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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-18
STRUCK AN ICEBERG.

Cariff, July 1.-THE British steamer
Sheerness. Captain Norman, which arrived
here July IL from Montreal, had bows
damaged from contact with an iceberg Off
the coast of Newfoundland.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-18
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.

The Times has received catalogue Of
Georgetown University for 1867 1t
contains several fine views of the college
buildings at Georgetown, d. c., along
with full description of the various
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-18
M,KINLEY no GO MEsr.

San Francisco, July 17.-President
Mckinley has planned to visit the yell
lowstone Park next September. San
Francisco citizens will invite him to
visit that CITY,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-18

Our prices are always special, and we
can at any time meet competitors both in
prices and grade of goods. We do
straight, legitimate business and give
good values. j. f.. ROGERS Sc co.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-18
WE ARE THE PEOPLE.

At least, we are the peoples friend, for
we enable them to buy GOOD shoes
CHEAP Come to either store-Ealem
avenue or Jefferson strickland get a
square deal and good pair of shoes.
BACHRACH
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-18
TO ENTERTAIN THE PRINCE.

Lonon. July H. Mr.. and Mrs white
law Reid will entertain the Prince and
Princess of Wales at II dinner at their
residence on Carlton House Terrace, this
evening.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-18
Purely Vegetable

and is real blood remedy for real
blood troubles, promptly reaching the
seat of the disease, and forcing it out
permanently.
diseases mailed free to any address,
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta. Ga.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-18

Breakfast, % cents; dinner. 90 cents:
supper 20 cents. Meal tickets "A. j.
Catogni's restaurant.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-18
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Ali druggists refund tho money If it fails
to cure. 25c. For sale by Johnson s. John
son.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-18
IA
CapbunCleS!

It's the same story. The experience
of all sufferers with blood diseases is
Identical. First the doctors are con-
suited, and their prescription of potash
and mercury is taken faithfully, but
without result. Months pass, and the
mercurial dose is continued, until
finally, his condition being no better,
or often worse, the patient becomes
discouraged and decides to change
treatment.
Patent medicines are then taken,
but until the right one is found the
results are the same. S. S. S. is the
only blood remedy on the market
which is guaranteed purely vegetable.
1t is the only one that contains no
mercury, no potash, or other mineral,
and therefore is the only one that
promptly gets at the bottom of all
blood diseases and cures permanently.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
LIVE STOCK POINTERS.

The first object in the feeding of
young growing stock is to produce
rapid growth.
When sheep are grown for wool and
mutton care should be taken not to Gull
out the good muttons too closely for the
butcher.
Oats contain the material needed to
form bone and muscle, and for this
reason are an excellent feed for young
and growing stock.
Without stock there can be no com
plete utilization of the products of the
farm. such as is essential to the secur-
ing of the best profits.
Glover is one of the best crops 10
grow to build up run down farms, and
wherever clover can be grown the land
is not past building up.
Every part of the farm should he
made TO return something. If too
rough to cultivate seed to grass for pas
ture or plant trees of some kind
AS a general rule the more a farmer
produces from a given area the more
prosperous he will be, as the expenses
will not increase in proportion to the
yield.-Farmers' Union.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
THE FUNNY MEN.

"Orayte is the best man at telling an
1fter-dinner story that | ever heard"
That's so. He tells that story he got
off to-day just as well as he did 20 years
ago. 1t is something wonderful. In
dianapolis Journal.
She-"Im learning lovely skirt
dance, but of course don't let anyone
see me. practice in room all by my.
self" He-"Ah, see. You follow the
Australian ballot system. "-Detrois
Free Press.
81 see by the papers that an umbrella
factory in Philadelphia has failed" re-
marked the veterinary. 81 have no.
ticed," replied the entomologist, "that
with umbrellas it is either put up or
slut up.'-Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
Father Crying to read a newspaper)
what was that racket in the hall just
now?" Mother-"One of the children
fell downstairs" Father-"Well, tell
them that if they can't fall downstairs
quietly, l won't let them fall down at
aR."-Tit-Bits.
Helen-"Oh, yes, he always thought
the world of me. Before we were mar
ried he used to say that he was willing
to die for me-" Nellie-"But he didn't"
Helen-"Of course not. He was SO
thoughtful, you know. He said that he
did not care to do it, lest l should be
unable to replace the loss."-Household
Words
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
a COLLECTION OF ODDITIES.

Some of the towns in Germany have
their water pipes made of glass, pro-
tected with an asphalt covering to pre-
vent fracture.
The heaviest bell in the world is that
at Moscow, Russia, which weighs 432.-
600 pounds. That in city hall, New
York, weighs 22,3oO pounds.
The greatest of all luxuries in CEN
fral Africa is salt. To say that man
eats salt with his victuals is the same
as saying that he is a rich man. Mungo
Park says "the long-continued use Of
vegetable food creates so painful a
longing for salt that no words can suffi-
GENTLY describe it."
Klghthandedness, or more properly
speaking, rightsidedness, exists in a
greater or less degree in the majority
OF living things. The right tusk of
the norwhal is usually longer than the
other. In serpents the lung most de-
veloped is the right. The sole's eyes
are twisted to the right. Parrots perch,
for the most part, on the right leg. In
the drawings of Egyptians, Assyrians,
Greeks and Romans they are shown to
be righthanded. and savages up to the
present day generally use the right
hand to cast the arrow, assegai or boom
erang.
The Greenianders know thing or
two. In the belief that "a dog can find
Its way anywhere" they bury living
dog in the same grave with dead child
The canine is supposed to be used by
the child as guide in the other world.
The Australians pull out the corpse'N
finger nails, and then tie the hands
TO prevent its digging it's way out of
the grave to engage in the vampire
business. The primitive Russians put
a certificate of character in the dead
persons hand, so that no questions
might be raised at the gate of Heaven.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
DUCKS FOR MARKET.
This Article Tells How to Dress and Pack
Them for shipment.

This Article Tells How to Dress and Pack
Them for shipment.
Ducks are killed by hanging them
head downward, the feet caught in Il
loop of cord, and stuck in the roof OF
the mouth. While dying the feathers
are quickly pulled, as many being
plucked as possible before the duck is
dead. 1t is then passed to an assistant.
who proceeds to pluck the soft feathers
end pin feathers, until the carcass is
clean. This is very tedious operation,
and some kill the duck, strip away the
heavy feathers and wrap it in a large
towel that has been dipped in boiling
water, allowing it to so remain for half
an hour, when the feathers will easily
come out. Beginners, however, should
experiment with one duck in that man
ner, as there is little practice required
TO learn just the right time to remove
the cloth, etc. When all the feathers
are off, and the carcass has been dry
picked of all the pin feathers. it is then
dropped into ice cold water in order
to remove the animal heat. and when
cold the carcasses are hung up to drain
and dry. They are then packed in clean
boxes or Barrels and shipped by ex.
Fress.-Poultry Keeper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Unless a careful selection of corn il
made each year, it will tend to run
out"
A poor farm can be bought much
cheaper than a rich one, and by proper
rotation the poor farm can soon be
made rich.
There should be regular hours for
work on the farm. Too many farmers
break down their health by exposure
and overwork.
A writer wants some eminent agri'
culturist TO explain why pumpkins and
watermelon vines always grow cross
ways with the row.
Farmers cannot afford to experiment
except on a small scale. The business
of the experiment stations is to carry
extensive experiments.
Small machinery that becomes
clogged with dirt on the bearings, can
be cleaned, says a writer, by plunging
it into boiling soap suds to which has
been added ammonia. Afterwards wipe
dry
An exchange says: The model farm
er is always on the lookout for new
ways of saving money and labor. A very
cheap and serviceable basket for gen
eral use can be made from an old soap
box or berry crate by mailing on half Il
barrel hoop for handle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
THE SCIENCES.

Cuvier, Mantell. Agassiz, Owen, Ed
ward Forbes and Blainville, all of the
present century, are considered the fa-
theirs of paleontology,. the science
which treats of the evidences of or
ganic beings in the earth's strata.
Astrology was the invention of Chal-
dean and Egyptian priests. There is
reason to believe that astrology was
practiced In connection with astron-
omy in Chaldea and the valley of the
Nile between 1000 and 5000 years B. C.
The invention of mensuration and
surveying is attributed by some writer's
to the Egyptians, the annual overflow
Of the Nile carrying away landmarks
and the boundaries of the arabic fields.
hecessitating surveys and the redraw-
ing of boundary lines.
The Greek word translated music
meant all the circle of the arts and
sciences; everything that was taught by
the MUSES.. Hebrew tradition ascribed
the art now known as music to Jubal.
1878 B. C. Greek legends made Hyag-
mis-, 1906 B. c.. the founder of the SCI
ence.
Some writer's consider Solomon to
have been the founder of ichthyology
and several other sciences. In the Tenth
century before Christ ''he spa'se of
trees, from the cedar tree that is in
Lebanon even unto the hyssop that
springeth out of the wall; he spalSe
also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creep
ing things, and Of fishes"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
THE CITIZEN FREDERICK FRIDAY 1897

Much, and FOR the reason that sudden
and violent changes are disastrous,
physiological conditions considered. Ii
they come to us gradually we can ac-
custom ourselves TO things that, if sud-
denly brought upon us, would prove
fatal.
AS the animal goes into winter quar-
tiers all his habits of life are changed,
and changed suddenly. He goes from
green feed to dry; from uniformly
warm weather into great extremes of
cold and heat; from the free atmos-
phere of the field to the close air of the
stable, if he be lucky enough to get the
stable. Their powers of resistance and
adaptation are severely tried. If he
now also suffer diminution of food his
resources are cut off, and if his arti-
ficially developed faculties in self-de-
tense cease to act, they will be slow in
deed to resume their activities.
The reverse policy is pursued by care
full stockmen who seek to make the
change from autumn to winter as light
as possible, and by extra feed and care
to fortify the animal against more or
less distressing circumstances. The
change from winter to spring and sum-
mer is not only into increasingly bet
ter conditions, but the changes are
marked by less violence.-Farmer's
Voice
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
HISTORIC BATTLEFIELDs.

Cunaxa, where Cyrus the younger
was defeated by his brother Artaxerxes,
is a village of Mesopotamia, on the
River Euphrates, between one and two
days march from Babylon. The re-
treat of the 10000 began from this bat
tie field. In point of fact there were
not 10000 Greeks, but only about 1000.
The River Boyne, where the battle
was fought which settled the fate of
James and his adherents. was celebrated
before that event. It was called "the
Boyne of Science" on account of the
many monastic institutions along its
shores, and is noted for it's scenery and
for it's ancient and modern historical
associations.
Waterloo, where Napoleon was finally
pvertbrown, is the name of a small VIII
lage in Belgium, on the edge of the
forest of Soignies. eight miles southeast
of Brussels. Even the musketry fire Of
the great battle was heard in the Bel
GUM capital In France this engage
ment is more frequently known as the
battle of Quatre-Bras.
The battle of Plassey took its name
from the town in the presidency of Ben
gal. where Lord Give, with 900 Euro
peans and 1000 Sepoys, defeated an In
dian army of 10000 infantry, $4,000 cav
airy and so pieces of artillery, and thus
established the English rule in India.
1t was in some respects the most nota-
BILE victory ever won on any field.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
HOUSEHOLD MEMORANDA.

A French cook says that when raw
potatoes are to be cut into long strips
to be fried in boiling fat, II the potatoes
are cut a quarter of an inch In thick
ness and slantwise, they WIN cook bet
ter and be more puffy.
If metal teapois are not used for some
time they acquire peculiar, unpleasant
pdor, frequently giving q disagreeable
taste to the tea made In them. It Il
Eaid that this may be obviated by drop
ping lump OF sugar into the pot wheu
1t is put away.
When making down pillows wax The
Inner covering, and then the down VIII
not be able to work through the two
covers. To do this iron the wrong side
of the tick with hot flatiron rubbed
with beeswaX, rubbing the iron over the
wax each time before putting it on the
cloth.
Old black thread or French accs that
have become rusty and need 10 be fresh
ened may be renovated by dipping them
into weak green tea and pressing them
between newspapers on fiat surface.
Pick out each little scallop or point with
the fingers before covering the lace with
the top paper.
A beautiful and unusual table dccora-
zion at a recent dinner was unique sill
YER candelabra resting upon large mats
made OF heliotrope satin covered with
waves of tulle. Bunches of English vio-
let's nestled here and there in the tulle
and the edges of the satin were hidden
with wreath of violets and their green
leaves.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
THE COLOR OF CORN.
Feeding Value, Says Prof. Morrow. Is \
Affected by &c.


Feeding Value. Says Prof. Morrow, Is Not
Affected by It.
Upon the much-discussed question
of whether there is material differ
ence in the feeding value of yellow and
white corn, Prof. q. Z. Morrow writes
the Metropolitan and Rural Home;
chemical analysis showG that no appre-
cable difference depends upon the color
of corn. There are minor differences in
the composition of different varieties
and considerable difference in the
structure of the kernels as to hardness.
In my observation, yellow varieties are
more frequently hard than white ones,
but some of the white varieties have
very hard kernels. While | can give
no reason for the fact, it is true that
OF hundreds of varieties tested at dill
ferent experiment stations the average
yield of the white has been somewhat
larger than that of the yellow. Prob
ably a majority of the farmers believe
that the white varieties have not as
much value as the yellow. have often
heard the expression that the yellow
corn is more heating My own view is
that neither yield nor composition de-
ponds on the color of the kernels; that
some varieties are much better in yield
and slightly better in quality of Ole
color, and some of the other"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08

white like the Sultanas, but with more
feathery legs and Tess beard; Choon-
docks. black plumage, without tail
feathers, plumed feet and large heads
md barbs.
Crevecorurs are very important
French breed from city of the same
name. Resides the large crest well set
back, the comb is divided into two
horns. curved back, as portrayed in the
Illustration above. The plumage is
black. the legs short and unfeathered.
La Bresse is another fine table fowl.
taking its name from a French prov
ince Its width of breast and tender,
flesh are remarkable.
Houdans, these quite well Americanizcd
fowls. are from a village in France on
the Seine. They are well known in
America, with their black and white
plumage and toplinots. Paduans d
Padoyas are a very ancient Italian
breed. They occur of every color, but
always have u crest and are of great
and Home.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08

driven to a depth OF 16 to "a feet, where
I've get an endless supply of water
Windmills may be turned on and run
the year around, and never affect the
water supply. A great many in this
part of the country use homemade
windmMls. of which l send a drawing
An old buggy axle is used for the shaft,
which is set in boxes at the top of the
tower, which is a square box. Our pre-
vailing winds are north and south, 50
The mill is set free TO face that way.
1t viii run with any wind except q d.
rect side wind. The cost of such mill
Is about six dollars. BY using In g.
tanks or reservoirs, water may be ob
tanned for irrigating small areas at very
little outlay Of money. by using this
aeyice.-Cor. Rural New Yorker.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
ALL SORTS.

Hardy stuff that is wanted for forcing
must first receive a good frost before
being brought into the cool house.
United States Labor Commissioner
Carroll d. Wright estimates that at the
present time there are 100000 unem-
ployed males in this country above the
age of ten years.
During the last 25 years the import
of wheat into Great Britain has in
creased by 152 per cent, while the guam.
tity of homegrown wheat has dimin-
ished by 45 per cent.
W. S. Smith, well-known business
man and hotel proprietor of Marysville,
o., has died as the result of swallowing
asset of false teeth August 80, 1898. He
was taken with hemorrhages and lost
over a gallon of blood.
The high, unsightly heels on ladies'
she's are being abandoned for the more
sensible and more comfortable low
heel. The demand for low-heeled foot
wear is increasing every day, according
to the reports of shoe dealers.
French and Belgian capitalists are to
construct large alkali works near the
newly discovered rock salt deposits at
Pola. in central Asia. There is good
coal at Bardimkul, near by. The salt
is of very fine quality, with no admix-
ture of other chemicals.
An observing tourist who visits Rome
and walks through the streets is doubt
less surprised that there are very few
houses bearing the ominous number of
49," nearly all the houses that should
bear those figures being marked "l2b'
or "14a." Nor is the superstition re
garding the faeeful 10 absent from
scientific GERMANY.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08

in the cut. he will not have any trees
split up, as they are SURE to do jthoul.
At a is the place to put the chain
around tree, and hook. Inw slip chain
down to b. or within fouAo siX inches
Of row marked c. If chain is not ght,
drive in some wooden wedges un;il It is
tight.
| have cut leaning treea in Tbs way
without splitting them, where the top
of tree was within 80 feet oftac gfound.
- feet from the stump. saw larg
white oak tree last winter Mat was
cut for sawlogS. sound IS could /
measuring four feet Ucross stim
which was split nearly in center fo.
over 90 feet, and spoiled he two butt
sawlogs, or nearly onc-haf" tie lum
Der in said tree, If ha zen he par.
ties when they were cutt.rg The tree.
] could have saved all the lumber n the
way above describe ID T Smith. in
Ohio Farmer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
ECONOMIZING FOOD,
Early Winter Is the Worst Time to Il,
duce Cattle Rations.

Larry winter Is the Worst Time to RE-
duce Cattle Rations.
While it does not pay to ever put
live stock on short rations, if it is to be
done at all let it be at any other time
than the early winter. The animal is a
machine for converting some portion OF
his coarse food into finished products,
and his energy in conversion depends
very largely upon his physiological con-
dition as well as upon his constitutional
power.
These facilities of theirs to produce
the materials we desire are natural to
be sure, but they have been greatly ex-
aggerated by domestication, full feed
and good care. But the animal has also
himself to look out for, and it is nat
ural law that under circumstances OF
distress everything else stops that the
vital processes may go on. That is. that
under hard conditions these extra ae-
tivities stop, and we get little product
from the animal.
But what difference does it make at
" hich end of the winter this shortening
of rations comes. if it be to come at all?
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
CHOLERA-PRooF LOGS.
A Few of Them Can BE Found in Ever
Average Ecrd.

n
Average Herd.
We used to hear about breeds and
strains of hogs that were cholera proof;
we hear 10 more Of them now. says
Wallaee's Farmer. Nevertheless facts
abundantly testify that some hogs are
cholera proof. IN some herds one or two
brood soNs viii 90 through a siege Of
cholera, eating among the dead and dy
ing, and remain in the most perfect
health and vigor, and occasionally, bur
very seldom, We hear of some whose
filters are equally cholera proof. We
would not say that these animals were
worth their weight in gold, for that
would be stretching it, but they are
worth more money than any man would
dare to ask for them, and should not be
sold under any circumstances short OF
the entire loss of usefulness.
1t will usually be found that brood
sows that have had the disease and re-
cover will not succumb to it on a second
visit. We therefore regard animals OF
this kind as worth double the usual
value in times like these. This matter
is of practical Importance just now.
The man may be considered happy
whose herds have been attacked in time
to allow the survivors to be put in the
best condition for breeding. tits ques-
tionable whether in fact the farmer has
sustained amy real loss in the line OF
brood sows if he has saved so per cent.
with their breeding capacity unim-
paired He need have no such fear o.
the ravages Of disease in the future.
Save these brood sows. and males like
wise, by all means. They are worth
plenty of money.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-08
AMONG TIE POULTRY.

Lice first attack ill-conditioned fowls.
Overlooking will soon spoil any
flock.
Ducks should grow fast and be sold
young.
1t is never good plan to yard ali
kinds of fowls together
One brooder with so chicks is less
trouble than one Old hen.
If the male is not pure breed he will
effect no improve Aent in the flock.
The hen that lays regularly in win
ter never ruosts in trees in winter.
To crowd the fattening rapidly, feed
at least five times "a day.
Fully one-half the failures with
breeders is due to one cause alone, and
that is insufficient warmth.
If large SIZE and weight are de
sired. select large hens, but the rooster
should be active and vigorous.
For breeding purposes, a medium
sized active male is twice as valuable as
one that is extra large and heavy.
1t is comparatively an easy matter
to grade up a common flock, so that for
egg and meat producing they will com
pete favorably with pure breeds.
Broken bones are often more high
ly relished than when Sound. A hen
viii sometimes refuse bone meal and
yet will readily eat broken bones.
Feather pulling is the most PERM
cious of all vices. The habit usually
comes from illness and can generally
lie prevented by keeping fowls busy.
The gizzard of the fowls masticates
the food, but this can only be done by
the aid of sharp, gritty material. Be
sure this is supplied.-st. Louis Repub-