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Count Tolstoi,
Who is in closer sympathy
with humanity, its needs and
its sufferings, than any man
?who is alive to-day, says :
"Go through a crowd of pooplc,
preforably city people, examine
tbeir tired, anxious, wasted faces;
remember your life and the lives of
those whom you have known inti?
mately; recall the many sad cases of
slckneos and sorrow of which you
have heard, and ask yoursolf tho
reason of all this suffering and
despair. And you will see, howevor
strange It may appear, that the
cause of nine-tenths of human
misery is some chronic weakness
or disease; that this Bufforing la
useless, that it could be avoided,
and that tho majority of people
whoso livos are darkened by ill
health might be strong, vigorous
and happy."
Coupled with the words of |
this grand man is the great
truth that four-fifths of all dls
eases arise from kidney, liver
or bladder complaints. Can
you not readi y see, then, why
that magnificent remedy, War?
ner's Safe Cure, is so popular?
It is because It prevents these
troubles or cures them if taken
in time. If you doubt this ask
any educated, well-informed
doctor, druggist or professional
man
B Lacy H?ge was attending circuit
court yesterday.
J. B Tutwiler, of Richmond, was hero
yesterday on business.
W. B. Glascock, of Baltimore, paid
Salem a visit yesterday.
Miss Lena Savors, who has been in?
disposed for two weeks, is out again.
Maj S. C. Green, of Wythevlllo, re?
turned from Roanoke to Salem yester?
day.
J. W. Jones, of Vlnton, was In Salem
yesterday on business with the Steam
Laundry Company,
Leon Palmer and family will broak
up housekeeping in a few days, and go
to Hotel Duval to board.
Dr. Ronalds, of this place, was called
by telegram to come to Madison county
on account of the serious illness of his
father.
The' Misies McCommon entertained a
nnmber of tbeir friends at a birthday
party last evening, at their home on
Pennsylvania avenue.
Tho game of football which will bo
played this afternoon between Alle
gbany Institute and Roanoko College
teams will be called promptly at 4
o'clock on the college grounds. Admis?
sion 25 cents. Ladies free. This game
is expected to be very exciting, as bo.h
teams are in good trim and will fight
hard for supremacy.
In the circuit yesterday the petition
matter of Mrs. C. P. Chapman and heirs
in tho cause of Dixie Land Company,
which was so elaborately argued this
term, was decided by Judge Blair in
favor of the company. Sixty days' time
was allowed potitlonors to propare for
an appeal, which was requested. Tbo
adjourning order will be entered to-day.
Taking tho court term altogether, It
has been a very satisfactory ono, and a
large amount of business, principally
chancery matters, was disposed of by
arguments or decree.
?$100 Kewuril, #100.
Tin-; readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
ono dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, rcqulros a con?
stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Curo is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors bavo
so much faith in its curative powers
that they offer Ono Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address. F. J. OhbnBY & Co ,
C2TSold by DruggistB, 7r?o. Toledo, O.
W. K. Andrews & Co., 219 Salom
avenue have mire shed room, the
largest coal yard and aro bettor pre?
pared to handle coal and wood than any
dealers in the city.
The New Mods!
lypewni
Matchless Construction.
Unequaled Durability,
Unrivaled Speed.
Many Notable Improvements.
SKNO FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOO.U8.
toe
John B, Culpeper, Sales Agent,'
BAST .MAIN STREUT. RICHMOND. YA
TWO ENTERTAINMENTS.
One 1V-.-1 .iriraiuv on tho St:is;c, tlio Other
In the Audience.
I attended a recent performance given
by seme amateur actors aud actresses?
very good they were, too?aud whilo I
enjoyed tho stage entertainment I was
not unmindful of the one that was in
pro-tress directly behind me.
It was furnished by au old lady and
two yoiuig oues?when I nay "young
ones" I dou't mean children?aud its
beginning antedated the overture in this
style:
"Can you read the programme, moth?
er?"
"Why, yes; but it must bo wrong.
Here's Annie's name down, and it says
she's a servaut. I thought you said she
was on actress."
"Only d servant in tho piny, mother."
"But that seems a kind of mean thing
to play. She doesu't have to do that,
goodness kuows!"
"She hits to play whatever they give
her to play. She's a beginner, you
know."
"Well, I wouldn't begin that way."
"Annie" appeared presently.
Sho said, "Yes, my lady," and "No,
your lordship," and "I will tell her
ladyship that you aro here," and a few
more stunners of that sort very well, I
thought.
But when tlio French count with the
pointed heard chucks her under thoclliu
I could hear tho old lady behind me get?
ting into n line rage.
"Well, the idea of our Annie letting
a man do a thing like that I"
"But, mother, that's in tlio play."
"I don't care if it is. I suppose ho'll
kiss her later on ! The idea !"
Well, ho did kiss her shortly after and
got a good slap in the face fur his pains.
The old lady almost rose in her seat.
"Good, good!" sho cried in a very
audible voice.
"I thought Annie wouldn't stand any?
thing of that sort!"
Sho objected to the young girl's little
love affairs with the footman, however,
and could hardly be kept in her chair
when the two plighted their troth.
"I don't call that play acting," she
said. "They were just like two serv?
ants, and I dou't like it.''
When the curtain chopped, they all
went around to tho stago door, and
somehow I felt sorry for Annie, coming
from tho stage full of hot enthusiasm,
only to receive?mentally at least?a
bucket of cold water.?Polly Pry in
New York Recorder.
THE SICKROOM NURSE.
Her IJutles, Her Authority und Iler Pow?
ers l'or Kvil or Good.
No person has greater power for evil
or for good than has the nurse in the
sickroom. Her actual authority is sec?
ond to that of tho physician, but her (op?
portunities for exercising it are almost
unlimited. If a physician in a country
town wishes to secure a trained nurse,
In- should telegraph or write to tho
nurses' directory, to sumo hospital or
physician whom he knows, in tlio near?
est adjacent city, staling for what sort
of a case ho will require a nurse, what
ho will pay and whon he will require
lier. Such a message should secure for
him almost immediately whatever serv?
ice ho requires.
The traits of character which make
the ideal nnrse are patience, obedieuco,
tact and good sense and temper. Tlio
nurse's costume should consist of a cam
brie or seersucker gown, with white
cap, cuffs and apron. Woolen gowns
should never bo permitted in a sickroom.
Her authority is absolute after the phy?
sician's. She must, obey Iiis instructions
to the letter, even if they are against
her judgment. Sho has no discretion, in
tlio matter.
'But the patient and t he patient's fam?
ily must obey her, .She must never lie
allowed to disobey the physician's or?
ders, and the first symptom of any such
behavior should ho reported immediate?
ly to tho physician. All his instructions
with reference to treatment, diet and
care should bo followed faithfully. The
fact that her patient is n man should
moke no difference in her behavior in
tho sickroom. He is a patient, not a
man, and she a nurse, not a woman.
Whenever a nurse disobeys a physician's
orders or behaves in any manner which
renders her dismissal advisable, tho
family or the patient should request the
doctor to discharge I tor at ouco and to
supply hor substitute. A word from him
is sufficient to insure her departure.?
Ladies' Home Journal.
Private Electric Motors.
A well known electrical authority lias
pointed out Ihot it is pow as easy and
Cheap to have an electric olovntor in a
private hOnso as iu a large office build?
ing. Stairs aro literally a barbarism, to
which women frequently owej ill health,
and to which many delicate persons may
attribute tho deprivation of the full en?
joyment of their homes. Tho cosl of
operating nu eleotr.io olovator in, say, a
five story house, making 60 or <>(> trip*
every tiny, will not o>:cecd s*:i or ?1 per
month. Tho devices for operating these
elevators have been go improved that an
invalid or a child can manage thorn.
TllO old lever arrangement can do dis?
pensed with, and tho elevator ascends or
descends on tho pressure of a button; It
will stop only at each floor and will
start only when tho elevator door is
closed.?New York Times.
Force 01 Habit.
Tho genial captain of a steamer ply?
ing en one of our American rivers was
appointed n vestryman in an Episcopal
church in ri city which lay at ouo cud of
Iiis route.
Ono day shortly afterward it was re?
ported to him, when on shore, that
there was a leak in tho church. Ho was
accustomed to promptness, and oh re?
ceipt of tlio messAgo he went to the
church, took a caudle and started down
into the cellar to find the leak, evident?
ly thinking of the basement an the hull
of tho good ship Zinn.
Tho captain himself tells the story
with much apparent enjoyment, of its
humor. ? VoutIt's Companion.
PAULINE HALL
Miss Hall Says Dr. Greene's Nerv
ura Surely Cures.
She Recommends Dr. Greene's Nervura for
the Weak, Tired, Nervous and Debilitated.
Says it is the Best of All Medicines
IP 'f' f ..
\' ' ' P Ku'*9ncOpY*tCHT?D PHOTO BY
\) ilmll { '. i ? wn rwRRison
CHICAGO /39S
Miss PAUMXK 1IAI.I..
Pauline Hall, the empress of song, is
celebrated tho world over as the Repre
Rf ntaiiva Americ&n Beauty, who has in
tho presentation of her new operatic
comedt. "Dorcas," achieved tho success
of her eventful lifo Ina conversation
with the repressntativoot this paper sho
Btat??d :
"I bavo in my professional experience
essayed a number of roles that have
beon more or loss trying upon tho
physical and nervous system, but in
nono that I havo attempted bavo I
ever experienced tho terrific strain that
tho various characters which I assume
in my new operatic iomi.-dy, 'Dorcas,'
have subjected mo to. Tho assumption
of oho character in a presentation is
generally conoeded to bo a sutllciont
undertaking for any ono person, but in
'Dorcas' I assume three, all different,
and I might say diametrically opposite
to pach other.
"Tho terrific strain r.aturally result?
ing from euch difilcnlt work, which is a
now and direct departure from anytt ing
I have ever prorentod to the public be?
fore, naturally had a very distressing
effect upon me, and I was constrained
to seek some relief from tho mental and
physical exhaustion from my labors
After trying* several remedies that were
commended to me as being exception?
ally good for tho nervous exhaustion
which I was subjected to. I was ovent
naily induced to niaKo a trial of Dr.
Greene's celebrated Nervura, and tho
great relief which it afforded mo was
almost instantaneous in its i fleet, and
I bavo no hesitation in u nq u all lied ly
endorsing Dr. Greene's Nervura as tho
best tonic and restorer of a norvouB and
debilitated system of any remedy that 1
have ever tested. I? is remarkable for
thu raciiity with which its restorative
qualities assort themselves. It is abso?
lutely harmless, and tho instantaneous
relief which it affords to the nervous
and tired system is grateful in tho ex?
treme. I can readily understand why
it is that so many hearty recommon
dations are given by people of promi?
nence, especially those inour profession,
for Dr. Gr enb's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy, and my own experience
justifies me in recommending it as ab?
solutely the best remedy wbiih I bavo
ever used."
DclUinte rolnt.
An officer who discharged tho duties of
provost marshal in n southern city in 1869
had ninny puzzling questions to nettle.
One day ho wns confronted in his office hy
.??l>ig Irishmnn who Imd insisted upon an
immediate interview on amnttcrof "great
importance."
"An dues yor honor know mi owld man
bo tho nnmo nv Snrglnt?" inquired this
individual engorly.
He was informed that tho mnn in ques?
tion w:is unknown to tho provost marshal
und requested to proceed with his business
ns quickly as possible.
"Well, yor lemur,-' sitld tho Milesian,
with Iiis hands deep in his pockets and his
legs planted wide apart, "owld Snrglnt
has n farrum nop at tlto head nv t ho river,
alioot foivo moilo front Yorktown, yor
honor, an whin tho rlbils was raythratin
from Yorktown ho ttik mo out in tho yard
wid him an snt down on a h>^ foroniust
me, yor honor,
"Tho Union cannons was makln a
bllthorin n'lso, sure onough, lnit it was
mcsilf that was glad to 1?> huarin 'ein, yor
honor, an owld Snrgiiit he p'inted wid Ids
thoomb ovor Iiis lift shoulder an says lie:
" 'Moiko, do you moinil thim cannons'?'
says lie.
" 'Oi do that,' .s;;ys ()i, rale prompt loike.
" 'An are yez skoercd at thim cannons?'
6itys he.
" 'Niver a skcor,' says Oi.
" 'An is ycr wolfo nfenrod nv thim can?
nons, Moiko?' says he.
" 'No more, than if they was popguns!'
says Ol.
" 'Thin,' pnys owld Snrglnt to me, says
he, 'if you're not skeored,' says he, 'an the
owld woman's not u fear cd,' says ho, 'why,
then Hie twos nv yoz can how id on to the
land!'
"Now. what Oi'm nfther nxln yez,"
said tin- Irishman, bonding forward to
search the provost marshal's faco for en?
couragement, "what Oi'm aft her nxln ybz
is if thim wurrds don't const hi tool a good
tolile to tho land, yer honor;"?Youth's
Companion.
The Appnlnchicoln river, in Florida,
took its nnmo from that <>f nn Indian
town on its Dnnks, Apiilnchicoli, moan
ing "an old town or fort."
GKADI-E SONG.
The crickets in the corner sinn.
O'er farm and (it Id the shadows creep,
Their homeward way the swallows wing,
The sun is setting in the deep,
The BQuirrola Hook their leafy hold,
The ton is in his hollow tree,
Ami, huddled in their silent fold.
The downy lanibkitis Bleeping i<e,
The little bircl within his nest
Hath hid his little head in rest,
Aud HOon, rih, sonn
The i!r< iimy moon
Will sail nlong the fleecy west.
The day is done,
The night begun;
To sleep, my drowsy little one.
But when at brenk of day we seo
The spider weaving at his loom,
The souring lark above the lea,
The bee nmid the clover bloom,
When frisking bnhy squirrels wako
And si]i the leaves of morning dew,
When hahy foxes from the hrako
Do prowl tho thorny hedges through.
When on the meadow sweet with hay
The white and curly lambkins piny,
And, sweet and cool,
O'er plain and pool,
Bloweth the breeze of coming day.
Thou, too, shnlt risii
To sunny sides,
And open wide thy baby eyes.
Not His Turn to Lough.
Stranger?You aro tho only gentle?
man in tho room.
Guest?In what way, sir?
Stranger ? When I tripped in tho
danco aud went sprawling on tho floor,
tearing my fair partner's dress, yon
were the only one in tho room who did
not laugh.
Gnest?Tho lady is my wife and I
paid for tho dress.?London Tit-Hits.
Tho code of society is stronger with
some persons than that of Sinai, and
many a man who would not scruple to
thrust his lingers in Iiis neighbor's
poekot would forego pens rnthor than
use his knifo as a shovel.?Lowell.
It is said t hat there are 11! families in
New i'oi l; each of which has over iJ?OO,
000 invested in diamonds.
MEERSCHAUM.
How It I? Mined and Dried aud Prepared
For Market.
Meorscliamn is extracted in tho stuno
way as coal. Pits from 20 feot to 125
feet doop uro dug, add as soon as tho
vein is struck horizontal galleries,
sometimes of considerable length, are
niudo, bnt uioro than two galleries are
I soldom to bo found in one pit. Tho
stono as extracted is called "ham tash"
(rough block) and is soft enough to bo
easily cut with a knife. It is white,
with u yellowish tint, and is covered
with a, rod clayey soil of abont ouo inch
thick. In this stnto tho blocks aro pur?
chased by dealers on tho spot, not by
weight nor by measurement, bnt ac?
cording to approximate quantity, cither
per load of three sacks or per cartload,
tho prico varying from ?5 to ?.'J0 por
load, according to quality. These rough
blocks are dried and subjected to cer?
tain preparation before being convoyed
to Eski-Shehir. Some of them are as
small as a walnut, while others attain
the sizo of a cubic foot Those which
combino regularity of Btirfaco and sizo
aro tho best. Tho manipulation required
boforo they ore roady for exportation is
long ami costly. The clayey soil attach?
ed is removed and the meerschaum
dried. Iu summer exposure Cor five or
six days to tho sun's rays snfliccs, but
in winter a room heated to the required
torn pern tore is required, and tho dry?
ing process takes eight or ten days.
When well dried, the Mocks are well
cleaned nnd polished. Then they mo
sorted into about 12 classes, each cliiss
being packed with great care in sepa?
rata cases und each block being wrnppod
in cotton wool.?Engineering and Miii-.
iug Journal.
Training n Locomotive.
It may not he generally known that
locomotives intended for oxpress trains
require as much training, in their way,
for fast running as do race horses. Tho
Pennsylvania Railroad company builds
its own engines, and those built fur ex?
press trains aro known as class P. They
aro very largo and built, with slight va?
riations, after tho pattern of tho big
English engiuo imported into this coun?
try several years ago, and which at that
tinio was a curiosity in its way. When
ouo of these big engines is taken out of
tho shops to be placed oil tho road, in?
stead of putting it to tlie work it is in?
tended for at once it is run for two or
three weeks on sonn.' one of the local
branches in order to train it, so to speak,
for faster running. 15y this means all
tho bearings and journals connected
with tho running gear become settled
to their work, for should anything about
tho new machine not work harmonious?
ly there is ample time to adjust the de?
fect. Usually the new engine proves
troublesome on account of its propensity
to make fast time, and at almost every
station tho train is found to bo a little
ahead of schedule time and must wait
for from ten seconds to a minute.?Phil?
adelphia Record.
Tito winter of 1812 and 1S1U was one
of the most severe ever known in Rus?
sia, n fact which partially explains tho
terrors of the retreat from Moscow
LOOK, LOOK, LOOK,
At Our Bargains in
Real Estate.
rr A-ocro farm 1 mllo east of Salem, 5 miles
I U cast of Koanoku nu electric car line, 4 room
dwelling, stable aud all necessary otitbulldlnee.
fine orctinrd This is a lino garden farm; fU.UUU,
one-third cash,
rro-acro farm 6 miles east or Hour ok p, 4 room
4 O farm dwelling, 4 stall stable and barn, !v>
acres In cultivation, balance In timber, about ?
acres In bottom; price $800, one third casb, bal
auco 1 and 2 years.
A i C-acres farm on Btaunton River, 30 mllee
rl?)(!ui?t of I.ynchburg on Durham Hnd
Lycchburg railroad, UX> acres river bottom, bal?
ance levol table lands, 100 acres timber, 0 room
[arm dwelling. Blablo, barn, corn cribs, farm in
wall watered, 1 mile from depot. This farm sold
a few years ago tor $12,000 cash; can be boiKtbt
for (5,000 on good terms
/? A-acro farm 4 ml Its west of Iloanokc, 0 mom
* H" dwclltug, largo barn, corn crib and other
outbuildings; land lays level and n In good con?
dition, l'rlce $*) per aore; terms reasonable.
Iff-aero garden farm R mites south of city, nil
O In veentablcs ?ud litis condition. 4 room
frame dwelling, stable, l'rlce (960; ono-tblrd
citsh, balance 1 and 2 years.
5ncro garden tarm, 0 room dwelling, all bot?
tom iiind, largo stable, and barn, l'rlce 81,600;
casn $5C 0, balsuce 1 and 2 yoars.
|.?-rnom honso 1st avenue, n. w., corner lot, 40x
") 130, nowly papered and painted, convenient
to round house. 1'rlco $1,1X0; cash (100, balaucu
$10 per nioiuli.
Nl^' V\7" 2 story, I room framo dwelling, yrd
I / TT ?venu-! n w., near round house.
I'rlco fSCKcash OSO, bulaiico ?i<l per month.
4-room cottage, model improvements, near ?
West Kiel round house. I'rlco $S5U; oush
$50, balance. $11) per month.
(\ room dwelling on 4tb BVCUUO n. w.. Stable
?r and barn, l'rlce.$1,610; caah $150, balance
$15 per month.
i? room dwelling, corner lot, sontliwcst. l'rlce
W $1,400; cash $;00, balance $ 5 per month.
7-room dwelling on 7th avenue, e. w. l'rlce
$1,500; cash $<5?, balance $i0 per month,
w-room dwelling. southweBt, corner lot, 50x150,
O convenient, to churches. I'rlco $1,000; cueh
cr.cthlru, balance 1 und 2 years
n nine room dwellings and one eeven room,
?i southwest, neur lu, at your own price with
liberal cash payment.
T. E. B. HARTSOOK & CO.
MARKET Sol'AliK, ltOANOK !?:.
Ramon's Nerve and Bone Oil cures
Rheumatism, Cuts, Soxes, Burns and
Braises, for 25c
f
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J" BEAUTY yie f|
is only ski h lire f." 1?-<V_J V...
A clear, sod skin beautifies myV '
tac? and doubles its attractive
create a new complci
vitality to the 1
roughness ? f reckte*,
blackheads, sunburn
lately harmless and Mire,
or mailed (or 50 cents,
should be used in con
Crca
and
and hi
mail
It imparts fresh
ipclSihg all redness
Implcs, liver-moles,
id tnn. It is obto
. Sold bydruggii ir.
Viola Skln-S
nn ;i' n with Vir i:i
1111. Ordinary soap* nrc liable to be harrh .
Impure, bin Viola Skin-Soap is perfect I
hastens the c..n?l work. AU drtiK?tsts or |
cd for ?? cents. Send (or circular.
u.c."um:.Eitet?..Tou.ixi.o. ri j$
_ f~> *~-^e^<&bC
No. 34
SAIEM
Avenue.
No. 34
SALEM
Avenue
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OUR GRAND FALL OPENING
Silks, Velvets, Dress Goods, ff
Cloaks, Capes, Wraps, &c,
Has proven auch a grand success during the past
week that we have decided to contioue it another
week in order to give those nn opportunity who
have not attended.
SPECIAL.
::v:"
Sue
AN ORIENTAL DBRAM OF LOVELINESS.?Such a smbcrirfr of
Kxqutslto, Silk and Ores* fabrics has novor before charmed
the ladies of Roanoke. We cordUlly extend an invlutiou
to ail tho ladies to attend, and aseuro thtni they will
be woll repaid for their trouble. P.oaso
do lint fori/et tho dat<\ September
30, and. tho entiro week
Rfspectpulxy,
