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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-05
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB
Will Help Entertain the Iron and
Steel Institute.

The first regular business meeting of
night. When President Woodrum called
the club To order Il large number of Roa-
nokc's business men were in the room
Besides the members Mr.. III. l.. Page,
of Norfolk, and Col. Ii. S. Pardce. cor
respondent of the New York CONNER
cial Advertiser, were present
The matter before the club for discus
sion and action was the entertainment
of the members of the Steel and Iron
Institute, now in this country.
DR.. Il. ~. Parsons introduced Col Par
dec who reviewed at length the objects
of the visit of the Association, and sug-
gcstcd that Roanoke make extensive
preparations for their entertainment.
LAS Roanoke will be the last place
they will visit" said he. sit will be we'll
for you to try to make as favorable an
impression as possible, as the last inn
prcssions, if favorable, will the most
lasting and effective. You would do
we'll to get together an exhibit of the
minerals and other products of this sec
ton, thus laying before the visitors the
resources of your section
Colonel \. Pope of the Norfolk and
Western indorscd what had been said.
and pledged himsclt to do all in his
power While i'll his official capacity he
could do no moro for Roanoke than any
other place. yet as Il citizen and Il Nom
Der of the Club he was for Roanoke.
DR.. Parsons offered the following re-
solution which was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas the Commercial Club OF Roa-
nol>c. having learned with great salts
faction that the distinguished British
and German gentlemen who represent
the steel and iron interests of Europe,
and who now are visiting this country
rs nc guests 6f similar American inter
csts, therefore be it
Resolved, That this club will most
cordially welcome these distinguished
visitors. and that we will also Join hear
tily with the officials of the Norfolk
and Western railroad, with the mayor
of Roanoke. and with all other citizens
in giving these distinguished visitors "A
reception that will always remain Il
pleasant memory.
y meeting of the board of directors
of the club, will be held Monday at II
o'clock in the club room to appoint the
necessary committees for entertain-
ing the visitors. All the members of
the board of directors as we'll as all the
members of the club, are urgently re-
Quested to attend.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-05
THE HOSPITAL. APPEAL.

Tho. committee appointed at the Opera
House meeting last Monday night has
issued an appeal for funds for the pro-
posed hospital. It's temper and dcclara-
tions arc admirable Tho basis is broad,
liberal and sufficient. With the sum
proposed buildings of ample size and
suitable appointments can he erected.
The maintenance of the hospital after
it's Inauguration offers no formidable OBJ
stacle to the large hearted, liberal
handed business men whose names APP
pear in connection with the article we
publish this morning,
Giving a proper valuation to the lots
which have been donated to the hospi-
tai fund, over eleven thousand dollars
have already been subscribed to this
, most worthy enterprise. Standing on
. this foundation the S25,0 900 mark can
readily be reached. The ball is rolling,
PRonIBITIoNIST SHELBuRN starts off
I we'll. Declared from more eXhilirating
fluids, it is to be hoped he will not take
water before November; but his can
yass may develop considerable dry hui
NOR.
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%
viii the Street Committee
|ioase explain?
Scene of the Futurc--lobby of the now
Terry building: Elevator Iioy--What
floor, sir?''
ViSitOr-''s>evcnth-
A gentlema2' who came down OH the
Shenandoah Valley Ex press day or two
since, spoke Of an exciting race between
tho train he was on and ono on tie Gin
cnnati and Ohio. For Assistance of ten
miles or more the tracks run parallel. on
opposite sides of the river in full view
of each other, and he says the race he
witnessed was better kiun 2:lCahorsc
race.
Col. Pope is most yaluablc man to
the hospital committee.
Lynahburgcr. with condescsnsion:
And so they arc pretty busy in Roam
oltc, are thcy?'
Roanokcr: YES; everybody is, busy.
Even those VINO have nothing t9,do are
busy keeping out of the way of the
others"
A movement is on foot among the
chess players of this city to organize 4.
chess club. We suggest mum" for a
club motto
Professor Williau Blaillic's book on
physician culture, sound 1SOdlcS Tor our
Boys and Girls" has been translated
into the Chinese language and adopted
for use in the military and naval schools
of North China. This is the first book
of the kind that has evor been used in
China. Now what we want to know is.
what will the impcrturbablc All Sin do
when his pigtail becomes entanglcd
with the dumb-bells. VIII he say.
| Alice samce dumb-bcllican man makce
trouble; taller get married?'
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-05
KINDLY COMMENTS.
What Our Contemporaries Have to Say o
The Times New Departure.

what Our Contemporaries Have to Say of
The Times New Departure.
From the Valley vrginan
TIE ROANOKE TIMES has been orcati y
improved geographically lately, and is
now an eight-page paper.
From the Baltimore Manufacturers Record.
TIE ROANOKE TINES has recently pro
scented itself to the public in new and
enlarged form, being now an eight-page.
siX-column paper, printed from new
type on new Hoe press.
From the Newcastle Record
Mcssrs. c. Il. Grandy and ]. n. Hall
of TIE ROANOKE TINES have turned
that paper, good will, plant and entire
business over to the Roanoke Times
Publishing Company, and the paper.
under its new management, appears in
an enlarged form. The papers facilities
seem to bc frst-class.
From the Richmond Mercantile and Manufac-
turing Record.
The Roanoke TIMES greets it's readers
with an cight-page and forty-eight col
umn paper, which is one among the
very best dalies in the state. The
growth of this enterprising sheet has
been like that OF the city in which it is
publislaed-maryelous The two have
mutual benefit. IHE TIMES has stood
by its guns bravciy in battling for the
success OF Roanoke, which is DOW recog-
nizcd as city of great Importance by
the commercial world. Tne equip
ments and facilities of this energetic
sheet are sbid TO be equal to aIry in the
state. With such an, industrial news
paper as an auxiliary we arc not so
much surprised at The prosperity and
developments of Roanoke.
Brom the National Democrat.
The ROANOKE (Na.) TIMES comes to
as greatly enlarged and beautified by Il
areSS OF new type. 81 is tit thatsuch a
growing city should have a frst-class
sally newspaper. and that it has in The
LINES. The reorganization rcsently
made in TnE:TIMEs office not ONLY Sc
cures to it a. sound financial bso,king.
hnt 1T has drawn upon Washington for
bright, active and enthusiastic news
PAPER man in the person of Herbert j.
Browne, who for several years has, been
one of the best Of those who make. inter
esting the record of Life at.the Capitol
We heartily wish good fortune To Roa-
woke and TIE TINES.
T.vm the Vinten Dispatca.
TIE ROANOKE TIMES has put ON = new
page forty-eight colunn, and it seems
rs if The Times Publishing Company in
send making it the best paper in South
Ecst Virginia.
KrDm the Roa Sunday Critic.
truly metropolitan paper in the
shape of Roanoke TMEs. appeared sew
eral days ago. 1t Is run by men who
have been ihcrc before, and they are
making it q newspaper in every sense of
the word.
Read THE TIMES every incoming for
the news Delivered at your house by
carriers fcr so cents per month.
Beware of FraYds-Bc sure YOU get
the genuine DR.. Thomas Ec}cctric Oil.
1T cures, colds. groups, asthma, deaf
ness ana rheumatism.
George Campbell, IIopkinsvillc, Ky,
says Burdock Blood liittcrs is the
best preparation for the blood aud
stomach ever manufactured
The time of the year is rolling around
when business men should think about
placing their orders for their blank
books for 1891. Write to or phone 1913.
llammond'S Printing Works for an
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-05

Compare THE TIMES news columns
with those OF any other paper published
in a radius of 200 miles. If you want the
news you cannot afford to be without it
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-05
FINE, HIGH ART CLOTHING

1t has ever been our good fortune Our main effort
has been to secure the finest and best made CLOTHING
rather than cheap poornade garment consequently
we have no "sop shop trash show you We will call
your attention to line of
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-05

TEE TINES can be found regularly on
sale at tho following places:
Roanoke George Gravatt Jr.; NJ. l..
Smiths, Dallis & Dennis, Hotel Roanoke.
Salem--Alfred S. Burdotte & Co.'S.
Pulaski--Maple Shade Inn
Bluefield--Bluefield Inn.
PocahontaS--Pocahon Inn.
Lynchburg-- Norvcll-Arlington.
Observation-Disclosures The Metropoli-
tan.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-05

THE TINES controls tile fran
c1ises Of both the Associated
Press and the United Press,
and is the only paper i'll the
city publishing regular tele-
graphic dispatches.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-05

George Campbell, IIopkinsville. Ky,
says: Burdock Blood Rittcrs is the
best preparation for the blood and
stomach ever manufactured.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-05

Beware of Frauds. sure YOU get
the genuine DR.. Thomas Ec}cctric Oil.
1t cures, colds. groups, asthma, deaf
ness ana rheumatism.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-05

The time of the year is rolling around
when business men should think about
placing their orders for their blank
books for 1891. Write to or phone 1928.
diamonds Printing Works, for an
estimate on all kind of work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-01
Ihe Oldest Bank Note.

The trustees of the British Museum
have got hold of a great curiosity in the
shape of Chinese bank note printed in
the middle of the fourteenth century,
several years before the establishment
of the first European bank (said to be
the bank established at Barcelona in
140D and three centuries before the
establishment of the Bank of Stockholm
in 1868. The Chinese had bank notes at
a much earlier date, for Marco Polo saw
some of them, printed on the inner bark
of trees, before the end of the thir-
teenth century. 1t is remarkable that
the Chinese had invented all the four
principal modern instruments the
compass, printing, gunpowder, and
paper currency-long before Europe
lad any of them, and yet that they re-
manned almost useless tools in the
hands of that acute but barren minded
people. Even their artillery, which
they used centuries before Europe knew
any thing of artillery, appears to have
been of hardly any value to them. They
never seem to have put out their ideas
to interest, but kept them wrapped up
IN napkins till they forgot their exist
ence-SnectatOr,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-01
Casts of Two Human Fiends.

Robespierre and Marat are enigmati-
cal characters. Their deeds were hor-
rible, but the casts of their head taken
after death are of ineffable sweetness.
In both the cerebral development is
poor, particularly in the coronal region.
The skulls, each of which goes up into 3
point, may have pressed there on the
brains. chronological developments, or
lack of development, taken with facial
traits, betoken Unbalanced minds.
Marat's face, in David's portrait of him,
is in all but complexion that of red
Indian. Robespierre's sister, on the
other hand, is sweet, serene, pensive,
and of a lovely purity of expression.
Charlotte Corday, according to Danloux,
ono of her portraitists. was a rather
good-looking young woman, more the
peasant than the lady. She had hard,
quick, willful glance. Tallien was an
other Unbalanced creature. He had the
profile of an Egyptian dog goo. Con-
temporary Reylew.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-01
PEKlN'S TOY RAILWAY.
A Line Three Miles Long Which Dlverts
the Chinese Emperor.


About two years ago they presented a
complete miniature railway to the En-
peror through III Hung Chang, and the
line, which is ABOUT three miles long, is
laid down within the imperial city.
The young Emperor is very much in
terested in its workings, and spends
great deal of his time in riding to and
fro in the beautifully appointed little
carriages.
He was greatly struck with the toy
railway, and it's influence upon the
recent DEGREES has been very consider
able. The old reactionary party among
his advisers were adverse to the minia-
ture line being laid down within the
precincts of the sacred city, and it was
very near being returned to the donors.
But the government was afraid lest it
should give offence to the French, who
are greatly feared and respected since
they burned and sunk the Chinese fleet
at Foochow and inflicted such disastrous
defeats upon the Chinese legions in the
South.
In the end the present was accepted,
but the high authorities would not
allow any foreigners to have hand in
laying down or working the model rail-
way.
The result was when they started the
little engine they could not stop it, and
great CONSERVATION was occasioned to
the occupants in the palace by their in
ability to control the strange contriv-
ance of the foreigners, which dashed
along the line till it was pulled up by
coming in contact with a mound of
earth.
Since then, however, French driver
has been procured, and the Emperor is
a frequent traveller upon the cars
Shanghai Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-01
The Favorite Newspaper Name.

The word Gazette" seems to have
been favorite name for newspapers
from the earliest times down. The first
newspaper in the world, printed at Nu-
remburg in 1457, was given this name.
In our own country the name was very
common in connection with the early
history of journalism. The first perma-
nent newspaper in the colonies was the
Boston News Letter, the second being
the Boston Gazette, which appeared
December 81, 1719. Six years later New
York's first paper, called the New York
Gazette, was established. This same
name was also given to the first papers
started in the following States; Mary
land, IN 1928; Rhode Island, in 1872;
South Carolina, in 1889; Virginia, in
1876; Connecticut,in 1857; North Carolina.
in 1855; and New Hampshire, in 1856
Printers Ink.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-01
ALBERT OF SAxONY.
The Most Important and Influential OF
Germany's Minor Sovereigns.

Germany'S Minor SOVeretSnS.
There is to-day King of Saxony,
descended six removes from this August,
who is distinctly the most interesting
and valuable of these minor sovereigns.
He is sagacious, prudent, soldier-like
man, nominal ruler of over three millions
of people, actual Field Marshal in the
German army which has Hohenzollern
for its head. Although he really did
some of the best fighting which the
Franco-German war called forth, no.
body outside his own court and military
circles know much about it or cares par
ticularly about him. The very fact Of
his rank prevents his generalship Sc
curing popular reco gnition. If he had
been merely of noble bir tn, or even
commoner, the chances are that he
would now be chief of the German gen.
eral staff instead of Count Waldersee.
But being only King, his merits as
commander are comprehended alone by
experts.
There is just bare possibility that
this King Albert may be forced by cir
cumstances out of his present obscurity.
He is only sixty-two years old, and if
war should come within the next decade
and bring defeat to the German army in
the field, there would be a strong effort
made by tho other subsidiary German
sovereigns to bring him to the front as
generalissimo.
AS it is, his advice upon military mat
ters is listened to in Berlin more than
is generally known, but in other re-
spects his position is melancholy one.
Even the kindness with which the
Kaisers have personally treated him
since 1870 can not but wear to him the
annoying gnise of patronage. He was
a man of thirty-eight when his father,
X ng John, was driven out of Dresden
by Prussian troops, along with the
whole royal family, and when for weeks
it seemed probable that the whole king
dom of Saxony would be annexed to
Prussia. Bismarck's failure to insist
! upon this was bitterly criticised in
| Berlin at the time, and Gustave Frey
tag actually wrote a book deprecating
| the further independent existence of
Saxony. Freytag and the Prussians
generally confessed their mistake after
| the young Saxon Crown Princes SPLEEN
did achievement at Sedan, but that
could scarcely wipe from his memory
what had gone before, and even now,
after the lapse of a qulrter of century,
King Albert's delicate, clear-cut, white
whiskered face still bears the impress of
melancholy stamped on it by the hui
milia lions of 1866. Eugene Field, in
ChioIgo News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-01

, door between the two was frame COW
cred with wire cloth. There was only
one window in each room, and that was
provided with a sliding sash, with wire
cloth tackled over the outside. The out
side door was also a screen, but this was
left standing open during the day.
| After breakfast one of the natives
| fixed poultice of leaves for my wound,
and l lay down in hammock in the
inner room. The three other white
men went off up the river, accompanied
by all the natives except two, one to
attend me and the other to see to the
cooking. lay facing the doors, and
had view of the fire and strip OF
country beyond it. At nine o'clock we
heard the reports of rifles far away.
Half an hour later, just as was ele-
| waiting my head so that / could read
book which was at hand, l saw a tiger
spring upon the two men. They were
not at the fire, but few feet away,
| under a tree, and their faces were
toward me. The animal had therefore
approached unseen. He knocked both
down, and struck them after they were
down, and then stood over their pros
trate bodies, and hooked at the forest.
This was hardly ten feet from the open
door. 1t was so sudden that / lost hall
minute, and by the end of that time
the tiger left the mon and came to the
door and looked in. He probably
scented me, for he switched his tail ant
growled, and while he stood there IsaM
blood on his neck.
My hammock had ceased swinging,
and l kept very quiet in hopes the
brute would go away. He stood and
growled and stared for a minute, and
then advanced to the inner door and
pushed against it. Had it opened to.
ward me he could have entered, but il
opened the other way. With his eyes
and nose against the wire he growled in
way to send the chills over me, but
| would make dash and come through
the cloth. He did rake his teeth along
the surface, and also strike the wire
two or three times with his paw. He
must have hit the sharp ends of some
of the wires the last time, for he ut
! tered yelp and drew back, and after
licking his paw for moment reiterated
through the open door. AS my rifle was
in the further room felt il
prudent to lie quiet for time, and
when did get up the beast had disap-
peared. found one of the natives dead,
his skull having been crushed by a
blow, while the other had received a
bite in the shoulder, but was playing
dead" to deceive the beast.
JAM before noon the party came in,
and then l learned that they had start
ed pair of tigers out of cover about a
mile above. The female had been
killed in gully, but the male after be-
tng wounded, had bolted out of sight
He was the chap who had paid the camp
a visit and revenged himself for the in.
jury.-N. Y. Sun.
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tempted to cross the path. said to
the native who had restrained my fire:
Now you see what you did. Had
killed the reptile the young man would
have been with US this morning
''Ah, sahib, but you might not have
killed him, and then he would have
taken two of US"
About six miles below Patna, on the
Ganges, in the Bengalee district,
couple of English officers with whom ]
was acquainted had shooting box and
went up with party to enjoy some
sport. 1t was a wild strip of country
along the stream, and although so near
to village this fact did not render
game any less abundant. A dozen
tigers, three or four panthers and
score of hyenas had been bagged there
within two years, but it still remained
a favorite lurking ground for big game.
AS matter of curiosity l hunted up
the returns made to the Government
from this place, and found that the
average of natives bitten by serpents,
devoured by crocodiles, or slain by wild
beasts was over three per week the
year round. These were the figures re.
ported, but only one loss in three is re-
ported by the natives, as they persist in
believing that the blanks sent in by
officials are somehow connected with
taxation or official surveillance. Two
days before we started native came in
to the civil authorities to report case.
He said:
eve were going to see our father and
mother at Mugador "a village seven
miles away, my brother and 1. We
were in path crossing the forest to
save distance. He was ahead. 1t was
about two hours after daylight We
were very happy and he was telling me
story which his wife had told him,
when tiger suddenly sprang upon him.
| stopped. The Tiger stood over him,
with both paws upon his breast, and
looked at me and growled and switched
his tail. l could do nothing. walked
backward in the path, and the tiger
seized my brother by the shoulder, gave
him half whirl, and then trotted away
into the thicket. l have boon told that
it is my duty to report this"
We had been at the shooting box
three days, and had killed dozen hy-
enas, a panther, and couple of big
snakes. There were four white men of
us in the party, and we had eight or ten
native crackers and servants. On the
fourth morning, before breakfast, I ran
a thorn into my foot, and was advised to
lie quiet during the day. The house
was divided into two rooms, each about
twelve feet square, and each having
two hammocks in it. The first room
was used to store provisions in. The
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-01
Using Meat In Summer.

The following u an extract from
lecture by j. II. Kellogg, NJ. D., of Bat
tie Creek Sanitarum: The use of beef
steak or any other kind of meat in hot
weather is much to be deplored, and
thousands of people make themselves
sick in consequence. Meat decomposes
very readily outside or inside the body,
and it is difficult to secure that which is
in tho best possible condition. At this
season of the year we have an &s1undance
of fresh fruits and succulent vegetables
and these together with grains and milk
make up diet more wholesome and
less heating than one in which flesh
food enters. Meat-eating also promotes
nervousness, and l am convinced from
long experience and observation that
the majority of people would be a great
deal better off in hot weather if they
omitted flesh foods from their dietary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-01

saurian lying in the creek right across
the path, and evidently waiting for
some one to cross. This was not over a
quarter of mile from the bungalow,
and the saurian had evidently come
down the creek from small lake about
two miles away. l made ready to fire
at him, but one of the natives touched
my arm and respectfully said:
please don't, sahib. If you anger
him he will bring others to make US
trouble"
But he ought to be driven away or
killed"
Eyes, but when there are thousand
more in the lake what would you
game
He seemed so earnest about it that
tur~ed away. That night number of
the servants crossed the creek to attend
some sort of party, and in the morn
ing young man was missing. After
considerable inquiry it was decided that
the crocodile had seized him as he at