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Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-08
TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue of deed of trust, dated
July Goth, 1888, and recorded in the
clerks Office of the county court Of
Roanoke county, Va, made by Henry
Read and Amanda, his wife, to secure
the Roanoke Land and Improvement
Company certain debt therein set
forth, and default having been made
in the payment of said debt, at the
request of said company, shall, as
trustee, offer for sale at public auction
in front of the premises. on
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1890.
At 12 o'clock NJ, all the property con-
veyed in said deed, lying on the south
side of Gregory street, 100 feet east of
Wood street, fronting so feet on Greg
DRY street, and running southwark
between parallel lines 200 feet-known
as lot 292, Fourth ward.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-08

We make speciality of the sale of
stocks in all enterprises in the city and
the Southwest Virginia. Investments
made for nol-residents, and all parties
sending money to US for investment
may rely npon fair trea.a:"r;. hi!i u
pleased to furnish any data desired
concerning Roanoke and Southwest
Virginia. All parties desiring to locate
industrial enterprises in the South will
do well to visit our city or correspond
with us.
Reference, National Exchange Bank
STOCK EXCHANGE
AND INVESTMENT co.
Nimited)
No. 20, Third avenue, S. W.,
ROANOKE, u.
mar2S-1m
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-08

Have used DR. Thomas Electric
Oil for Group and colds, and declare it
q positive cure. Contributed by VIM.
Kay, $40 Plymouth Ave, Buffalo, NY
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-08

TERMS-One fourth cash and the
balance in one, two and three years,
with security approved ny the. trustee.
JOSEPH I. DORIAN,
mazEtmay6 Trustee.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-08

Ifyou want lots in Hyde Park
call at once.
noI5 til FRANCIS 9. KEEP s. Co
Plaster your house with Marble
Rock lime, best On the market. Ifyou
don't believe it, call on Garner s. Co.,
sole agents. Remember they are the
cheapest sash, door and blind nanufac-
turers in the city. Satisfaction gaaTan-
teed.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-08
To The Public.

am now prepare to furnish in
any quantity picket Wire Fence I
manufacture my own goods and can
sell as low as anybody. A full supply
kept on hand. / also keep dressed
picket for yards. Orders receive
prompt attention. My Office is corner
Park and Loudon streets, on dummy
line; P. 0. Box 252. Awaiting your
orders, I am respectfully, &
marai.gm S. &
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-08

r OST-A GOLD MASONIC SCARF
IL pin at or near the corner of Camp
bell and Commerce streets on Sun
day. Finder return to \. Bowman
bakery, who will be suitably re-
warded. apr4-2t
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-08

i fifty thousand HOTEL under contract:
Fine stone BANK and POSTOFFICE BUILDING under
large number of STORES and DIV ELLlNOS under con
ROLLING MILL under contract.
Coal mines three miles away and iron mines two miles
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15
One Thing at q Time.

early in life," relates gentleman who
has now spent many decades in the serv-
ice of God and his felloW-man, IL learned
from a very simple incident a wholesale
lesson, and one which has since been OF
incalculable benefit to me.
"When | was between twelve and four
teen years old my father broke up a new
field on his farm, and planted it with po
tatoes, and when the plants were two OF
three inches high, he sent me to hoe it.
The ground of that piece was hard to till,
it was matted with grass roots and sprink-
led with stones. l hOed the first row and
then stopped to take general look at the
task before me. Grass as high as the po-
tatoes was everywhere, and looking at the
whole from any point, it appeared to be a
solid mass. had the work to do all alone,
and as stood staring at the broad reach
of weedy soil, felt good mind not to
try to do anything further then with it.
"Just that minute [ happened to look
down at the hill nearest my feet. The
grass didn't seem just quite as thick there,
and said to myself, 4 can hoe this one
well enough
when it was done another thought
came to help me: l shan't have to hoe but
one hill at time, at any rate.
'And so went to the next, and next.
But there stopped again and looked over
the field. That gave me another thought,
too. l could hoe every hill as l came to
it; it was only looking away off to all the
hills that made the whole seem impossible.
''T won't look at itl' said; and pulled
my hat over my eyes so could see nothing
but the spot where my hoe had to dig.
"In course of time, had gone over the
whole field, looking only at the hill in
hand, and my work was done.
81 learned a lesson tugging away at
those grass roots which never forgot. 1t
was to look right down at the one thing
to be done now, and not hinder or discour
age myself by looking off at the things I
haven't come to. I've been working ever
since that summer at the hill nearest my
feet, and have always found it the easi-
est way to get bad task accomplished, as
it is the true way to prepare field for the
harvest, ,"-CG7lddG PreS6VteTiGn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15
The Colonel and the Private :

Gov. Beaver is known by every Pitts
burg boy in the national guard to be q
very strict disciplinsrian in military eti-
quette and the drill. Austin Curtin, of
the governors native town, told this war
reminiscence about him last night to some
of the delegates at the G.. A r. encamp-
ment While lieutenant colonel of the
Forty fifth regiment, Beaver was one day
sitting in front of his tent, when a slouchy
looking soldier, with ill fitting uniform
came along, stopped, and inquired
"Ver ish der doctor2"
sis that the way to address your supe-
rior officer, sir ?" roared Col. Beaver.
The German stared at his superior Off
Ger in blank amazement, but said never a
word.
"Here, sir take this chair. You be the
colonel, and will teach you how to ad-
dress a superior officer"
"Vas me der boss of der regiment2"
eyes, cake this chair, and I'll teach you
you how to act"
The soldier sat down in front of the
tent Col. Beaver walked off few PAGES,
turned, about, returned to q position in
front of the officer pro tempoTe, squared
bimself around, made a military salute,
and inquired
Colonel, can you inform me where l
can find the surgeon of the regimentt"
The soldier arose, and, looking seriously
and straight at Beaver, replied:
"D-d if l know where he is !"-Pitts-
burg DispGtch
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15

| go further with US than DR.. Clark oriti.
clsm, which was based on slim experience
lis true, the few early figs before the
regular crop are called by some ''the bloom
| hg," but they drop off and perish nor can
comprehend how they can fertiIize a
fuller, later crop succeeding. They seem
untimely, and are doomed to perish.
But years ago, in opening 8 half grown
fig, found inside number of stamens. or
plstlls, of slight pink or purplish color,
winch composed the pulp or body of the
hg, and wondered (they looked so much
IKE Dlossoms) if fig could bloom inside.
But there were the flowers, and every lit
tle tendril forms little seed, which we
md inside when ripe. l knew a melon
forms entire before it blossoms, and why
should not fig form and bloom within itP
This view, | think, is the correct one,
and harmonizes with the prophet and
also, from all | can learn from warmer
countries, with their view. DR.. Clarke.
Whenever he got in difficulty, flew TO He-
brew and If in great trouble, sheltered
behind the Chaldee, where few could fol-
low him. and all our ancestors were from
Northern Climes, and knew not much of
hgs. We have too blindly followed our
commentator, and either said with him.
The fig tree does not bloom" or thought
few early figs, just like the others, were
the Towering figs.
To tell the truth, figs do bloom, but
bloom inside, and absolutely have more !
blooms than any other fruit on earth and |
every fig we eat, we only crush some scores
)t fully matured blossoms C. T. Y. in
~ o. Christian AdU0cGte.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15
Does the Fig Tree Blossom :

So far as can learn, there seems to be
a general impression that the fig tree does
not blossom, and have often looked most
carefully to find an indication of a bloom
yet for many years looked in vain. Even
DR.. Clark, the commentator, on Hab. iii,
II, declares ''the fig tree does not bloom, y
and, as usual, flies to q new rendering OF
the word, saying, to save the prophet, that
the original means i%to flourish" For
many years took him as authority but
still often thought how strange the best
of fruit should come, exceptionally, with
out bloom, till finally began to think it
must be some outgrowth-a tubercle-
rather than fruit, for fruit required bios,
SONS and had seeds. A tubercle contains
no seeds, yet figs did and it seemed to me
the prophet thought it bloomed.
Nor have infdels been silent on the con-
tingent assertion of the prophet, cal
though the fig tree shall not blossom y
sneering at prophet claiming to be in
spires, who was deficient in the simplest
fact connected with the subject /; for all
men know, they said, the fig tree does not
blossom. But the prophet lived in land
of fgs, and ought to have known all about
them, and doubtless did, and if the fig
tree does not bloom, it is an exception to
every known fruit tree on the earth; and
this, with the prophets assertion, should
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15
The Blair Educational Bill.

On the 24th of February, the Blair edu
cational bill came up,in Congrsss as un
finished business.
Senator Faulkner ssid that IN his iudg
meDt the bill was freighted with The
greatest of evils to the whole country and
more especially to those States which 1t is
said would be the most benefited by the
enactment of the Law. He believed its
passage would commit Congress to such
an unrestrained construction of constitu-
tional power, and would establish such an
unprecedented free Interpretation of "the
general welfare" lalse that he should
| not hesitate to appeal to the courtesy of
the Senate to bear with him while he ore
sented reasons which III fuenced. his action
Mr.. Faulkner said three questions pre-
sented themselves
1. Is the bfllsanctioned by the provi-
sions of the Federal Constitution
2. Are its provisions which affect the
distribution of the fund between the
States and between the two races in the
Stata jRst aud sanefiefal a...a
3. Is It the part OF wisdom and the part
OF practical statesniansAip for the National
government to embark on this boundlcss
sea of unrestrained and unlimited legisla-
ton?
He argued that the establishment of a
common school system was necessarily
committed to the care and control of the
States. He cites, in reference to the con-
stituCionality to the principles laid down
by Chief Justice Marshall in the case of
Gibbons against Ogden restrained any
attempt at encroachments reserved to the
States.
MIR. Faulkner found what he believed to
be inconsistency in the bill, that is of |
first distributing the fund to the States on |
the basis of illiteraey, and then distribu-
ting the fund within the States between |
the two races on the basis of the school |
population of each, SO that on the basis of
the colored schools of the South |
ought to receive $36 ,000, 900 and the white
schools $13, 0O0,0 900; but it would be re-
versed and the white schools would receive
s16, OOO, 600 more than tue colored schools
We presume this wiIlcause some change
n the bill again. 80
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15
Old Men With Young Wives.

"W hat can young lasise do wi'an auld
man z asks the poet. The problem is no
doubt difficult, but, &C ,ording to the Off
clal statistics of ScOtc marriages Just is
sued, 1t IS one that a good many dIassies''
are not unwilling to face. In the year
embraced in the latest return 40 BRIDE
| grooms were older than their brides bv 70
| years and upwards. No instance in which
| the figures are reversed is recorded bv the
| registrar general, and though there were
two wives between 20 and 80 years older
than their spouse, there were no fewer
than 1856 Instances in which the disparity
was the other way. When we come TO a
difference of Is to 20 years, the elderly
brides are just 10 to 389 elderly BRIDE
grooms. When the difference Is from 10
to 10 years, the elderly wives are only n
while the elderly bridegroom5 numbered
1854.
How the objection on the part of the
men to seniority in their partners gathers
strength, however, will be best shown bv
going to the other end of the scale. Thus
IN 296l marriages the contracting parties
were of the same age; in 3070 the hus-
bands were one yea older than their
wives; in l774 the wives were one year
older than their spousa in 278O the hus-
bands were two years older than their
wives and in 1919 the wives were the
same as regards their husbands. In 1887
the husbands were three years older; in
668 the wives were so; in 2001 the hus-
bands were four years older; in 466 the
wives were the same in 1907 the bride
ESl@a Psd n tBs RE fE9 We're Be-
tween five and ten years elder than their
wives, while in only 456 cases were the
conditions of the case of Burn ballad re-
versed. d.-Hebrea0 Journal
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15
Married by Proxy.
The WEDDING CELEBRATED WHILE THE
BRIDEGROOM WAS THOUSANDS OF
MILES AWAY.

MILES AWAY.
SenoF Ulpiano Obando was until receutI
consul of the United States of Columbia a
: San Francisco.
We, the senior and myself, lived at tn,
same hotel, and by mutual agreement W,
each instructed the other in the language
customs and manners of our respective
countries
grew to be quite fond of the senior he
was SO generous and simple and eager to
learn our ways. His consular duties con-
sisted mainly in drawing his salary, which
he did with clOcklike regularity.
The senOr was married, learned. and
the picture of his wife, which he al lways
carried about him, was that of charming
sonora of the regulation Spanish type of
! beauty.
Bogots vas the home of this loving pair.
siEns. e,osi1do bs1ia the nfecs Of the presff.
| dent of the republic
One day the senior said to me, in his
broken English: 81 must go home to nv
wife. can no longer bear this separa-
tion. Besides, my father has been married
to her about long enough"
His father, l thought.
w hat on earth do you mean ?" l asked.
"W hen were you married, senor?"
about six months ago" he replied.
knew he had been in San Francisco a
year, so l said
"Oh, see your wife did not like San
francisco, so she returned home"
"She has never been here"
"And yet you say you were married to
her six months sinceT'
Certainly; gave power of attorney
to my father, who married Inez in my |
stead"
''NoW, see here, Obando," 1 remarked, |
~ am afraid you're making fun of me
This idea of your wife being your step
mother at the same time, and your fathers
wife being his laughter in, law-oh, no, it
won't do"
The senior, however was in earnest, and
then learned one of the peculiar customs
IN vogue IN the South American republic. |
As matter of policy or convenience it
had been necessary that Senior Obando
should marry his atfianced, and therefore
the necessary instructions were wired to
Panama, conveyed thence down the Mag
dalena river to the port, and thence BY
to the capital. In the same
manner the news Of the ceremony was
conveyed back to San Francisco, and Senior
Obanda was duly married man.
Marriages of this sort are by no means
nfrequent among the Spanish-American |
people. The proxies" are generally male
relatives of either prospective bride or
groom. An intimate friend, in fact. may l,
perform the Office, though in the latter
'ase 1t sometimes happens that the friend
)etrays his trust, and the fond, absent
husband returns home to find himself
livorcsd. '
These marriages are perfectly legal, and S
re recognized by the church. They are t
omewhat like binding slips" in insur-
nee, the "policies" being delivered after
Yard. '
Upon the return of tha husband thnurh E
fezs;sfO fore seeing his proxy" wife, then ! 7
is "vicarious" widow inherits his prop
rty the same as if she had been married
4 the regular fashion. c
Senior Obando returned to Bogota, and '
be last time heard from him he was oc-
lpying high official position and living
apply with his wife, to whom he had
cen regularly" MARKEDLY. =. Herald. b
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15
Figs.

Figs are genus of trees belonging to
the natural order Moraca, and number
about one hundred species. Almost all
the varieties belong to tropical and sub.
tropical countries. They abound in India,
and are cultivated in every village, even
| to the most northern Himalaya The com
mon tg is native of the East, but is now
cultivated throughout the whole of the
south of Europe. Its cultivation has also
extended to many warm countries. In
this country we find it grows well in most
OF the Southern States, and near the Gulf
coast attains great perfection both in
growth OF trees and b fruit. The fig is a
low tree with large lobed leaves, which
are rough on top, and have q downy ap-
pearance underneath. The fruit appears in
the axils of the leaves and is pear-shaped.
There has been difference OF opinion
among writers as to whether the tree pro.
duces flowers as other fruit trees. It is
now pretty generally believed the fig does
bloom but the flower is imbedded in the
fHlais Il ..-za
this respect.
In climates such as our coast here, some
varieties yield two crops q year, while
others commence to ripen fruit about June
and continue until frost appears, some
b1LuOS aS ldIO AS D6CStnDSEs 4uO uTSb crop
of fruit formed is from the older wood of
the previous years growth, later on an
other crop forms on the limbs of the pres
ent years growth. They are propagated
here by cuttings of limbs stuck in the
ground few inches.
Dried figs form an important article of
food. In some sections they are pree
served or canned They are dried in tn
sun almost entirely in some sections,
while other sections employ an oven built
for the purpose. 1t has been ascertsined
here by some of our practical citizens that
they can be dried on the latest improved
in about four hours time, and
after cooling they may be pressed tightly
in boxes and will keep perfectly for years.
This fact makes it possible for enormous
profit for the fig grower as he can handle
his own fruit, and after drying ship when
and where he pleases, thus obtaining the
highest market prices.-ErctGnge.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15
A Csndymaker's Good Word for Candy

Candy is not unWholesome if it is made
of pure sugar and harmless coloring and
favoring, said Fulton street sugar baker
Sugar, you know, is very nourishing, and
if people with sweet teeth would only cal
candy as it should be eaten the dentists in
New York would have less work to do
Candy should be absorbed, not masticated,
and you can always detect impurities in
candy by sucking it. If it is pure sugar
it will all melt slowly in your mouth, but
if any sediment remains you may be salts
fed that you have eaten impure candy.
However, as a rule, even adulteIsted candy
is not injurious, because -four or corn
starch are usually the ingredients used to
increase the quantity, and, beyond destroy
ing the flavor, they do not materially in
jure the quality.
Always choose brown candy if you can.
It is much more likely to be pure than the
green, or the pink or red, or even the
white. Never crunch ii between your
teeth. Allow the natural heat of the
mouth to dissolve it and don't attempt to
chew it as though it were a tough beef
steak.
The life of working candy maker is
decidedly unhealthy. He never eats any
of the sweetmeats that he manufactures,
but the hot saccharine particles that i'm
pregnate the air in which he works are
almost certain to affect his lungs. Sugar
bakers are not long lived race. make
many tons of sugar in the course of year
but can't say that ever eat any of ii. -
NeS0 York San.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15

A Western pastor relates the following
suggestive incident: When the late DR..
Hodge was drawing near the close of his
life he spent two or three days at my
house. He discovered in my study piece
of furniture he greatly admired and asked
me to buy for him, if l could, duplicate.
Upon receiving it from my hand he pulled
out of his pocket purse in order to REIN
burse me, but there was nothing in it.
playfully remarked that his treasures were
all laid up in heaven. He bade me pause
to see If he did not still have all he needed
for earth. He soon found the change he
was in search of and handed it to me to
pay for the furniture, saying: 'I have
from boyhood taken the precaution to have
some treasures at both ends of the jour-
ney." This simple expression contains the
sum and substance of his mastery epitomes
on didactic theology.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-03-15
A Story of stonewalI Jackson.


An old soldier tells this story of Stone
wall jackson
1t was during his valley campaign, and
though Jackson's plans were 80 carefully
guarded that not even his adjutant could
guess them intelligeDtly. This self-re-
lance wss characteristic of Jackson, and
his aversion to telling his plans was well
known among his officers and men. In
fact, it was his policy to surprise his own
men no less than to surprise the enemy.
Gen. Jackson was one of q group of off
GERS, and another of the group was a
Georgia colonel who is still living. Con-
versation was dragging Jackson was
thoughtful and had had little to say, and
the effect was dampening. Finally, Just
to revive the conversation, the Georgia
colonel asked abruptly:
General, will we have fight to-mor-
rowF"
Everybody knew in an instant that the
bIunder was irFeparable, and nobody real
lied this more that the colonel.
Jackson turned quickly and stared full
in the speakers face. Then he slowly
surveyed the colonel from head to foot
and back again.
AO G44OANO "ss2 peAALAAl l4s
Colonel, said the general slowly, but
not in an unkind tone, ''can you keep a
secretP'
eyes, general" was the warm, if en-
barraGsed assurance. 81 know can, gen
eral. Yes, sir"
care you quite certain, colonel?'
81 am quite certain, general"
"Well, colonel, in the same quiet, even
tone, $50 can l, sir"
The colonePs face flushed crimson, and
there was a deathly silence for q half
minute or more.
"Now, colonel" said Jackson, with some
feeling, that rudeness of mine hurt me
as much as it did you, but l trust thai it
has taught you a valuable lesson. If We
do have a fight to morrow, colonel, your
regiment shall have a chance. ."-AtIGnta
Constitution.