldiers capable of using 4 pencil skill
fully live i'll her residence under the
best conditions, being employed in
painting the walls of her new palace.
A photographer is making considerable
sums of money by taking portraits Of
the ladies of the court. London Letter
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
A New York Word.

l find it work of ever increasing
difficulty to understand the dialect of
New York. Yet it is one of the most
interesting things in New York, and
devote much time and patience to Ell.
larSing my vocabulary. On the ele-
waited road the other night | heard a
couple of young men throwing out the
patois in solid chunks and hunks.
Don't yez be jollyin' me. See:" said
one. "Yez can't give me tho gee
See:"
lam sure don't know how to spell
"gee," but the g seems to be pronounced
hard-as hard as the young man whom
1 heard. l suppose the sense of to ''gee"
OF to ''jolly'' is that otherwise expressed
by the pleasing verbs to kid" to 'stuff,"
to "give II breeze" but from what store
house of philology have to ''jolly" and
to give gee" been drawn? Is "gee"
au extension of the truncated initial of
that sweet, thrilling word CUFF? Is
Jolly" merely Il variation of the French
adjective jolt? And does jolly mean to
say pretty, fine or false thing to-
New York Truth.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

leries. The rules committee of the House
has adopted rule against smoking on
that side of the Capitol. The rule went
into effect yesterday. The Senate put n
prohibition on smoking good while ago,
and messengers and other attendants
have enforced it to the letter. 1t is pro-
posed to enforce tie new rule in the
House equally rs fully. The House, at
its last session, adopted rule against
smoking on the floor of the House, but it
was not supposed that it would ever 90
to the extent it has gone. Still the pro-
hibition IS good one and shows that our
national Legislators are not Only ready to
enforce abstention on others. but are will
ling to bear small share the mselves in
the business of self.denial
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

They sat OH the rain sodden bench in
the Smithsonian grounds, evidently Il
newly married couple. The weather
was cold, but their love was warm, and
the palpitation of their hearts kept time
with their chattering teeth. Her eyes
were blue as was her nose. One manly
arm encircled her slender waist, while
the other upheld an umbrella The rain
drops gently trickling down their sp;nes
did not serve to cool their ardor in the
least, and every SILVER seemed to cement
them more closely together.
Its awfully nice out here in the
park" she murmured. Il think Wash
inston is lovely city for Il wedding
tour. don't you, dear"
Yes, darling" he replied III an alb
stracted manner. Il shall always come
here i'll the future"
And then Il great, solid chunk OF cool
ness seemed suddenly to come between
them. Washington Post
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

A highly interesting discovery, which
will perhaps afford IL clew to the cause
of cancer, has been made in Professor
Won Leyden's university hospital here.
A young woman of % and q man Of SO,
both suffering from dropsy and cancer
of tho stomach, were brought to the
hospital last spring. In order to remove
the accumulated fluid, tapping was re-
sorted to i'll both cases The fluid was
examined under the microscope, and
hitherto unknown living organisms, be-
longing probably TO the protozoa, were
discovered.
Professor Waldcyer, to whom the
preparations were submitted advised
that they should be sent to DIR. Schau-
dim, assistant ut the Geological insti.
tute of the Berlin university, who has
been investigating the protocol for years
past. He began his examination on July
10, and ascertained that in both cases
the fluid contained /. lhiZopod, which
he named Lcydcnia gcmmipara schau-
dim. Ho inferred that il is pathogenic
organism, but both no and Professor
Won Leydcn still abstain from deciding
AS to the connection between it and can
Ger, though they admit tho possibility
of such Il connection. They have made
preliminary communication on the
subject to the Berlin Academy of Sci
ences. Berlin Letter III London Stand.
ard.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
NOT MADE TO ORDER.

HShe whom love must be quite small, " Sold
II like not your tall women-quite petite,
Filth eyes that must perforce DO raised to
mine
And small white hands and little, dancing
feat."
But when wo met, love, in that hour divine
Your honest eyes looked level into mine.
"She must be gentle-woman's chiefcst charm;
Meek and submissive to my lightest frown."
But now my heart is lying mt your feet
All, how imperiously you ,miled it down.
And /. your willing slave from day to day,
Live but to love, to honor, to obey.
"Shc must DO fair
But in your rounded check
Tho rcd and brown do meet in sweetest
blend.
Tho twilight dusk is i'll your heavy hair,
And long black lashos added beauty lend
To your brown eyes, where darlkly written lie
Loves answers i'll lives Shy obscurity.
-Pearsons Weekly.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
ALLIGATOR SENSE.

They Don't Have Much Before They Are
One Hundred Years Old.
"Do you know" said Colonel Ben
Cason, leaning back in his chair, "that
alligators are the most affectionate crea-
lures OH earth? It's IL fact And the
sense they havel They've got more sense
than II dog. How do I know? Haven't
] educated en-? Amt there an alligator
ITO years old in Des Allemand bayou
that would work his tail to the bone for
me If asked him to? Say, you make
me tircdl What are you laughing at2
You get a gallon of molasses and long
necked bottle and I'll show you how to
tame alligators. It's the easiest thing
Oh earth. They re so affectionate.
ION June %, 1885, I went to Des
Allemand bayou fishing. A negro named
Baptiste Fortier had just caught an al
ligator 100 years old. I could tell by
the rings around him. You can't train
young alligator. That's funny, amt
it? | asked Baptiste to sell him to me.
paid him 81. 50, and Jim, that's the
alligator's nalne, was mine. / put O
chain around his neck. Then I got me
q long necked bottle, filled it with mo-
lasses and walked up to him. He opened
his jaws to nab me. That was my
chance. showed the neck of the bottle
i'll his mouth, just back Of his ears,
where an alligator has no teeth. tilted
the bottle up. Jim tasted the molasses
and began wagging his tail. He broke
Baptiste's leg, but that was an acct
dent. He was as gentle as setter dog
from the minute he tasted the molasses.
1 taught him lot of prettydrioks-
how to catch flies, how to stand on his
tail, how to chew tobacco. Finally /
harnessed him up to a boat. He looked
around ut me to sec what wanted. l
reached over the side of tho boat and
pushed him little. Then he under
stood. Off he went. When pulled Oh
the rope had around his neck, he was
nonplused for minute, but he soon
caught on, and now when go to Des
Allemand' l never have to hire any
body to paddle my canoe. Jim attends
to carrying me anywhere 1 want to go.
Say, do you know Jim is rs glad to
see me whenever l pass that way as if
he WAS relative of mine. What's that!
OF course it's the truth. Ask Baptiste
He takes care of Jim for mo while am
IN New Orleans. New Orleans Times
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
One of the Lost Tribes.

Scattered over the breezy downs of the
Nilgherries, i'll Il little village of wicker
houses that looks at little distance like
nothing i'll the world so much as q col
ony Of beehives live IL community of
600 or 700 people, who are variously be-
1ieved to be the descendants of one of
the lost tribes of Israel, the aborigines Of
southern India, and IL community of
Manichasens
They believe i'll Il strange trinity and
hell, Il dismal stream full of leeches,
and this they must cross by means Of n
single thread. The soul burdened with
sin is too heavy for this slender support,
and the sinner falls into the stream, but
the thread sustainsi easily the souls of
the good.
The funeral of Il Toda, for that is the
name of the singular tribe, is as odd in
is wrapped i'll n new cloth and his toes
tied together with red thread Grain,
sugar, tobacco and money are concealed
i'll his funeral toga to provide him for
his journey across the Styx and the dark
plain beyond
Two buffalocs are slain beside the
corpse, and the dead mans hands are
placed upon their horns. a piece of his
skull, his hair and his finger nails are
removed to be used later on at the great
celebration of the death of all those who
during tho IL months have "talen the
leap over the great precipice into the bot
tomless abyss" When these tokens are
removed, clarified butter is smeared Oh
the fragrant wood of the funeral pyre,
and the body is burned to ashes and the
ashes scattered to the four Winds
Hargreavos-Is that rule strictly en-
forced-that one that any waiter who
takes tip for extra service will be dis
charged?
Waiter-Yes. But they amt no rule
about waiter who doesn't give mort
half service when he doesn't get 10 tip
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
THE OPPORTUNITY CAME.
And Thcn He Waved Old Glory to Eli
Hearts Content.

Hearts Content.
Two prominent Cleveland men went
abroad last summer, and ono of them
took with him miniature regulation
flag. It was the hand;work of u neigh
Dor, &. lady, and it's dainty silken folds
were attached TO n gilded staff.
"Tako good caro- of it" said tho fair
f1agmaker ''for it means protection,
you know, and when tho opportunity
comes wave it for all it is worth"
Well, the opportunity didn't come for
several weeks, but all that time the lit
tie flag was within easy reaching dis
tance. AT last, when the tourists came
to Frankfort on-the- Main, they were in
vited to dinner by an American resi-
dent, and around his hospitablo table
they glowed over tho glories of Column
bias land until our pilgrims felt fairly
homesick.
81 made up my mind right then, "
said tho flag bearer, that Old Glory
would havo to wave Oh some pretext
that day, oven if had to stand out III
tho street and cheer for it alone"
We'll, after the dinner they went out
to hear tho band play, and then wild
idea occurred to the man with the flag.
He stationed himself to one side, whore
no could catch tho conductors eye, and
there he waited. Pretty soon the band
master looked squarcly ut him, and then
ont camo the stars and stripes with an
eloquent flourish. Tho leader was Sc
we're looking man, with u stiff gray
mustacho and very tight uniform, but
he actually smiled and nodded. Then
no stiffened up and raped sharply OH
his music stand. The musicians stiffen-
ed up, too, there was rapid fire of gut
tural directions, and then
And then tho great band broke out
all ut once in that splendid chorus
" lis the star spangled banner, oh,
long may it wave" and you may rest
assured tho Cleveland man waved it
long and wildly and tried to sing, too
and choked up over it, and the other
Americans gathered about him and sang
the best they knew how and waved their
hats and handkerchiefs, like windmills
with the staid German citizens looking
on i'll big eyed amazement.
81 say, do you know" said the flag
wayer, that when L heard the glorious
old tune itwas just like getting in sight
of Cleveland smoke again.
Well, the leader played the "Star
Spangled Banner" through three times !;
! then no whipped over to "Home, Sweet
Home, and wound up with yankee
Doodle.
''Oh, we didn't do thing to that
, bandmaster, SAID the Cleveland man.
I'VE just took him out and shook hands
with him all around and gave him 1.
fine jolly. which no couldn't under
stand, and then bought him barrel of
| beer, which he could understand. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
VALUABLE STOCK or HARDWARE
FOR SALE.

Bids are invited on the stock of hard.
ware of the late firm of Evans Bros, OF
Roanoke, Va, with Il view of making IL
private sale of the same. The stock con-
sists of full line of heavy and shelf
hardware. which on January /, 1897, in.
vcntoried SlI,3l1.l5. The stock mag he
seen and inspected at No. 30 Campbell
avenue, Roanoke, VA, and the under
signed will be glad to show the stock of
goods and receive bids from parties desir.
ing to purchase.
The terms of sale may he either for cash
or on credit. but in case of sale on
credit satisfactory security will he requir.
ed of the purchaser. In case such IN offer
is not received by February 10, 1897, "a,
will justify private sale, the stock will
he disposed of in the manner presci ibed
in the deed Of trust from i. j. Evans and
wife to j.. l.. Bell, trustee. dated October
30 1894. II. II. HALL.
Receiver, Roanoke Va.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
A Thoughtful Girl.

"No wonder the pleasures Of court
ing have declined" said the stout
youth. Just look at the tlimsiness of
these modern chairs.
And he pointed to Il slender affair of
white bamboo. touched with gilt.
"You mustn't judge by appearances,
said the stout girl softly. Eve had
that chair thoroughly braced with tho
very best of steel rods, and it is now
guaranteed to stand pressure of go
pounds to the square inch"
Then they both sat down in it as a
anal test.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
The Light from Cuban rircnies.

The secret of the light the Cuban fire
fly gives is as yet undiscovered. APP
parently it is connected in some way
with the mysterious phenomena of life.
and chemists ana physicistshave sought
in vain to explain its origin. On each
side of the animals thorax is luminous
menbranous spot, and these flash at in
teryals, so that the Cubans put dozen
OF the insects in Il cage together, and so
obtain Il continuous illumination, bright
enough to read by This light is accom-
panied by no perceptible heat, and is
seemingly produced with almost no ex-
penditure Of energy. How great an i'm
provemcnt it represents upon all known
artificial lights can be imagined when it
is stated that the loss from other lights is
more than 80 per cent --Washingto
Star
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
A MAN WITH 4 TAIL.
Strange Freak That is Now in Tie
CITY of Columbia

Strange Freak That is Now in Tie
City of Columbia.
Columbia, S. c., State: 4 man with
Il tail is the latest freak that is visiting
Columbia. He was born in no less a
county than Edgefield and is now u years
old There is no doubt about his caudal
appendage, 1t is there. Several gentle
men visited him yesterday ana pronounc.
ed it the genuine artcle-tail. Ii is Il
prolongation CT the backbone and is fully
eighteen inches long ann fourteen or if.
teen inches in circumference. This is
perhaps the strangest thing of the kind
seen in Columbia
Here is what two physicians who eX-
amined the man say about him:
This is to certify that we have exam
ined the young man exhibited. We find
that there is n caudal appendage extend
ing from the end of the backbone. This
appendage isabout eighteen inches long
and about fourteen or, fifteen inches in
circumference. This seems to he COM
posed of bone and fatty tissue. 1t is IL
freak of nature and not fake
w. NJ. LESTER, VI. y.
l.. Il OWENS, NJ. d.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
\ VALUABLE PRESCRIPTION.

Editor Morrison, of Worthngton, Ind.
Sun, writes: You have IL valuable
prescription in Electric Bitters, and
can checrfully recommend it for Consti-
patton and sick headache and as IL gen
cral system tonic it has no cqual.n Mrs
Annie Stehle, 2621 Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago, was all run down, could not eat
nor digest food, had IL backachc which
never left her and felt tired and weary.
but six bottles of Electric Bittcrs restored
her health and renewed her strength
Prices 30 cents and 81. Get IL bottle ut
MaSSic'S Pharmacy
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

The Senate committee agreed by a vote
of TO to report the arbitration treaty
favorable TO the Senate after recommend.
ing two amendments. This does not ar
que very favorably for the necessary two
thirds vote when the matter is finally set
tied in the Senate. Among the opponents
Of the treaty Democrats. largely predomi-
nate.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

Kansas has instructed her representa-
tives in Congress to work for free coin
aye, but not to oppose tariff legislation.
1t seems to be the wishes of the opposi-
ton that the Republicans should have
ever" chance to bring about prosperity.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

MARYLAND long ago was known rs the
Old Line State, the reference being
to the line drawn by Mason and Dixou
along the northern boundary Of Mary
land and the southern limit Of Pcnnsyl-
yania, an effort having bcen made Ia
consider this line the northern Boundary
of the slave territory.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
Doom of the Derby.

The derby hat Is /; thing Of the past.
Time was when no self respecting race
goer thought of presenting himself upon
the EPSON downs without Il white hat
and green veil. But this state of
things exists no longer Hats were con-
spicuous enough at EPSON at the last
Derby, bur the white hat was conspicu-
Gus mainly by its absence. while wells
were few and far between. Boston
Post.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
NOTICE OF MEE7ING.

~ r. OfICE-THE REGULAR ANIMAL.
Ha. meeting OF the Stockholders of the Roa-
hoke wafer Power and Land Company will he
heid AT once Virginia Bridge and Iron Company,
IN the CITY OF Roanoke, Va, on MONDAY. FER.
~ AIRY SFH, 1877, az 10 O'Clock a. M, for the
purpose OF clecting officers and a Board or Drec.
re-, and for tho transaction OF such other busi
ness ss may come before the meeting,
BY order or the president
w. ID. WILLIAMSON,
lS'td Secretary.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

Canada wants treaty of reciprocity
with the United States The easiest way
for the Dominion to secure n complete
arrangement of this character would be
for her to enter the sisterhood of States in
the American Union.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

The deadlock in the Oregon legislature
looks like it may lessen Senator Mitch
ellis chances of reelection; but his usual
good luck will probably come to him in
margin.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

Spanish talk about reforms in Cuba is
like locking the stable door after the
horse has been stolen. 1t is too late for
Spain to attempt to pacify the unhappy
people of that island by making promises
they know she never intends to keep
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

Mckinley has appointed the president
Of a big Chicago bank Secretary of the
Treasury. If he wanted II first class
financier of that character he should
have gone to New York city.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NorJCE--fH0Sk HAVING BRICK AND
As,s lonc wore or vitrifed brick pavcmcnts TO be.
Falls, the practical contractor and builder Alsc
gil Kinds of carpenter work, plastering, painting,
notice. All work guaranteed. j. II. FALLS No
l's WIN avenue N e.. Roanoke. Va.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02
PHONES. business Office lab
editorial Rooms ..... ia

Senator.elect Platt having succeeded in
running New York politics to his entire
satisfaction, has taken a lutte run down
into Florida for ''rest and recreation
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

If Comptroller ;ckcls had known that
his successor would have been appointed
so soon, it is probable he would have been
more chary in his compliments OF Mr..
Lyman j. Gage, the gentleman selected
by Major Mckinley as Secretary of the
Treasury. Mr.. Eckels has made an ELI
cient officer, and as he did not hesitate to
aboandon his own party candidate and
work for the election Of the Ohio states
man, it seems in9ratitude of n startling
character to replace him with another and
that too IA year before the expiration of
his term of Office. Politics, however, is
a very uncertain game, as mas been re
marked before.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

The revelations in the grand jury inves
5igatiops of municipal management in
Louisville, Ky, shows that there is rot.
tenness in other cities besides New York,
New Orleans and Chicago.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

When dogs refuse their food, the
chances are tor Il rain. 1t often happens
that IL storm Is foretold by dogs seeking
long lcaved grass and chewing and
swallowing tho blades.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

The failure OF Senator Dnbuis of Idaho.
to he rc.elected will, it is said, seriously
affect the passage of a tariff bill by the
Republicans. Before his defeat silver
Republicans were counted upon to sup.
port the tariff measures of the Mckinley
administration, but now that they are
incensed at the defeat of one of their
number by the aid of the regulars it Is
more than probable they will join with
the Democrats in opposing any of the al
legged measures of prosperity introduced
by the members of the z. o. p.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

Governor Bushnell's reticpncc rs To his
intentions in regard to appointing Mr.
Hanna United States Senator shows very
plainly that he wants the position him
self but while hr may he able to keep Mr.
Hanna from realizing his ambition, it is
not believed that such II course--wili con
tribute very materially towards the sue
cess of his own schemes. sident.eect
Mckinley, Senator Sherman and Chair.
man Hanna, under existing conditions,
are power in Ohio politics that Gov
ernor Bushnell cannot afford to ignore.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

All of the gas Goals are kept in stock by
w *. ANDREWS 81 co, ut 219 Salem
avenue. Their belled teams will deliver
it. Send in your orders.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-02

Ncrvine and its effect was simply WON
dcrful. heartily commend your remedies"
DR.. piles Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under 4 positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elhkart Ind,