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eradicates blood fo!"
son and blood taint,
Ci vcuai. bottles of Swift's Specific (S.S. S.)
* entirely cle.msed my system of contagious
blood poison of tho vui v worst type.
Wm. S. loomis, Shreveport, La.
corps scrofula even
in its worst forms.
t HAn scrofula in 1881, and cleansed my
system entirely from it !>>? diking seven
.bottles of S. S. S. 1 have not had any symp?
toms sinco. C. W. Wm.cox,
Spartauburg, S. C
ss.s.
has cured hundreds op
i cases of skin cancer.
Treatise on Wood and Skin Diseases mailed
>ree. Swikt Specific Ca. Atlanta,G?
u$ Preparations:
! Alterative,
; Tonic
AND
/Expectorant
The judge of Hanover
County Speaks.
Tim. Howard suffered forthreo years
with luny and tiroat troubles, and last
spring was thought by his neighbors to
be dying. I heard of his. condition and
,< gave him A. B. C. Tonic. Its effect was
magical. In a very short time he was
able to leave his bed, and now regards
himself a well man. Others in this
vicinity have taken the " Tonic " with
pronounced benefit.
Very respectfully,
S. C. REDD,
Beaver Dam Depot. Hanover Co., Va.
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Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
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cause it has never
failed in any instance,
no matter what the
disease, from Leprosy
to the simples! disease
known to the human
' system.
The scientific men
Jit**^ of to-day claim and
prove (hat every disease is
Caused by M icrobes,
?AND?
Exterminates the microbes anil drives
them out of the system, and when that
is done you cannot have an ache or pain.
No matter what the disease, whether a
simple ease of malaria fever or a combi?
nation of diseases, we eure them all at
the same time, as we treat all diseases
constitutionally.
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Asthma, Consumption. Catarrh. Bron?
chitis, Rheumatism, Kidney and Liver
Disease, Chills and Fever. Female
Troubles, in all its forms, and in fact,
every disease known to the human sys?
tem.
Beware of Fraudulent Imitations.
Sec that our Trade Mark (same as
above) appears on each jug.
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Druggists, Sole agents. 'or. Jefferson
and First ave. s. w. junlT-ly
DYSPEPSIA.
Riga, Mk,n.,
[Gents: I now
write to let yon
know that I have
(been using your
Burdock Blood
Bitters, and also
to tell you what
hey have done for me. I have been
roubled with dyspepsia for years. I
commenced the use of your Burdock
Blood Bitters and they have brought
me out all right. The use of three
Lotties conferred the great benefit,
for which I feel profoundly grateful.
I will never b?? without it.
jtnU (1 lv WM. H D ELK ER.
J. R. -HOCKADAY.
THE PIONEER
REAL ESTATE AGENT
OF
Roanoke City, Va.
OFFICE: lOJi First St.. s. w.. First Na
\ .onal Hank Building. niyll-lt
AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD.
Tho glory bus passed from tho goldonrod'n
piumo,
Tho pa ;'? hued asters still linger in bloom;
Tho birch i, Orlybt yellow, tho sumach's aro
rod,
Tho mu) lo i like torches atlamooverhead.
Dnt ' tl the Joy of too sutntnor Is post,
Aud wlutor'a wild bornkl Is blowing hi*
Id
For mo dull November is sweeter than May,
For my I.ovc Is its suusblno?she moots mo to?
day :
Will Bbo comol Will tho ring-dove return to
her nest!
Will tho uoetltn swing back from the east or
thu wvstl
At the Stroke of the hour she will l>e ut her
Kate:
A friend may prove laggard?lore never comes
lute.
Do I sec her afar In the distance!' Not yet
.Too early! Too curly! She could not forget!
Whon I cross the old bridge where tho brook
' overflowed,
She will Mush full in sight at the turn of tho
road.
I pass the tow wall where the ivy entwines;
I tread the brown pathway that leads through
the pines;
I hasto by the bowlder that lies in tho Held, ,
Where her promise at purling was lovingly
scaled.
Will she come by the hillside or round through
tho wood?
Will sho wear her brown dress or her mantle
und hood?
The minute draws near?but her watch may go
wrong;
My heart tcltl be asking: What keeps her so
long?
Why doubt for a moment? More shame if I do! i
Why question? Why tremble? Arc angels ;
more true?
ShO would come to the lover who calls her his
own
Though she trod in tho track ot a whirling
cyclone!
?I crossed tho old bridge ero the minute had
passed.
I looked: lo! my I.ovo stood before me ut last.
Her eyes, how they sparkled, her cheeks, how
thoy glowed,
As wc mot face to face, at the turn of the
road!
?Oliver Wendell Holmes. In "Over the Tea
cups," Atlantic Monthly.
A QUEER DUEL.
A Black and Brown Spldor FIsfht
to tho Daath.
A big window in the southeast corner !
of the old warehouse at. tho head of |
Lake Konka, in Ilammondsport, is cov?
ered as with a curtain by spider webs.
Tho warehouse was built sixty years
ago, when Ilammondsport was the great
grain shipping point for Western New
York, says a correspondent in tho N.
Y. Sun. The grain business ceased to
be the mainstay of this region long i
since, and this old building was put to
other uses. For many years the southeast J
corner has been but little disturbed, and j
generation after generation of spiders i
have spun their webs and hatched and |
bred their young on tho dust-covered
window. Spiders of many kinds, with j
as many different architectural plans |
for their gossamer dwelling-places make
their homes on the casing and sashes j
and panes of tho old window. There j
are spiders with big oval bodies and i
legs an inch long. There art; spiders I
scarcely bigger than a mustard seed,
busy as bees darting up and down and
here and there on invisiblo supports,
like moats floating in a sunbeam. There ?
are spiders with bodies as round as a
cherry and almost as big. Brown spi?
ders, black spiders, gray spiders festoon
with their webs this unused corner of
the old warehouse on tho hike, and wax
fat on the flies and bugs that seek tho
dangerous seclusion of that dusty and
musty nook.
The panes of this window aro the <
small squares of the old days. Ono of
tho big oval-bodied, grayish-brown ,
spiders had his web spread over the en- j
tire surface of one pane of glass and ]
over all but one small corner of another. 1
In that corner a plump, black spider, not I
more than one-quarter tho size of tho |
brown spider, had his modest but effect?
ive trap. Tho other day the big spider
evidently concluded that, he needed
nioro room for his web, and ho coolly
began preparation to extend it over the
corner occupied by the unostentatious 1
black spider, lie ran out a cable that
passed across one edge of the black
spider's wob and fastened it to the edge
of the sash between that pane and the j
next one. This cable was quickly fol?
lowed by another, and a third ono was '
strung before tho little black spider
seemed to wake up to what was going j
on. Then he came out of his corner and
gave the big spider's audacious work a j
quick inspection. That having evident- '.
ly satisfied him of the intention of tho
big trespasser, he nipped tho three ca?
bles apart, one after another, and left j
them dangling uselessly in the air.
The big spider ran out while tho little
black one was undoing his work, and
for a moment seemed paralyzed with
amazement. The littlo spider, having
destroyed the cables, retired to tho se?
clusion ot his corner and resumed his
watch for flies. The big fellow recov?
ered from his surprise and immediately
threw another cable across tho littlo
one's web. Out came tho little fel?
low with a rush and snapped
that cable asunder. Four times
after that tho big spider strung
a cable, and each time the little
spider cut it down. Then the big ono
started with another line. Tho little
one, evidently furious at the persistency
of the other in trespassing upon his
premises, threw himself on the big spi?
der. There was a lively struggle be?
tween the two spiders for a second or
two, and then the big one broke away
and retreated to his den ill the extreme
upper corner of his web. where he re?
mained quiet, but evidently uneasy.
The little black fellow tore about in his
corner as if in :\ towering rage, and
while his fury was at its height an?
other spider, with a long, ugly-looking
head and a small body, came gliding
down on a single thread from a pane above
the little black one's corner. This spider
joined the raging black one. and by and
by the hitter cooled down. The two
spiders remained together in apparent
confidential- intercourse for a few sec?
onds, and then the spider with the big
head darted out upon the brown spider's
web nnd followed it to the big fellow's
den. There lid lingered for a moment,
evidently discussing the matter with the
big brown spider, and then bo darted off
again in another direction and brought
up in a wel> on the pine above the big
spider's, where another spider hung
listlessly, wrapped up in his long, hairy
legs. When the big-hoaded spider en-'
tered the hairy spider's weh the latter
unwrapped hlmsolf and greeted his visit?
or cordially. A short confab took place
between the two, and then the hairy
spider dropped quickly down to the big
brown spider's don and tbo spider with
the big head returned hurriedly to the
little black spider's corner.
The sequel proved that the big-headed
spider had, beyond all question of doubt,
arranged a duel between the little black
spider and the bi?r brown one, be being
the second of the former, the hairy spi?
der having consented to be the big
brown fellow's next friend in the affair.
A few seconds after the big-headed
spider had returned to the black spider's
corner the two glided out, reached tbo
big brown spider's web, advanced almost
to tbo center of it, and stopped. Tbo
brown spider and his hairy attendant,
soon afterward emerged from the for?
mer's den and advanced toward the cen?
ter of the web, stopping within an inch
or so of the black spider and his second.
Other members <of the spider colony
must have had intuitive knowledge of
what was going on, for spiders of all
sizes and shapes came speeding to the
scene to get a view of what was evident?
ly to be a fierce encounter. When tbo
two principal spiders had taken their
positions their respective attendants re?
tired some distance from them. Then
the little black spider and his big brown
foe rushed together.
They struggled a moment, separated,
rushod together again, ami tumbled and
tossed one another about until the web
on which they fought swayed and bent
and broke here and there into rajjged
boles. All the while the hairy spider
and t he spider with the hijr head hovered
frantically each about his principal as
if coaching the lighters as to tin- best
advantage. -The spectator spiders
showed no little excitement themselves,
and ran to and fro along the edge of tbo
sash around the pane as the ll^ht pro?
gressed. When tbo battle was at. its
height one round-bodied black- spider of
tbo same species with the little black
ono in the fight, probably fearing for
the safety of his prototype, made a rush
into the held to take, a hand in the
fight, llefore he reached thecontestants,
however, ho was collared by both the
hairy spider and the big-headed spider,
and hustled backinto the crowd so quick
that ho seemed dazed, and remained
perched on the edge of the sash until
the fight was over without as much as
moving a leg.
While this exciting side incident was
engaging the attention of the Kcconds,
the principals separated, each retreating
acouploof inches. The attendant spiders
rushed each to his principal's side and
for several seconds things remained
quiet. Then the pugnacious little black
spider moved slowly forward, ami the big
fellow advanced to meet him. When
they were nearly together the little
spider shot forward like a Hash,
pounced upon the biff one, and
almost as quickly darted back again.
That was a fatal blow to the big spider.
In that sudden dash the little spider
had chopped off one of the big one's
long forelegs closo to bis body as neat?
ly as he had cut. the cables of his foe's
intruding web. The loss of his leg
greatly disabled the big spider, and the
little follow was able lo light all around
him, to. the visible distress of the
brown spider's hairy second. The black
spider darted at his big antagonist with
tbo rapidity of lightning, and it was
not long before he had severed tbo
other foreleg of the big spider as com?
pletely as he had the first one. Tho
brown was now almost totally help?
less. By a quick Hank movement the lit?
tle black mounted the other's huge body,
and closed his jaws firmly in the back
of his neck. The big spider floundered
and struggled, but all to no purpose.
His life blood was fast being drained
by his agile foe. and in a minute after
the black spider had got his clutch on
the brown one's neck the big fellow
hung shrivelled and lifeless in the
wreck of tin' web he had tried to en?
large at the expense of his bold and
nervy little neighbor.
But. the little black spider was not
satisfied with tho death of the en?
croaching spider and the ruin to his
web. When he found his foe was dead
ho made a circuit of the outer edge of
the web, cutting every stay cable and
guy wob from its fastenings, until the
limp body of its lato occupant, and the
dismantled web fell together on the
window lodge, among a mass of dead
and shrivelled flies and beetles' wings
and heaps of dusty cast-off webs. Then
tho victorious little black, escorted by
both the big-headed and tho hairy
spiders-, returned to his nest in the
corner. The spider spectators scam?
pered back to their respective homes,
and In a few seconds the great spider
colony had resinned all its wonted quiet.
Iti-so t of a ConvemiiMou.
The Boston Evening Gazette tells a
pleasant story about tho son of a very
prominent man. When ho was a stu?
dent at Harvard ho took a trip West on
one of his vacations. lie was greatly
interested in railroad affairs, and hap?
pened to fall into conversation with an
elderly man who also seemed to know a
little about this subject. On the way
to Chicago they talked about railroads a
good deal, and the young man acquitted
himself very creditably. His new friend
had introduced himself simply as .Mr.
Smith, let US say. Mr. Smith and tho
young college man exchanged personal
cards before the trip was ended. Short?
ly before he uas graduated tho young
man received a Haltering offor from a
big railroad company, through its presi?
dent, the same Mr. Smith, call him
again. That wan .several years ago.
That young man to-day is a rising rail?
road man. who has already climbed
many rounds of tho railroad ladder.
A Coup v of Tame Wasp*.
A New Haven niiiii has a couple of
tame wasps. They have built a nest in
his parlor, and live undisturbed and un
disturbing. This is tho third .season tho
insects have occupied tho same quar?
ters.
?
CLOTHES FOR BABY.
With it Shop Garment for n Model, Moth
its Cmi Kntlly Male? Them.
To tell a young in< Hut how to nmko
a baby's uutlit is as ponderous a task as
teaching stenography in six lessons.
In the tirst placo, a woman must have
somo knowledge of sowing anil in tin'
nex t it is essential that she know some?
thing about the tiiness or things. 1 to?
bies, as u rule, are shapeless little eroa
ltires ami defy measurement. Ii issuf- j
Heien I that the garments do not bind at i
any plaee. ami so long US they can be
kept from gathering up and smothering i
the little one ihe\ pass judgment, li
gOCS without saving Hint they musi be
touched with beauty and made of the
IInesI loom.
As one object-lesson is better to a
class than a term of theoretic Instruc?
tion the maternal novice will lind it ad?
vantageous in go to a dry-goods shop to j
buy a sei of baby clothes for models.
Tho copy need not cost $5 all told, and
in the purchase the amateur has all the j
suggestions needed to fashion a really I
beautiful outfit. H?ing designed in '
cheap material tho garments can be
ripped apart and be used in plaee of pat- .
terns. The attempt at decoration will
serve for improvements in trimming and |
the careless sewing be a silent reproof j
to the student. The number of slips. !
linen bands, llarrlc coats, petticoats and '
long dresses, tho supply of plaids, blank?
ets, shawls. saoqXlCS, socks and shirts
will depend entirely on the fancy of the
mother. Cut like the whim of the mod?
ern bride who lays in a lot of under?
wear lo get yellow in a trunk, there is a
good deal of nonsense in stocking a
linen basket, a hamper or a bassinet, for
the reason thai the dot of humanity is a
flower of rapid growth, ami given half a
chance will be ready for short, elol lies
before the real value of his trailing
robes has been exhausted.
To be sure the embroidered flannels
and company dresses w ill cut down but
for the sentimental aversion a mother
has of desecrating the garments of her
first born by the application of steed or
economy.
Given the model and one tour of inspec?
tion through an infant's supply depart?
ment of a dry-goods shop, any needle?
woman can colled a trousseau al less
than a third of the shop cost. When
short clothes are donned if will be
found profitable to buy pongee or India ,
silk instead of the delicate bombazines. :
mulls, batiste and French cambrics, so
costly 'o trim and so troublesome to ,
laundry. The shop-keeper will make a :
silk dress to order for S::. and allowing i
tho same amount for silk- and lace to
finish the neck and sleeves, a garment '
superior to one that retails for SI l will
be the outcome. As before stated, a I
shop model may hi' had for sixty cents
or less lo guide the amateur. Il does i
not pay to attempt to make boys' '
clothes. For fM complete suits are of- j
fered and a hoy of fourteen may he rig- !
ged out. from head to foot for Sil. There
; is a temptation on the part of visionary
mothers lo cul down father's trousers, j
but unless.?ho has served an apprentice
ship to a tailor it is cruelty to the child.
A casual glance at the home-made
pantaloons in a male school would be
< humorous but for the misery endured by
their respective occupants. In the
majority of cases both sides are cut on
the same principle.- X. Y. World.
CLEANING KID GLOVES. {
A Simplo Muhl Tllttl Will Do Its Work
u hi Kvery Time'.
Light kid gloves soil so easily that
they would bo a very expensive item in
the wardrobe if one were unable to clean
them. In all large towns they can bo \
ionl toa shop, where they will bo clean
3tl for ton cents a pair. It. is, however,
i great convenience to be able to do I
such work at. home, if in a hurry, or liv?
ing out of town.
When plain naphtha or benzine is
used I he odor clinurs lo t he gloves a long
time. Here is a llllid thai will easily i
clean the gloves, and when they are ex?
posed to the air for a short, t i me the odor I
passes away: Fill into a three pint bot I le I
one quart of benzine, one ounce of ether,
otto ounce of chloroform and a half
an ounce of white wilitergrcen. Shake.
Hid cork lightly.
To clean the gloves, put Ihein on the
hands, and, welting a piece of clean :
while cloth or a small sponge with the
fluid, sponge the gloves t|uickly, rub
binir quite hard in the parts most soiled.
Takti another clean piece of cloth and
rub the gloves until they are perfectly
Iry. Now slowly and carefully work
l he gloves olf I he hands, and hang them
tu the fresh air for half an hour. All
adorwill have disappeared by that time.
This fluid gives the gloves a lighter
j ;olor, but leaves them soft and freo
from streaks, if the cleaning and drying
have been properly done, ami it also re?
moves the odor some times ca used by per?
spiration, it must lie remembered that
' with this fluid, as with the pure benzine
Of naphtha,care must be taken not to be
near an Open lire, a lighted lamp or gas.
as the gas w hich it gives out is very in
Hani mable.
Another method of cleaning kid
gloves is to use naphtha, pouring it into
?i deep saucer. Put tho gloves on the
hands, and dip one hand al a time in the
saucer, wetting the glove thoroughly,
then rub it quickly with a soft, dry
?loth. The rubbing must be done very
quickly, or the glove will look streaked.
Should there be any spots that were
not removed with tho first dipping and
rubbing, wet a corner of tho cloth, and
rub the soiled part till it hi.mcsclcan.
1 u using such volat ileari ides as napl ha,
benzine, chloroform and ether tho ruin
blllgShould be done very rapidly, that t lie
Ktaill may be removed before the liquid
dries. Maria Farloa, in Housewife.
? "I picked up a bit of information
the other day," said a hotel clerk, "that
1 hadn't thought of before. A couple of
nu n were talking in Lite oflice, whonono
asked on what day of the week Christ?
mas will be ibis year. 'Lot's see,' re?
plied tho other, 'I was married on the
lirst day <>f May, that was Wednesday.'
Christinas will come on Wednosday.
Thai struck me forcibly , and w hen I got
a little leisure 1 gathered up a lot of old
? calendars and investigated it. I found
I that it is true that the first day of May
1 and Chrlstmns of the same year occur on
1 the auuie day of tho week."*
WYTHE COUNTY, VA.
Distinctly the Richest Ming Town in Sonthwest Virginia.
The largest mines, tho richest lands, the finest timber surrounds I vanhoe.
The No. I furnace of the New River .Mineral Company now in successful
operation.
Large Foundry, Machine Shops
and Stove Works
I *ndor construction. Tree sites and liberal Inducements to manufacturers.
Immense limestone und Iron and zinc mines aro being worked or developed
within the town. Important industries secured, and negotiations pending
for ot hers.
A railroad junction in the heart of the greatest
iron region in the United States. The only
town on this great Southern connec?
tion of the Norfolk and Western
system.
Tbc world famous lhuonito and mountain ores of the Cripple Creek Val?
ley and the celebrated tiossntl and magnetic ores of Carroll county aro within
minimum html of Ivanhuc. In direct communication with tho Pocahontas
coal and coke fields, being 000 feet above the sea the climate is unsur?
passed by the celebrated mountain resorts of the world. Vast tracts of Virgin
forests close to hand that can Inj floated down to Ivanhoc.
Magnificent hotel, stores and dwellings under
contract. The cheapest and btest lots
in the South.
The I vanhoe Land and Improvement. Company are now receiving applica?
tions for lots. Only those lots that have two or more applicants will bo
otfercd at auction.
GREAT SALE OCTOBER 15, 1890.
A grand chance for investment. Maps, prico lists, plans, plats, etc., seat
on application.
Railroad fares from points within the State to 1 vanhoe will he refunded
to those buying lots.
1 vanhoe Land and Improvement Co.
A. .1. DAVIS. J. A. PACE. AUGUST H?NING
imiaikiie] iivnoiLsriE-Y- fast.
If you want to make
Safe and Profitable Investments,
Call on or write to
3D^.T7"IS, ^^CKE 3c CO.,
Real Estate Agents, v.' Salem Avenue. Roanoke. Va.
We have a corps of salesmen that w ill always be ready to show our qustomers
about the city. Parties desiring information in the mater of invStmonts,
great or .small, wiil do well to consult us. oot3-lia
W. S. (iOOCH, C. E. HOOK, II. L. CHILES
President. * Vice President. Sec*y & TV.,
Old Dominion Investment Co.
OFFICE IN CITIZENS' BANK BUILDING.
Makes and Negotiates First-Class I nvestments.
np.vtitn
111 First st. s. w., Roanoke, Va.
(Times Buildiug.)
_ it
R. I. BOSNIAN, E. D. TUCKER,
President. Secretary.
Agents for improved and unimproved city
and suburban property. Have some special
bargains that can be resold quickly at a good
profit. -M"
