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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16
11o THE VOTERS OF ROANOKE

| hereby announce myself u candi
date for the Office of city sergeant of
Eolnokc and respectfully ask The sup
port OF my friends and the voters OF
TIC city. If elected | will discharge
tle duties OF the Office faithfully and
to he best of my ability.
ap11-tf A NJ JONES.
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arrangements are now being made
fcl a stock yard company, wooden
n |, steamship company 70 New Or
lea rs, dredging company, steam
w ch association.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16

The encouragement OF agricul-
tue, horticulture, stock-raising, art,
an. manufactures. the holding of
fai 5, and establishment OF an eX-
ch nge fer live stock and other prop
ert
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16

The construction of telephone
lii S, water works, street railways,
all the supply of light by gas or
ela tricity.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16

{. The constructor, operating or
les ing of q hotel, market house, race
co rse, polo ground, Or other public
All lsenentS.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16

The construction and operation
of battoirs, refrigerators, tanneries,
ali factories for the manufacture Of
an nal matter into useful products,
CO ION, wooden, silk and paper mills
go each of which there is q special
Oh ming at this point, and the pro
me ion OF silk culture in the United
ST; 5es and Mexico.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16

The construction and operation
OF boats, bathing houses and pa
vii ons.
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Il ASH BCU y -.
LEAVE ROANOKE.

NJ, Daily; for Lynchbulg, Pc
tersburg, Richmond, via
Petersburg ana K. & p. r.
r. Norfolk and interme-
date points; Connects at
Lynchburg with V. n. r.
r. forWasl,ineton and the
east, leaving Lynchburg
7:l0 a III daily. Arrives
Norfolk 200 p III connect
ing with steamer lines to
Baltimore and New York.
LII. Daily; for Lynchburg and
intermediate stations.
IN. Daily; arrives Lynchburg
1850 q III, connecting with
V. NJ. X. K. for all points
north, arriving Washing
ton 7:05 p III; arrives Pc
tersburS 4:20 pm; arrives
Richmond, via Il. {. p. r.
r., sos p III; arrives \ or
folk T 90 l. m.
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no MY FELLOW CITIZENS OF
| ROANOKE CITY.
| hereby announce myself q candi-
date for commemorative attorney for
the city of Roanoke, at the ensuing
Nay election, and respectfully solicit
your support. Respectfully,
ap20to moe THOS. NJ. WOOD.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16

The const ruction OF roads,
str .ets, parks. bridges, sewers and
OF er public convenieEces.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16

s The establishment OF an institu-
tio of learning.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16

] has already laid off 1900 lots,
pn 5ly in the old city CT Corpus
ca isti, and partly outside, the
dir ction of its best growth. this
plsa are three grand boul, ards,
eatl two hundred feet wide, having
tw roadways, and four rows OF trees.
TIL Sc operations compel large e1-
pei ditures.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16
mo THE VOTERS OF THE CITY
OF ROANOKE.

/ hereby announce myself a candi-
da ;e for the Office of sergeant, and
respectfully ask your support at the
election to be held May 22nd. An
experience of nearly four years as
deputy sergeant of this city has made
me familiar with its duties. If am
elected pledge myself to faithfully
discharge my duty as an officer.
Respectfully,
ap10-tf j. b. TRAYNHAM.
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HENANDoAH WALLER RA}L-

E. HENANDOAH VALLEY RA}L-
5. +. TYLER, Rcceiysi
chedule in effect February 8, 1890.
ARRIVE AT ROANOKE.
j n p. IL. Daily-Memphis Express,
from Hagerstown and the
north. Through Pullmac
sleeping cars from New
York and Philadelphia to
Chattanooga and Mem
phis via Harrisburg. Ha
gerstown and Roanoke
Z. o a. Ill. Daily New Orleans ex
press from New York,
Philadelphia and Balti-
more, making connection
through TO the south
Carries through Pullman
palace buffet sleeping ca
from Philadelphia to Ney
Orleans without change
via Harrisburg, Hagers
town, Roanoke, Cleve-
land, Calera, and L. Il y.
Il. Il.
LEAVE ROANOKE.
s. 0 a. III. Daily-BaItimore express
from all points south Tor
Washington, Baltimore,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia
and New York. Car
ries Pullman palace
buffet sleeping car from
New Orleans to Philadel-
phia without change, via
L. & n. r. R., Calera,
Cleveland, Roanoke, Ha-
gerstown and Harrisburg
I 0j p. IN. Daily-New York ami
Philadelphia express,
FROM Memphis, Chat
tanooga and ell
points south. For Phil
adelphia and New York,
carries Pullman Palace
buffet sleeping cars
through to Philadelphia
and New York via Roa
noke, Hagerstown and
Harrisburg.
ricket agents will furnish all infor
M .tion and through schedules upon
al plication to
o. HOWARD ROVER.
!. P. s. IT, Agent, Roanoke. Va.
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{: The erection OF buildings for resi-
dc ce, pleasure business, and manu-
fa-t uring.
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! :25 q III.

Cripple Creek EXtension-Leaves
]; Ilaslii SIS III. Daily except Sun
q y, and 800 p ~ Daily, arrive Iyau-
II re $40 III and 4:30 y III. Returning
IL I'VE IYanhoe 1925 a III. Daily eXcsut
s lnday, and $50 p II. Daily, arrive
]; ilaski 1855 q il AID 500 p III.
Ill inquiries Us to rates, routes, etc,
y omptly answered.
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| ,()00CITYL 10 rSF0R SALE
WEST L7uCHBURG LAND COMPANY.

VAsls Tor By subscription, limited
ay lots lis thriving City
]nbu Virginia With 10000 inlai
Establishments prosperous operatoa
hundreG ard fifty thousand dollar
all be September It. is pleged towards the improve
nt oil e lands aud fostering establishments
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G. PITAI INVESTED. 50. 5000
D4II.Y EXPENSES. 1900
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no THE VOTERS OF ROANOKE

!. CITY.
| hereby announce myself candi-
daGe for the Office of constable at the
election to be held on Thursday, May
22nd, 1890. Promising to serve you
u the best of my ability ii elected, |
respectfully solicit your support.
IDr0 NJ. ID. MOSS.
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HOLDINGS AND OPERATIONS.

he company is now engaged in
The sub division improvement
ali development of its real estate.
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PLAN OF SALE.

2 lois are in process Of being laid regularly and will opedby
" juy next with number block
a soc which $50 cash ccomp subscriptions name aud
de@ entered and numbered rcei
ownership q lots will be determined
each alternate fifty feet doub lot
o. lo: - these sold.
O!e Loco o feet front 1875
feet de- treeou single lots, 25 front l25 deep.
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no THE VOTERS OF THE CITY
] OF ROANOKE.
hereby announce myself candl-
date for City Treasurer. Election to
be held Thursday. May 22nd, 1880.
Earnestly soliciting your support, |
am most respectfully,
apr9-may22 G. w. THOMAS.
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TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY
OF ROANOKE.
take this method of announcing
myself Il candidate for the Office of
mayor of this city, and respectfully
ask your support. If elected prom
iac faithful and efficient discharge
oflhe duties of the Office.
Very respectfully,
apr9 EVERETT PERKINS.
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". 3. 3EVIIL.
Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent
C las. &. EDDY. vice president.
General Offices, Roanoke.
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ANNOUNCEMENT CARDS.

RIO THE VOTERS OF ROANOKE
l CITY.
hereby announce a candidate
for reelection to the Office of Com
missioner of the Revenue. | take this
opportunity of thanking my friends
for the confidence reposed in me and
ask Il continuance of their support.
Very Respectfully,
apr9 may2s G. NJ. TURNER.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-10-23
A Good Reporter.

A good reporter, then, must, first, be
a man of quick intelligence, great per-
severance, good manners, courtesy and
tact. In the second place, he must be
able to write good English, and to do
it anywhere, at any time and at high
speed. Then he must have a good
local knowledge of the city in which
he works. He must be able to "look
up" subject quickly and at a moments
notice. A good general reporter should
know something about everything, but
that being out of the question, should
come as near to it as possible. says
writer in the Epoch. He may be sent,
without any preliminary preparation,
to interview an Irish member of Par
lament, an astronomer just returned
from an eclipse expedition, ward pol
itician, doctor of divinity or pawn
broker He may be called upon to
report O Methodist conference or po-
iticaI convention. or to trace a muir
derer whom the police are slow about
finding. It is true that newspaper
work is now so specialized that men
are detailed to many departments per-
manently. There is the "horse" re-
porter, baseball reporter, boating
reporter, a reporter for local politics
generally called the "city hall report
err, a reporter for general politics, to
interview visiting statesmen and the
like, a weather reporter. and so on !;
but nevertheless a good general re-
porter needs to be well enough ac-
quainted with these and other depart
ments of human knowledge to get an
interview or work up STORY" in any
of them. Last, and by no means least,
the reporter must read newspapers and
know what is going on. In his own
department, if he has one, he should
be walking cyclop@dia with daily
automatic suppIement.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-10-23
An Awful Load.

An enterprisiDg merchant placed a
number of brass plates, cut in the form
of human tracks, in the stone sidewalk
leading toward his door. He moved
away shortly afterward, and, desiring
to use the brass plates at his new es-
tablishment. gouged them out, of
course leaving the foot-forms imbed-
ded in the stone.
One day an old fellow from the coun-
try, accompanied by his son, came
along. and seeing the tracks in the
stone. stopped, and after long excla-
nation of astonishment, said:
"BIl, fur mussy sakes Jest look here.
Gracious alivel what load that Teller
must a had when he came along here.
Sunk right down in this here solid rock.
I'll bet he was either a totin' yoke of
steers or had filed up on that drug
-tcre Ticker"
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horses, and about five hundred veter-
mary surgeons of Great Britain have
Endorsed his opinion by signing a
paper condemning in strongest terms
the use of tight check-reins.
Whether the horse has work to do.
weight to draw or carry, or is gallop-
ing or running of his own free will.
nature tells him not to throw his head
up and backward towards his tail, but
forward and down, so as to give the
force Of his weight to what he has to
do. Nature never intended a large
and heavy animal like the horse to
perform his work by the strain of mus
Gle only, or chiefly, but by the power
of weight as a rule, assisted by the
strength of muscle as the exception,
when extra resistance is to be over
come.
Women are much to blame in this
matter, women who admire a horse
because she carries his head so stylish
1y." I hope that they are ignorant of
the torture with which that "style" is
purchased. I hope they will learn
better and inaugurate crusade hay
ing for its object the adjustment, the
extinction of the check-rein. I would
have every policeman in the land in
structed, authorized, ordered to cut
the tight check-rein on every unfortu-
nate horse tortured by the barbarism,
the owner of the animal severely pun
ished, be he a moneyed king of the
earth or some thought1ess human don
key aping the "sty1e" of those he con-
siders his betters. The preacher
could occasionally, to advantage, drop
doctrina1 discussions and appeals for
foreign missions and discourse most
feelingly, if they studied the subject of
the check-rein, on that sound text
&The mercifu1 man is mercifuI to his
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porch, Lem Chidister, looking down
the road, suddenly exclaimed:
Wall, if yander don't come ole Tur-
key-Aig."
@An' he's comm right up to the
house, too" said Sallie Benson, the
handsomest girl in the Ouichita bot
toms. Il wonder how he mustered up
courage enough to come"
Turkey stalked on up to the porch.
The boys began to laugh; the girls
giggled. "Helloa, said Lem, "whicher
way this here bright mornin'? We all
lowed that you liked plowin' so well
that you would furgit when Sunday
come"
Turkey yawned and sat down on a
bench.
Did you come to see paw" salie
asked.
@No. I come to see you," Turkey an
-swered.
The girls screamed and the boys
roared. Sallie flushed scarlet.
you've come to see mel" she ex-
claimed, rather Indignantly.
"That's whut I lowed"
~What do you want to see me for ?"
"'Cause I'm Is year old to-day"
But what difference does that
make?"
GOOD deal of difference. I jest
happened to think how old I was to-
day, an it hit me, it did, that it was
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unnecessary expenditure Of muscular

unnecessary expenditure of muscular
power.
There is an important difference;
between tight check-rein and tight
ened rein, although not generally I'M
derstood. The first is injurious, and
cannot help the horse, while the latter
is often useful. Because, the latter is
q steady support to the animals head
from a distinct and intelligent source
the driver; whereas. the former is
only the horses head fastened to his
own shoulders. That the check-rein
Is inconsistent with the action of the
horses head is clearly shown by the
fact that, when a horse falls. it is al
ways broken. ALEX. DUKE BAILIE.
CHICAGO, Ill
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Nature.s Dispuises.

Nature Is a stern mother, so inhexi-
bic IN her DEGREES that she never for
gives an infraction of the simplest rule ;!
she Furnishes an offender with CELEBRITY
and severity. But nature is also kind 4
she fits every creature for it's surround
ing. With the rarest exceptions Ma
ture provides every animal with an
outward covering that acts as dis
guise and protection adapted to its
habitation and the prevailing climate.
In Arctic regions white is the color
that best protects, by making an ami
NAL of the same hue as the landscape.
Accordingly we find the polar
bear white, the only bear that
Is white. The Alpine hare, the
ermine and the Arctic fox turn white
IN the snowy season.
Among birds. the ptarmigan in win
ter loses its summer plumage, which
harmonizes so well with the ichen-
covered stones among which it hides,
and turns white, so very white that
one may tramp through a flock lying
on the snow without perceiving q
single bird.
The Siberian sable does not change
color in winter, because it's habits are
such that it does not need to become
white. 1t often lives on berries at this
season, and is so nimbIe on the trees
that 1t easily catches small birds. The
woodchuck of Canada also stays brown
in winter; but it then burrows in river
banks and subsists on fish.
The lion has sandy-colored coat
and thus easily conceals itself by
crOuching on the desert, while the
stripes of the tiger assimilate well with
the vertical stems of the bamboo and
tall stiff grass of the Jungle.
Almost all other animals of the cat
tribe frequent trees, and these have
often spotted skins, which help to
blend them with the background of
| foliage.
I, A marked exception is the puma,
whose ashy- brown fur, the color of the
bark, and its habits of clinging very
closely to limb as it waits for it's prey
to pass underneath, make it uncom-
monty hard to distinguish.
It might be thought that the con-
spicuous stripes of the zebra, in a
country Astounding with lions and
leopards, would be danger to it. But
zebras go in herds, and are so wary
and swift that in the daytime they
have little to fear. It is at dusk, when
they go to drink, that they are most
exposed, and travellers say that in the
twilight the zebras' black and white
stripes blend so well into a grayish
tint that it can hardly be seen at a
short distance.
Even an animal as big as a giraffe is
said by travellers to be admirably con-
cealed by it's form and color, when
standing perfectly still among the dead
trees often found on the outskirts of
the groves where it feeds It's spots,
its long neck, the peculiar shape of it's
head and horns appear altogether so
like broken branches, that even the
natives have been known to mistake
tree for a giraffe and a giraffe for
tree.
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in cushioned carriages to philanthropic
meetings for the alienation of distress
of every character, the conversion of
heather who do not want to be con-
verted, the suppression of all kinds of
outrages; and leave at the doors of the
hall the outward and visible animated
evidences of their own lack of common
humanity. This is strong language !;
were to say what think on this sub
iect, 'twould batter the type-this pa
per would refuse to publish it.
A frightened rein is useful; it Is a
steady support to the animals head
from distinct and intelligent source
the driver. That abomination of abom-
nations, the check-rein, Is an unyield-
ing, agonizing fastener of the animals
head to his shoulders, bearing hardest
on the most delicate, sensitive portion
of the horse-his mouth. The horse
raised and driven or ridden by a hui
name man can be guided, through
pressure on the mouth, with piece of
strong thread.
Humanity aside, the use of the
check-rein is productive of disease. It
leads to distortion of the windpipe to
such degree as to impede the respira-
ton ever afterwards, to excoriation OF
the mouth and lips, and perhaps of the
muscles of the face.
If horse in pulling load, light OF
heavy, has his head held up and in, he
cannot throw his weight into the col
lar, and is hindered from giving his
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beast, to the edifcation, possibly to
the conversion and reform, of their
wealthy, enlightened, and tender
hearted" pew-holders.
An eminent authority, the London
Horse-B Book" in discussing the check
rein atrocity, uses the following Ian
guage:
%The horse is often prevented from
throwing his weight into the collar by
q tight check-rein-a useless and pain
full incumbrance, introduced by vanity,
and retained by thoughtlessness
amounting to cruelty. Few of the
London cab-drivers use check-reins,
knowing them to be inconsistent with
proper work: and when one is observed,
It Will invariably be found to be on
some poor animal, whose wearied and
haggard appearance is attempted to be
disguised by this instrument of tor
ture-
"The check-rein is, in nearly every
case. painful to the animal and useless
to the driver. Because. it fastens the
head in an unnatural posture; and, as
the horses shoulder and head fall to-
gether, cannot be of any real support
in case of stumbling.
when, from some defect In the ami
nal. or other cause, the check-rein Is
used. it must be sIackened Because,
in addition to the easier position of the
neck. a greater portion of weight can
be thrown into the collar, especially
going up hill. thus saving a great and
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ing maniacs in ten minutes time And
this is done for the sake of "style," be-
cause it is "the fashion"
The poor and ignorant, the "lower
classes" are not the gross offenders
in this outrage; the guilty ones are the
"ton," the quality" Their well-fed,
well-groomed steeds stand before
church-doors, suffering in silent mis-
cry, only by impatient pawings and
champing of the bit telling of their
agony, while the owner kneels on pad
ded stool (mindful of self-comfort even
when praying), to worship Him who
taught that "the merciful man is mer-
cifu1 to his beast" They are conveyed
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one persisted in calling him Turkey
Egg. Every girl in the community
made fun of him, and all the boys
jeered at him, but he was but little
concerned, seemingly, for he had the
respect of the men-a respect which
sober ruralism ever pays to industry.
Early at morning, when the grass was
twitter of the birds had hardly ceased
in the trees, Turkey" could be seen
blowing his corn. He made no at
tempt to go into society, and even
during the revival season, when every
one was thought to be equal, he did
not attempt to mingle with the emo
tional people that crowded the mourn
ers, but quietly chung around" on the
outskirts of the sensation.
One Sunday when the Benson girls
and number of young men sat on the
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time that I war a-lookin' around for

time that war a-lookin' around for a
chunk of a wife"
$50 on away from here, you good
for-nothing thingl" the girl screamed.
Lowed to go after I seed whuther
or not you was agreeable"
well, I'm not, I can tell you that an
farther more, if you don't go way from
here, I'll have paw come out an see to
you"
wall" he said, getting up and
stretching himself, reckon I'd better
be shown"
Sallie was so teased after this that
she was afraid to appear in company.
It was thought the best joke that had
ever been sprung on the community.
One Sunday, several months later,
SaIlie and Lem Chidister, while on
their way to church, stopped in the
creek TO let their horses drink. Lem
was on the point of saying something
tender, when some one called out:
%Helloa, thar"
Looking up they saw Turkey-Egg
sitting IN the forks of a tree.
@Don,t pay any attention to him. :"
said Sallie.
aMout as we'll" Turkey replied.
~Mout as well issen 10 Teller when
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action or work, binders the breathing
and the circulation of the blood in the
head, makes the horse miserable and
irritable, his head aches, he becomes
restless or violent, and the fool or brute
of driver Furnishes him. The muscles
of the neck are on constant strain, to
relieve this he must rest the weight of
changes one .b agony ; for another "s Ter K;4oh
ing, an eminent English writer on
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I refer to that internal Instrument
of torture, the check-rein for horses.
I say infernal-it is the only word adj
missible that is sufficiently expressive.
The use of the check-rein is a stand
ing arraignment of those who permit
its attachment to the harness of the
animals they own, as it is also an evil
dence of their thoughtlessness, cruelty,
or ignorance; if they are not ignorant
on the subject their crime is the more
atrocious. Hour after hour, day after
day, they infict upon noble animals a
torture, the like of which, applied to
themselves, would render them howl
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health, to say nothing of his comfort.
The consequence is that his limbs and
muscles become strained and distorted !;
his knees are bowed forward and his
hooks backward. IF man pulls q load
by q strap across his shoulders, he
bends his head and chest forward, and
relieves his legs; he pulls with his
weight. A horse does the same-when
he can, and ought always.
The confinement of the head in an
unnatural, constrained position, while
the heart and lungs are excited by