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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21

A new treatment for cancer is an-
nounced by the EN- inent Piussian dermat-
ologist, Dr. Haase. 1t is the injection
Of alcohol about the growth. His exper.
fence as given in Virchow's "Archives of
Medicine" encourage him to believe that
he has found a perfect cure and exer D.
tion from any reappearauce of this dread
disease. While any announcement for q
cure of cancer will be hailed with joy by
those suffering from it, yet the medical
world will he slow to believe in any spe-
cifc for this disease. which so far has
baf1led all treatment
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21

We pride ourselves on keeping the
BEST of everything in our line and in
making prompt delivery. Look out for
the belled teams. w. X. ANDREWS
s. CO., COAL AND WOOD DEAL,
.RS, 2t9 Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21

The business Once of The Times closes ut
@ y. m. After thar hour amy business can be
transacted on the third floor of The Times
building,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21

OLD FAPERS for sale at The Times
office Good for putting under carpets.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21
The New Year
Is At Hand.

DO you think TINT you have made the
best use of the old year, Did you save
any money last year? Perhaps you have
spent it all in rent. Why not start the
new year by buyi ing home of your ownp
1t is an easy matterif you get it from us.
Drop in and let us talk to you about It,
Now it will pay you to see this at once.
Groom property, best location. Dale 3.
T.. near school building $3.50; $50; $40 per,
month. h
Desirable Groom house, Seventh ave
nue. n. e.. $500: no cash payment; rs per
month; good house.
Splendid 4-rocm cottage Rorer avenue
8. W.. large lot, beautiful. shade, rood
location, just reduced from 5000 to 1925:
$40 cash; balance IS per month.
2 we'll built Groom houses. Fourth ave-
nue. II. W.. near Melrose school; worth
$1,000; will sell for $3.50 each; $50 cash;
$40.
SIoom residence, Tazewell avenue $.
e.. newly painted and in good repair,
5000; S75 cash. sig. 50.per month.
Lots any where and any price. $50
The aoove is only partial list of what
we have to offer; il you have decided to
put your rent money for 1898 into u
home call to see us and we eau get any
thing you want in the shape of home =
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21
FOR SALE.

A scholarship in the National Business
College of Roanoke. Apply at the
Times office.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21

There gre nine contestants now in the
race for Senatorial honors in Maryland.
Several of these are no doubt erely
blinds to entlce votes in the event of "a
close contest. Of the other bona-fide can
didates Juuge McComas is at present
undoubtedly in the lead, though what
complexion the eleven Baltimore boilers
may yet give to the complication no one
can say German dies hard, and should
his lieutenants who are on the ground
succeed in utilizing in some way these
eleven sulking Republicans, thing not
probable and yet NIT beyond the impossi-
BILE, queer things may yet happen in the
Maryland legislature. There are pluug-
ers on tie political turf who &C Md he in
duced to consider the offer of any very
great odds on the result Of the balloting
now going on.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21

The discussion of the employers liabil-
ity bill has drawn forth some of the
most able speeches that have been heard
on the floor of the house of delegates
this session. The bill is one of the most
important that will come before the leg.
islature this term, and being su far
reaching in it's effects and embracing so
great Der of classes, it Is not I'M
reasonable to expect that several days
may be consumed in its discussion before
it goes to vote. That it is in any sense
a lawyers measure. as has been claimed.
seems to be refuled by the number of
tnat profession who have opposed it.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21
The People Believe
What They Read About Hoods
SarsapariIIa
Their Faith in This Medicine is
Grounded on Merit
They Know 1t Absolutely Cures
When Other Medicines Fail

Hoods Sarsaparilla is not merely SIM
pie preparation of SarsaparilIa, Dock.
Stlilingia and a little Iod;de of Potassium.
Besides these excellent Alternatives. il
also contains those great anti bilious and
liver remedies, Mandrake and Dandelion.
1t also contains those great kidney RENE
dies, IVA Ursi, Juniper Berries, and
Pipsissewa.
Nor are these all. Other very valuable
curative agents are tremendously com
bined in Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it is
carefully prepared under the personal
supervision of regularly educated phar-
macist.
Knowing these facts, is the abiding faith
the people have in Hoods SarsaparilIa a
matter of surprise? You can see whv
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures, when other
medicines totally, absolutely fail.
My little girl was afflicted with
eczema and suffered for seven years. She
was attended by physicians and tried
many different kinds OF medicine with
out relief. After taking few bottles of
Hoods Sarsaparilla she was cured.n MRS.
EMMA FRANKLIN, Honeoye, New York.
OOel'S s sgS;1;,
Is the Best--in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
sl;six for SO. c. I. Hood Il Co., Lowell. Mass.
hoys rN.sr cure Liver Ills: easy to,ah,e
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21

1t seems that David B. Hill was not
dead. but has only been In state of pc-
litical coma. All will agree with Mr..
Hill when he says "there is very inter
esting time coming in politics." All
will agree, too, that &r. Hills re entrance
therein is not calculated to make them
less SO. His statement that he fought
his whole fight within the party lines
will not be so readily accepted. The fact
IS. the country does not contain to-day
a.morescunning politician than David b.,
and now that he thinks he sees the way
re-opened for him to again come to the
front in New York Democracy, retiring
modestly will not hold him back. Ina
nouncing him self loyal supporter of SEN
ator Murphy for reelection he is shrewd-
ly paving the way for State leadership
against Croker. when, if he cannot beat
he may at least compel to share honors
with him. From now on the country
may expect to see Mr.. Hill very much in
evidence in New ork Dem ocratic affairs
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-21

We remember once hearing one of Vir-
ginia's n ost noted statesman say that
during a life time of seventy years he
could not recall period of absolute quiet
and peace among the nations of, the
world; that over some quarter of the
globe the war cloud. sometimes great and
sometimes small, was forever lowering.
There have been few periods, however,
when it overshadowed IA greater portion
of the earth's surface than at present
Along the Asiatic Pacific coast, China
can at any time precipitate war that
would involve to II greater OF less extent
several European powers. England AMI
France are cycling each other jealously in
the Soudan, ready to jump at each others
throats the n oment the advance forces
of these nations there may chance to
come to blows. South Africa, in view of
Mr. Chamberlain's- vigorous Transvaal
policy, is not beyond the possibilities of
war. Then there is the recent an
nouncement of the unfrendly relations
between Chile and Argentina in South
cross and bearlsh, so that on the whole
this year of grace 1898 could hardly be
considered typical year of peace,and good
will among the nations of the earth. We
have purposely avoided any reference to
Spain and the United States IN this cast
ing of the wcrld's prospective war horo
scope. For, from the present friendly
relationship now existing between Mr. Nc
Kinley and his Spanish Cuban friends,
these are about the only countries upon
which tie sun shines peacefully and be-
tween which no hostile outbreak may be
looked for. Ages yet unborn may well
discourse of Mr.. Mckinley as 'frsu in
peace" but of his "first in war; their
orators must be forever dumb
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-19
PARALLEL TO THE MAINE.
How a Confederate Spy Blew Up Union
War Vessel In 1864.

In view Of the present uncertainty IN
the public mind as to the cause of the
destruction of the hattleship Maine, the
following historical facts may be inter
cstiug and Instructive:
On August .. 1861. several vessels ut
City Point near the headquarters of the
Army of the Potomac. containing ord
nance stores and ammunition, were de
Stroycd by an explosion on one and much
other damage done To wharveS and 9th
or property $50 soldiers and other per
sons being Killed or wounded. although
4 court OF inquiry was promptly APP
pointed hy Gen. Grant. and iHvcsti-
gated the matter. no particulars of the
cause were obtained by it.
In June. iN'i.I. about ten months after
ward there was discovered in the con
f,dcrativc archives, then just being col
lcctCd after their capture at Richmond,
4 report of one John Maxwell. of the con-
tcdcrate secret service, 10 his superior
officers of that service, Capt. Mcdaniel
and Gen. Rains, Of his and one billiard 5
operations. they having penetrated our
lines in disguise and succeeded in plac-
ing 4 Theological torpedo aboard the YES
sci that was first blown up. the clock
work of the torpedo running for an hour
before exploding. giving them an OppOr-
tunity 10 escape first from the immediate
nCighborhood and finally into the con
ftdcratc lines
The details of the explosion its invcs-
tlgaton, and the reports of Maxwell.
Mcdaniel and Rains can be found in
Rebellion Records. volumes 81. 50 and
-. and although they have No particu-
lar Nearing al the present case. they go
To- show that IN the matter of explosions,
in som" particulars. history repeats it
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-19
Y anderbiIt'S BIG Check

The largest check ever drawn by the
payment for interest on a loan was
that drawn in favor of William II. Van
derhiit, as a quarterly payment on his
holdings of the loan of i per cent. con
soils of 1S11-1907. The check was dated
April !, 1SS2, but 1t was only one of a
series for a like amount that the IA
nous tinancier received quarterly for
several years, and was signed by James
Gillian, then United States TrnasIlr
and countersigned by w. II. Gibson
Mr.. Vanderbilt received yearly inter
est Of 81 ,922, 900 on his holdings. which
amounted 70 S4S,05o,O0O payable in
quarterly installments, so that the
check in question called for $3.50 500
1t IS now in possession of the currency
bureau of the treasury and is shown as
a curiosity TO the many visitors who
daily thrOng the corridors and rooms of
the building. 1t is rather interesting 70
compute the interest Mr.. Vanderbilt
was receiving on this one great loan
Every year he received 81 800 600
which amounted 10 $3.50. 800 quarterly
6o.166.66 monthly. S5.26-.75 daily.
S219,4o hourly, night and day, and So. 81
per minute. The largest interest checks
drawn now run only little over S. 900
per Quarter
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-19
NEW ENGLAND'S OLDEST TOWN.
Yet GosnOld Has Neither Minister,
Doctor Nor Store of Any Kind.

Yet GosnOld Has Neither Minister,
Doctor Nor Store of Any Kind.
The oldest town in point of settle
ment in New England, and at the same
time the quaintest place to be found in
the State of Massachusetts, is Gosnold,
which comprises the entire group of
the Elizabeth Islands, situated off the
southeastern coast of MaSSac husettS
At the recen, State election GoSnold re-
turned only eleven votes. The only vii
lage in the town is Cuttyhunk, which
is known TO the world over for the
deeds of heroism of its life-sayers.
1t was in Cuttyhunk that Bartholo-
may Gosnold landed in 1909, before
the Pilgrim fathers set foot on Ply
mouth rock, and it was here that the
first settlement by Europeans on the
New England shores was made. Perch
ed on a bleak and practically desolate
billy waste, with waters of the broad
Atlantic Ocean pounding its shores and
yearly daShing 10 destruction upon
them many of the finest craft that sail
the ocean, it IS no wonder that the
quaint village has failed to keep apace
of the march of progress. Imagine
town without a doctor, a minister, a
store, a road, no lookup, no police, no
tramps, no telegraph or telephone, no
fuel except what is picked up at the
villagers doOrs-doors that are never
locked; where there is communication
but once a week with the outer world,
yet where the townspeOple are happy,
conteuted and prosperous to degree.
There is but one way to reach there
at all times Of the year, and that is
from New Bedford, the only point on
the mainland with which communion
ton of any kind is carried on. Once a
week during the winter season a tug
boat goes there with the mail and eX-
presSagc under q government contract.
There IS no boat landing of any kind on
the island, and the tug which carries
the mails and express matters anchors
about a mile off shore. The water is
invariably rough, and sunken reefs and
hidden, ever-shifting sandbars environ
the island SO that often where deep
water exists to-day on the next trip it
is solid sand.
The cod and lobster fisheries, upon
which the villagers depend principally
for livelihood, have not been very re
munerative the past few years The
average annual income of the fisher
man rarely exceeds $500, and nearly all
Of this is made in the spring and sum
mer. In the winter time there is prac-
tically nothing to DO but manufacture
lobster pots and repair fishing gear.
The most prominent building on the
island is the new government life-sav
ing station. There are also several boat
stations of the Massachusetts Humane
Society along the shore, which, in the
event of a wreck, are manned by vol
unteer crews. The shore is patroIled
nightly, while from a lookout on the
highest point of land on the island the
life-savers scan the horizon from sun
rise to sunset day in and day out. The
town government consists of a board Of
three selectmen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-19
CH \rTER VI

June, scarcely knowing how it happen
| ed. found herself in the boat in the garden
/ lake, while Mr.. Broke was leisurely din
| ping the souls into the water and rowing
! her away to the furthcst point from the
! house. And when he came to the big
elm, whose branches overhung the water
and made a canopy above their heads, he
! quietly shipped his oars, and, bending a
little forward, said, quite simply and
/ frankly:
Il am going TO take the liberty of ask
! ing YOU a question. May II
y little nervous flutter crept from
| Junes heart to her throat; q shade of
! lovely color, that could scarcely be called
a blush, came into her face, and she an
! swcred with a slightly cmba rrassed air:
oh, certainly"
Why won't YOU, who are so charming
/ to everyone else, be a litIle bit kind to
me?"
His tone was so deferential. and his
! blue eyes looked humble and pleading
! that June felt all her GOODNESS and dis
/ pleasure melt away to nothing.
/ Am | not kind to you?' she said. dip
! ping her white fingers into the water and
/ apparently intent on watching them.
/ What have l done:'
You have hardly looked at or spoken
/ to me since | came; indeed. have fancied
/ that you purposely avoided me-"
( To utter a polite disclaimer was June's
/ first instinct: but n second coming swiftly
/ on its heels. she followed that instead
on have taken his mothers love from
! Tom" she said. And, whenever you
are together, you always stand in his light
! and make him seem-seem-"
Z D,,r E,,l
wants.
AT all events, there is one brilliant ey-
/ ception TO the rule" answered Dallas. in
a piqued tone, losing for a moment his
almost impcrturbah bic good temper Then.
/ with Il fash in his blue eyes eminentIy he
/ coming TO them. Il assure You. you are
/ completely mistaken about my aunts feel
ing for me. She likes me. and | amuse
her: but it is hardly probable that wom-
/ an would care more for her nephew than
/ her own son"
June is more attracted to Mr. Broke in
/ this mood than in any in which she has
/ yet seen him. 1t is her turn to assume
/ that charming tone and manner which she
/ possesses in almost as great q degree as
/ Dallas himself
4 did not mean to say anything I'M
+ kind And she looked at him so softly
/ that his momentary wrath melted away.
But IT is a little hard on Tom"
"Iom Is the best fellow living" cried
I Dallas, land 10 one knows il better than
/ Aunt VI. She is a woman of the world,
+ and would like him to have a little
more"
! POLISH suggested June.
/ hat Is hardly the word; something of
that sort. | suppose. But she knows his
sterling worth as well as anyone
sterl!uS worth. yes, how appropriate
( those two words are, Yet they have a
dull sound in June's ears this summer at
teFnoon whilst young Apollo's eyes are
meeting hers
4 imagine lie said. that you will
very soon have all the say here"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-19
The swift blood few to June's cheeks.

i
you are mistaken, then" cried June,
holly. Il am not going TO marry him. |
am not engaged to him. l love him as my
dearest friend, as my brother, and moth
ing, nothing more"
Then she sank back in her seat, and q
cold, shamed feeling crept over her that
she had betrayed Tom, ay, more cruelty
than mother or any other living being had
power to do. Dallas was so astonished at
this confession that he let go the bank,
and the boat drifted out into the sunshine
He had TO rise, take a scull and punt back
TO the shore.
Had we not better be going in?" sue-
gested June, coldly.
NO not just yet" he answered DO
you know you have positively taken my
breath awayT'
Have p said June, with averted eyes,
remorseful and ashamed, and yet feeling
sort of satisfaction that she had struck
off her chains and declared her freedom.
Il do not know why you should have
thought | was going TO marry Tom. l
do not suppose that he told you that l
was
Most certainly not"
Since she was not going to marry Tom,
and it was not therefore high treason, he
allowed a tender infection to steal into
his voice. Dallas could not help it: il was
born in him; If he was with pretty
woman, he must make love to her, unless
sense of honor to some friends who had
positive claims deferred him.
Let us be friends"' he whispered.
bending forward and stretching out his
hand and she let him take hers. There
was a magnetism in his touch that was
utterly wanting in Toms; involuntarily
her eyes met his and stayed a moment
longer than was wise, and straightwav.
June knew that imagination may forestall
reality, and that the dreams she had cher
ished i'll summer starlit nights with long
ing eyes strained heavenward were no.
only dreams, but that this gross material
earth holds raptures as great as the prom,
Use of the skies.
Tom, all unsuspicious, was AWAITING
them at the landing place, and, as he put
both his hands out to help June from the
boat, he said, with "A CHEEKY laugh:
well, have you two made upt'
June could not answer, but Dallas re-
piled gayly:
Yes, | think Miss Rivers has forgiven
me-"
Then he walked up the slope to join
Mrs. Fethcrston, who was coming to meet
them. her face wearing anything but a
pleased expression. \ pang of jealousy
shot through June's heart. Tom was
hurrying her toward a sequestered part
of the garden, and she felt as though he
were taking her away from the flowers
and the sunshine.
(To be continuedD
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-19
WOMAN'S FATE.
From the Record Bushnell. Ill.,

@'t''Ft't't''
No woman is better able to speak TO
others regarding ''woman's fate" than
Mrs. Jacob Weaver, of Bushnell. H..
wife of ex-City Marshal Weaver She
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which kept her bedfast much of the time
for five or six years past, and says her
recovery is due TO that well-known rem
cL-. DR. Williams Pink Pills.
Mrs. Weaver is tiftysiX years old, and
has lived in Bushnell nearly thirty years.
She is of unqucstioned veracity and I'M
hlcmiShed reputation The story of her
recovery is interesting. She says:
Il suffered for FIVE or six years with
the trouble that comes TO women al this
time of my life. | was much weakened,
was unable much of the time 10 do my
own work, and suffered beyond my power
to describe. | was downhearted and mel
ancholy.
Il took many different medicines; in
fact. | took medicine all the time. but
nothing seemed to do me any good
Il read about DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. and some of my friends
recommended them highly. | made mp
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-19
Indian Butter and Ghep

Perhaps the most widely known native
product of milk is ghec or clarified butter
made generally from whole milk frs;
boiled and then cooled and permitted Il
stand till il sours and thickens. TIL,
process Is sometimes hastene,i by addin.
a littl" sour milk to the bulk, and til.
operation of churning is performed By
taking stick between the palms and ro-
taung II in the center Of the milk placed
in an carthcn or brass vessel This, in
all but the mechanical part OF churninc.
corresponds closely to the practice -
largely and successfully followed in the
south of Scotland Of churnin- the whole
milk
Tn" butter which results from this pro
cess Is in no way deficient in flavor, and
is noted for its keeping qualities. Accord
ing to another native method fresh milk
is boiled, cooled by surrounding the vessc!
containing 1t with cold water. and
churned at once. Tie advantage of this
system i that the buttermiIk is sweet.
but the butter i bad. owing To the native
practice Of handling it with unclean
hands-Blackwood Magazine
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-19
NEW GOLD DREDGING PUMP.
Wonder full Invention to be Used to Dredge
Yukon


The Alaska and Northwestern Develop
ment company have on exhibition and in
operation at sos Grand avenue. Milwau-
kee, model of a pump that is Il wonder
full piece of inventive ingenuity. which is
the invention Of one of their party and
Is the only Known pump that Will raise
and elevate any distance material as
heavy rs gold. \ number of Milwaukee
financial men are interesting themselves
III the company and one of them is to act
as treasurer. The company is incorpo-
rated for 10000 shares at 50 each, all
treasury stock, but only limited number
of shares will be sold to build a dredger,
the balance of unsold stock is to be can
ceilcd later or sold at an advance price
as the stockholders may elect. The pump
TO be used will handle 5000 cubic yards
Of sand in "A hours and is considered by
all who have seen it operate as the most
feasible Of all dredging propositions. as
bed rock can be cleared where the richest
tndS are made. One of their party IS an
old miner and has been in the interior of
Alaska three years. Shares are sold at
81 each or parties investing $500 can JOIN
the expedition. When considering that
men have for years worked the Yukon
bars. making from s. to $50 per day, the
grand possibilities for an enterprise OF
this kind are apparent.
w. +. Iwick. president. and ID. r..
Taylor. manager of the company. are
stopping at the Republican house for a
short time
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-19

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o. G. HICKS. Notary Public.
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