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Miller q Rho'nds.
#'-- Nx:,la. - phcads. Miller e Rhonds.
AS Wornen's Suits $3.50
Each.
AN UNUSUALLY LOW PRICE.
Miller. Il Rhoa,ds.

A new--nadc last manufactures that we ouy ron
fo,nd himself With about enough heavy weight cloth 70 mahe @
su and Wishing to spring goods offered tNc W.e'
,stts 10 lis at little on the dolar-We accepted te
ccr and tic garments are here.
Bannockburn mixtures i'll Green and 5lue snal c's'' CIV
Castor and Red plaid.
M skrted Goats with military shoulder capc blouse front
~ co1lar1ess-Tc Skirts thoroughly aormadc with ooune
seams and Killed bottoms.
70 add little interest Of the sale we have taken aDout
fifteen regular ST. and 5000 suits and the enre 10
Is 60 OH sale at $Ia.5o each
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MINE OPERATORS WILL
MEET IN ROANOKE

Hon. George e. Murrcl. of Bedford,
secretary of the Virginia Commission OF
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, has
issued circular letter to the mine oper-
utors of Virginia. explaining the status
of that end of tho proposed exhibit, and
calling upon them for their hearty CO.
oteration Following this letter Is one
from General Rufus a. Ayers, Of wise,
addressed to the mine operators OF Nr-
ginia. calling upon them TO meet IN hoa,
noko on December 18th. The letter OF
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seneral Ayers ana his committee is as

follows:
10 the Mine Operators of Virginia:
Gentlemen, LIB Believing that Il united Of
fort of the mine operators OF Virginia to
MD In the movement now being madc by
tho State to advertise her resources at
the coming Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition ut ST Louis, cannot but result III
!srcnt benefit individually. and COLLEGE
lively to us ms we'll as to our state ut
large, we, the undersigned committee.
Respectfully invite you to meet With US at
'Tlotcl Roanoke Roanoke, Va, on De.
cember 18th, to consider questions and
plans to be submitted, consistent With
taking action along such lines.
GEN. r. A.. AYERS,
Chairman.
j. p. NEWTON,
g3 y. b. W1INTRY. Ell
Is. c.. Banks, Secretary
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Memorial Service.

A service in memory of the late W.
Y. Abraham viii be held q, q, t tomorrow
gh 9 hs ATmory wheIys a th2 f' Gh9Feh
n Wi 7 special music and addresses th BY
NJ Rey, Dr u WillesmbI n gones. 81 e R ss
nuSc. tme Rev III. j. shipnan, OF Islces.
and Inc Rev. DIR. Alfred Basby
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East Hanover Presbytery,-

At meeting 9f East aso, HaP 9reysbyter rss;
e Gbursh I IN his city yesterday morning.
thS Tey rnIoi. q Md arrun wan ess
G s,ave , ,,ie FOR lis Installation as pastor
of the ' First Church Llcentiate E : e;
irwin was dismissed e Gon msm,r M Ana
a apds py ihe d,sposition of tho money in
hand were discussed.
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Mrs. Davis Better.

Mrs II. d. Davis. Of No. III West, Clay
Street, wife OF the assistant supnrln'en-
iii for some time. Is reported as being
better.
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Tribute to Deceased.

A service in memory. OF Al ilarles
X. Bowers rs who vii was He'd lhur,sday ~
I'm Rahmona hGeomq9'tiEEe s F MatkhE ns Ms
lI,ithermn Church. The attendance Was
large, and The service WAS very M
FprCsSlye ono. INK ", sia go sHlH 54A53i
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cAPITATION TAXES.
Many Ladies Are Paying for
Their Husbands.

People are still rushing into the office
OF the city treasurer to pay their capita
tion tax. because they know It must be
paid before the 18th.
Another feature Of the matter Is that
many ladies are paying their husbands
Ellis.
."rhis scans to Indicate" said Trensu-
rer phillips. "that tho ladies are going
to have something to say In politics next
yenr" 5lH tF-
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May Now Practice.

Messrs. G. A. Hanson and W, A; Will
s,roy qualified yesterday 10 practice in
The City Circuit Court
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BILLS PASSED.

The following bills were passed: :, ,o,,s
amend asd ls, and 1Ss 81
n PROVED May 20. 1908 entitled an act TO to
amend and re-enact chapter a. OF me Cona
Of Virginia QsS7), In relation 70 cues any
10 Il repeal an act approved March =. ~
1903, III relation TO represemlnti1oh T % .n
and 10 tic reapportlonment Of such repre-
repea act sni'sa on act &c dc 20
as provided for By, ctionllS Of ths 1, CON,
sitution Of virginia, which which p ,lcania,,e
law without the Governor . s's 'l'.u'o'
May 81 1893
amend and ,oa entiicd az Fan ae act aRt o
npn rqESeg Mars Y' Su
bonds for the redemption Of ou'S'ahu'ns
bonds, ,t s.oo,,,,s oo,I
ao5l' 2 st5l and AZ .55s Of the Code Of Viz
~ 70 amend. and re.enact section so6s Of
S of the charter of the city OF Ric,monu
as aenaed AZ, nya Iot TIE TIE
f 10 amend and re-ennct sections 5sl
and 5s5 Of the Code Of virginia. US mere
no 10 qmaseni and re-enaet seatIor, 9, ,:b q !
1msnd ssaI BY % c az ana dpp seston s
n@en OF the ~ CODE a Of oi vfgnia .o.o
ia amend and re-cnacl sections 5000 ard
3O3G of the Code OF Virginia. 80
10 repeal section SO43, section Soi as
a 1s5S ssetlo ~ s9i5 as ameaded by aet
nnproyed January 49, 1855: sections .ga6,
S6f S0iS, SO5l and S05g Of the Code OF W.
ginia, aud 10 amend and re-enact ssGtIoii
SOla, as amended by an act iapproV5enM!, May.
90 1903: section 3OoO, section Sooa, ,s
amended by an act npprogel Jni'ary 20,
1855: sectonS0b4, as amenldd5ed ny az t hGt
approved February rs; e. lSiHs. ana sect'oH
and p s isu and tot to repeal section sol0 Of the
Code OF Vlrginin, relating to courts Of
the city Of Riehmond,
10 amend and re,enaGt sections l hay
s OF an net approved Eebruary u, leSl
entitled "nn act to estaplish ne Law ana
Iiuuity CourI of the city OF RlcEmond
and 10 define It's jurlsdicllon and relation
to the other courts OF said city,
no amend and re-enact SECTION 1900 or
the Code OF VirGiMa.. in, relation to petl-
lions for appeal Wri, Of error e. 81 ~
an act approved January u.s. 1883, ~
of section = chapter 3, OF an act enti,
s Wien Became a law May 81. 1903.
no amend and re-enact chapter iS OF
| tho Code nf Virginia, as amended by an
| act entitled .all act to amend and Te-
| enact sections 1865 and ll66 OF chapter, as
| OF The Code of Yirginin Of 1887, In rela-
| tlDn5to statements made by banks app
! proved January q. 1879
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and tina, which affects one person will have

and that which affects one person will have
no effect whatever upon another
You must make study OF your own
case and notice what will reduce you.
There is a certain woman who discovered
that water was fattening TO her system. So
she stopped drinking it. She limited her
self to one small glassfu three times day.
instead of taking the three or four glassfuls
which she had been in the habit OF drink
ing, and she drank nothing between meals.
As for eating, she found that she could eat
whenever she pleased, so long as she did
not drink while eating.
Between meals, when the thirst was
unbearabe, she took bite Of fresh fruit.
a section Of orange, a ripe cherry. any
thing to allay the burning at the root OF
her tongue. for she was one of those people
who are eternally thirsty. She lost stead
lily, about two pounds week, and 1t took
a short time only to bring her down TO her
normal weight.
Another woman made the discovery that
sleep fattened her She found that If she
went TO bed az II o clock and rose at o'clock
giving herself only eight hours sleep, she
lost weight But if she lapsed into her old
habits she gained
For years this woman had been in the
habit Of retiring at 10 o'clock and sleep
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cVZIZAT m III HCl4I ENp Inn BHIIEHzfD %OR TE
erly when in reality you are doing every

erly when in reality you are doing every
thing TO put on flesh
You may think you are doing Just right
when you are doing just wrong There
fore, let the scales be your guide. for they are
the only true test OF the real state OF affairs
as regards your weight.
Mrs. Langtry, who has not gained pound
in years, not since she came from the Isle of
Jersey, full twenty years ago, and maybe
twenty-five, carries with her in her baggage
pair OF scales. Upon these she is weighed
every night.
II she gains an ounce she bants until the
ounce comes OF. Thus she is able TO main
tain her figure. while women Of her acquaint-
ance grow hopeessly fat and old,
For there il nothing that ages woman
as stoutpess ages her. She may be really
younger than many Of her slender friends,
but she will look older. and everybody
knows that a woman is as old as she looks.
There was once a woman who was no
more than rs. and woman of thirty-fve
to-day il young. Yet she weighed nearly
$50 pounds when she should have weighed
only III pounds, and the result was that she
looked far more than her age.
One day she realized that she was looking
old and started 70 remedy matters. She
began her work by not eating at night She
stopped her evening lunches. She ate moth
ing between meals, and cut ice cream
soda and ice cream out of her diet.
For breakfast she ate eggs or meat, one
cup Of coffee and one roll. She ate nothing
until noon. when she took one cup Of ca,
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miles southwest Of the supposed position
Of Termination Land. some surprise was
expressed that nothing was said about this
mysterious region; but the latest informa
ton is that the steamer passed over the
alleged position of the land and could not
find any trace Of II.
Termination Land was entered on the
maps az the most western OF the land masses
which Wilkes saw and which he represented
AZ extending east and west across 70' OF
longitude. These lands or coast lines
were roughly ranged along the South
Polar Circle, some to the north and some
to the south OF it,
There is no doubt that he distinctly saw
PARTS Of these street ches of coast. If they
formed one connected coast line, that would
have an extent Of some l.75O miles and
, might go far to just fy the assertion that
Wilkes discovered the Antarctic continent.
But il has not yet been shown whether
| the land sccn by him is n continuous coast
! line or only n chain Of islands. This was
| the interesting problem which the Germans
! hoped to solve, but their efforts were
| paralyzed by he freezing in Of their vessel.
A for Termination Land, tfrre has AL
! ways been much doubt OF its existence.
| Wilkes put it on his map, though he did
not speak OF it az a positive discovery. but
| only as m indistinct appearance OF land.
In 1874 the Challenger expedition, IN
| the course OF It's deep-sea sounding and
dredging work, sailed along the edge OF
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INVENTORS HOPES REVIVED.
Why He Was Delight ed at Finding His View
cut or at a Ball Game.

AT one time, said an inventor. i feared
that the widespread adoption by women
Of the Gus ON ~ removing their hats in
theatres had eT1rived me Of the fruits OF
an invention which had spent many
weary hours, aye, weeks and months in
perfecting, this being my binocular theatre
scope, by tho use Of which one could look
right around any obstruction whatever
that might be in front Of him, around the
largest and opaquest Of picture hats, FOR
instance az easily as anything and sec the
stage and everybody on II as plainly as
he could with an unobstructed view
Il had this great invention. which
promised to yield me large fortune, all
but ready TO put on the market when, as
though by common impulse, women all
over the country adopted the custom OF
taking off their hats in the theatre. and all
my time and labor spent on the binocular
theat roscope seemed to be lost. But:
AT a ball game the first I had attended
In years. that went TO the other day with
the hope that might forget for the moment
in the excitemen Of the game the wreck
OF my hopes of fortune, I had an experience
that filed m with great joy.
Il had a very good seat, one from which
] had a good view of the diamond and
In fact OF the whole field-until the seats
Immediately in front Of me were occupied;
and then couldn't see any thing at all.
Those seats were taken by TWO young
women in picture hats, which cut of my
view as completely, as 1t would have been
cut OF by range Of mountains. couldn't
zee tho home plate now, nor the second
base, nor any other base: not even the
| field
They might have run the bases in auto:
| mobiles and caught flies In crab nets, and
never'd have known the difference, But
this situation flied me with great delight
! nevertheless for what a prospect this all
, opened up for my binocular theatroscope.
! More needed here than ever il had been in
| the theatre, and what a boon il would be.
And so | sat there through the game.
! never seeing thing, but enjoying the game
| more than ! had ever enjoyed game be,
fore, dreaming: Of the fortune tha, would ili
| iheatroscope finished ard on tho market
before women came 70 .be taking drt on their
IA they have 80 long been doing in the
| theairc res.
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CABMEN WHO SPURN LUCRE.
Money Not Above Honor in This Particular
Part or the TenderlOin.

pretty well-known member Of a con-
spicuous family who persists in mixing up
with the police on festive occasions was
arrested again few evenings ago and got
OF with his accustomed ease, but the best
Of the story of his escapade did not como
out.
He had arrived at the post-merrv good
whose expression is aggressiveness when hs
got as far up Broadway as the knckrr-
booker Theatre. The performance in ths
theatre was not finished and the street was
well filled with cabs, whose drivers sa; upon
their boxes or stood in groups near the
Thirty-eigbth street corner.
Twenty dollars to any cabman ! can't
ick!" exclaimed the scion of a fighting line.
squaring Oh with his back to the wall
Sickels tossed on hot day into the Ci'v
Hall fountain draw no quicker Response
from the newsboys Of City Hall Park ,han
Mr.. Scion's offer drew from the ready car'
bies. He had only to take his pick of ira
oncomers, and his time for choo sing WAS
limited in the extreme.
But he was valiant defender Of 'ha
gauntlet he had flung down. and the melee
interested so much of Broadway that 'hs
police had to come and take Sir i"'or
to Thirtieth street.
A number Of grinning cabmen watched
him as he was escorted away, but not orA
of them made a demand for the double Gag
TO which the prowess of several entries
them
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the pack ice to Within fifteen miles Of the
smpposed position OF Wilkes's Termination
Land, but neither from the deck nor mast
head could any indication OF II he seen.
Wilkes was supposed to have seen i at
distance Of sixty miles. The Challenger
e.pedition came to the conclusion that
Termination Land probably did not exist.
and, according to the latest dispatches.
the Germans have now proved It's non
existence.
Willsrs was an American explorer and
his great work in the Antarctic reflected
credit upon his country, Very little is
yet known OF the region called Wilkes Land
and about all the knowledge we possess
Of il ia based upon descriptions OF views
obtained by Balleny, Wilkes and Dnmont
=. d Urville.
4 part OF the coast adele Land), at least
! 1926 or 40 miles, was seen with great ac-
| c,Iracy II was everywhere fronfed by
an ice barrier and the land has tolerably
| uniform elevation OF 5000 feet. according
| 70 Wilkes, or from 3 30 TO $500 iee' Accord
| ing to Dulnont d'Urville.
| II il to be regretted that the Germans,
with their splendid scientific stan, We're
| not 40 fortunate as TO have an opportunity
| TO solve the part Of the Antarctic problem
relating to Wilkes Land. The renewal of
work In the Antarctic regions, however,
| has only just begun: and some day the
| veil Of mystery will be lifted from these
| highlands, whose plains and mountains
| have certainly been seen rising above the
/ waste Of Arctic watArA
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COURTSHIPS IN THE PARKS.
FLAT DWELLERS WHO HAVE TO
MAKE LOVE IN THE OPEN.
No Room for Them In the New York Apart
ment--Scenes and Conversations Among
the Outdoor WOOers-Comme by the
pectators-ArouDd the Band stand.

As the rain ceased its gentle fall and
turned into a slight drizzle two figures
emerged from the darkness into the glare
of an electric light and walked along the
park path to bench, whose background
was cump Of fragrant lowered bushes.
Such a perfectly cosey place, breathed
the Young woman as the man took hand
kerchief from his pocket and carefully
wiped the water of two seats.
Then they sat down with contented
sighs. and few minutes later, when the
dwellers of the neighborhood poured into
the square with tho peeping out OF the
first star they were two souls with but
single thought. Neither the constant
shutting of feet on all sides nor the varied
procession before the pair caused them to
unloose interlocked hands, or her to take
her head from close proximity to his
shoulder. Their mutual contemplation be-
spoke ignorance of the presence OF smiling
strangers.
II is such scenes as this that make the
small park of New York city on summers
night an excellent chart OF the human
heart and mind. Day in the average
metropolitan park is tame and monotonous.
But with fall Of night the park becomes a
board on which the gamut Of human feelings
is run.
This is true Of any night when the city
gasps for breath. but especially is 1t the
case when the band plays. Then the
y eople pour out in greater numbers.
Then, under the spell OF the rollicking
notes Of the latest ragtime, or the memory
awakening strains OF MY Old Kentucky
Home" and other old-time favorites the
conversations usually kept for family
or friendly circles take place with refresh
ing freedom in tho open, No one seems
TO give a thought to the probability that
the person seated next on the bench ia I'M
willingly being taken into heart and homo
! condolences.
The small park Of the metropolis on a
summer night is always the favorite trysting
place OF the lovers who live thereabouts.
It. Is the only pl,. re left to them where they
can whisper their sweet nothings.' A
fiat takes no thoughts Of the heyday OF
youth; one room too often is both parlor
and sitting-room.
But when the bass drum thunders and
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Dor. of her companion. She's the one
that deserves the licking"
And l says to her''-from a pugnacious
type. Of woman further down the human
border of the waikiki says TO her. Mrs.
Brady, III break your face il you stale an
other one of me petticoats off me clothes
line says. And Mrs. Brady. She"
And so that's the baby, is it?' from
a passeroy who has recognized an acquaint-
ance, The dear little thing-and you've
got a new baby carriage for IL. too! That's
what III have to be getting II have any
more-the old ones been used so much it's
all worn out,
Equally. enlightening as the converse
seats that have come TO be known as lovers
hooks are the attempts at repartee to be
overheard on the less crowded portions OF
the walks leading to the band stand. Here
groups Of youths take their first lessons in
Irritation
Hello. Mamie!- an overgrown boy. with
cigarette sticking to his lips. calls to a
Hey breaks in one of his companions,
as the girl looks straight ahead; leave
Mamie alone. Can't you see she's a LADY,"
Then they laugh. But often Mamie, or
whatever name she may he addressed by.
turns on her tormentor.
Shut up.- she snaps and walks on. and
tn lads refrain from merriment.
Nor is it infrequent for several young
girls out in company 10 stop and talk with
these boys. when such sentences are caught:
Girls don't believe them. They amt
telin' us their right names.
My name? Oh. it's-say girls. what
are our names?
Wed treat EN- to soda water if we had
the money, wouldn't we, Billy"
Amt that fine waltz? 1 just dote on
dancing"
-Bur-r-rr, she gave me frost fellers,-
as the girls walk OH.
Such ia the park on a summers night
while the band plays But when the music
ceases and the cornetist puts his instru-
ment in its case and the bass horn disap-
pears in big black bag, then the mothers
and fathers arouse sleepy and sleeping
children, the solitary figures on the edges
Of the park break their reveries and Slip
back whence they came, and behind them
sounds the shuffling OF many feet point
ing homeward--of parent and child, Of
all the people within the gloom Of the trees
except the lovers.
In the words Of a policeman whose post
takes in one Of these metropolitan tryst-
ing 1 RlsSe. s, and SPOON and look .t ~.
moon till all hours. and you can't drive
'em out with a night stick. Lord. I've
heard 30 much 'do-you. love-me-dearie
talk since I've been on this beat that I
dream OF IL and talk 1t in my sleep every
night.
what my wife says. And before she got
onto the cause Of it abe was fighting jeal-
Gus, Thought my guilty conscience was
giving me away while | slept. Yes, sir;
but now she knows better and when l
talk particular bad she says next day.
Must have been an uncommon lot Of
spooners In the park last night2'
nod my head
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Ht'MNINGBIRD 4 FIGHTER.
Though Tiny. Its BuzzinE Proves Is Feared
ny the sparrow.

Although the English sparrow has man
aged in large measure to Danish from
its haunts many larger native birds. ard
even the courageous little wren. there "a
one smaller bird of which it is afraid Ina
tiny but formidable enemy is the hum
mingbird.
The familiar principle of physics ''at
the striking power Of body in motion
equal to it's weight multiplied by is. ".
locity is the secret of the humminghlrH !
superiority over the sparrow. The nun,
ming birds weight is small but its sp"e1
is high, and it's buzzing haste has geruii"
terror for its larger enemy.
The uneasy cries Of sparrow attraCt"'
the attention OF an observer the other da''
who presently discovered the SPARE"
sitting we'll up in pine tree. just within
a foot OF the frightened bird buz2cd
hummingbird its misty wings and ken
beak suggesting tiny aerial ram in thE'.
and bent upon puncturing some srca'''
craft in the air.
The sparrow stood it's ground until IT."
beak seemed about to pierce it's breas' ,
and then took flight, with the angry hit"
hummingbird in hot pursuit. The hum
mingbird soon returned, apparently hav-
ing given up the chase, possibly becausa
1t had driven tho enemy far enough iron
the nest
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the trombones sonorous notes float
over the benches the lovers are lie.
oion Young counles who are t;mid on
So 60 49,. =, -. -
o'her hleh'e ana eh',ous o. 'ie oia'e.
spirits across the path forget all about
and tendcrly clasp hands and draw closer
,,ndor ,ho ,,.,,ov.i,o h,rs ~ Anni.Jaur;e
W.. 'ii' "a, ~! ~ -.
inns Ii 'he oes, Vi ali 'ihes ioi we Ph'
tographer to get in good work So intent
will the lovers and the other people be
on their affairs tina, thew will not notic<,
,h. oa,na-. ,,o;n,.d in th.ir dirac,ion and
when the nashilght goes on they VIII sun re-
main ignorant of the fact that they have been
taken holding hands or wrapped in reverie.
The counles q. wooino are not to be found
,.L r.. - ,>a,.;lo, n. roo.r,
oeheath 'ne oano Pa',noi', ihe "ooers
are on the outsRlrllnS ehches' mere as
tho melodies sound softly from the band
stand such SCRAPS of conversation as these
ara horne m the air for all who harmon
''
around 10 near
Ar-thur?' very timorously from the
seat along the walk underneath the big elm
tree.
-yes dearie rin a heart.mellowed mascu-
line voice
.Arothi,r do--do-oh Arthur. do vou
stiI--still love me. after---
And smackinn sound tells the wide.
wide world that Arthur does.
The -Hnmph,- Of a man in overalls as his
n,pe"and .rn"eic reverie is disturbed and
he .C;ee listen TO the damn iii,s," of n
ro,,nder on the same bench follow.
few minutes later, "a drawing bass
voice asks .I,ncindy' reckon it's putty
n;uh do time us two been eitrin' married
airt II boney?San urchin scarnpering toward