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Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08
A Touch of Nature, Etc.

A first class type of the American
tramp was shutting on Third street
yesterday morning, He looked pale
and emaciated and the chill winds
whistled merrily through the air-holes
in his scant clothing. One hand was
thrust deep in his pocket, while with
the other the fingers of which were
blue with cold and begrimmed with
the dirt of countless days, he gripped
the drum-stick of turkey, the meat
Of which had nearly all disappeared
into his rapacious stomach.
A dirty atom of humanity watched
him greedily as he carried the bone to
his mouth and stripped it of its last
morsel Of flesh.
The wistful look on the urchin's face
caught the gaze of the relic of man
hood and he stood musing a moment,
while tender look came into his hag-
gard eyes.
Hungry, sonny?" he asked in a
huskey voice"
'Betcher am, !" answered the urchin.
"My, but | bet dat leg was good"
"Ere's anodder one,'' said the tramp
drawing his concealed hand from his
pocket and displaying the mate to the
vanished leg. eyer can have dis
had bit of sonny like yer myself in
de days ago when l wasn't like l am
now"
The kid accepted the preferred NOR
sci and tackled it greedily, while tear
trickled down the face that watched
him, leaving pale streak in the dirt
it washed in its course.
"Have a chew?" said the boy, prof.
fering chuck of the weed in SYM
pathy.
Don't mind if | do, sonny" was
the answer, and the two representatives
Of the great unwashed parted company,
leaving behind them a lesson which no
one but the reporter noted.-Mim'ae-
apOHs Tribune.
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A Strong Writer.

"Stephen," said the colonel, speaking
to an old negro who had come to cut
the grass in the yard, 81 am told that
you intend to give your son a good
education"
Oats whit | does, sab. | knows
what it is ter struggle erlong without
Parnin', an | is 'termined dat my son
shan't travel barefoot ober de same
fint-rock road dat | did"
GA noble resolution, Stephen. There
is something beautiful in the unculti-
waited mind that has a reverence for
knowledge. Is your boy learning rap
idly?"
"Ez fast ez er boss ken trot, sab.
Wy, last week he writ er letter ter his
aunt dat Ibis mo- den twenty miles
frum yere, an arter while he gwine
write ter his udder aunt dat Ibis fifty
miles erway"
"Why doesn't he write to her now p
90, he KANT write so fur yit. He
ken write twenty miles furst-rate, but
| tole him not ter try ter write fifty
miles till he got stronger wid his pen.
But he gwine ter git dar, | tell you.
Won't be mon er year TO dat boy ken
set down at one eend O. de guberment
an write er letter clar ter der udder
eend. "-Arkansaao Traveller.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08
The Next One Would Settle.

"You had something to say a short
time ago about the suspicion with
which clearinghouse keepers regard
printers" said type-setter on a daily
paper. "It reminds me of a printer
named Jack Robinson, whom | ran
across out in Iowa, number of years
ago, before | married and settled down.
He told me Of an experience of his
which | think is unique He said he
arrived in Des Moines one day with a
trife over So in money about him, and,
finding the prospect good for work,
asked one of the boys Of the office to
direct him to a clearinghouse He
called at the address furnished, talked
with the landlord, selected his room
and agreed on the terms. Finally the
old man asked what his business was.
He said he was printer, whereupon
the old man threw up both hands.
THAT settles it, he said, you can t
get into this house.
"'Why not p asked Robinson.
Never mind, you can't get into
this house. | wouldn't have you here
under any circumstances. Get outp
:" But, here said Robinson, what
kind Of a deal is this What have
printers ever done to you that you
should treat one of them who is a per-
feet stranger to you in this sort of
style 2
Tll tell you, said the old man. "A
printer came here, engaged board with
me and skipped at the end of the first
week. That's all. | don't want any
more
"'How much did he owe your
Five dollars
"'Well, that's all right you don't
understand. It's ii custom among
printers to do that once in a while,
and the next one that happens along
squares it. Here and he handed him
S., which the old man gratefully ac-
cepted with the most profuse apologies
for being unacquainted with one Of the
customs in vogue among travelling
printers.
"For the next two weeks Robinson
paid his board promptly, making $50
which he had turned into the old mans
Golfers. The next week he went to the
landlord and said:
81 want to buy some clothes, and
fix myself up, and I'm just $15 short.
If you'll let me have it I'll start in
next week paying it back, and won't
have to buy my stuff piecemeal.'
"Tbe landlord thought pretty well
Of him by this time, and readily loaned
him the $15. Robinson had bought
his clothes and other truck, and a day
or so after he bought ticket to another
town and quietly departed, leaving this
note to his landload:
I'm gone. The next printer that
comes along will settle. Just tell him
how much it is. Good-by.'
81 reckon that that old man never
could be brought to think that there
was a printer anywhere alive that was
any good. Chicago Mail.
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Change of heart-Sweet Girl-"I
hope you will call again, Mr.. Cool
head" Mr.. Coolhead (new admirer)
THANK you, | should be delighted
to call very soon again if | where sure
of finding you at home" ooh, Pm
nearly always at home but-let me
sect won't do to call Tuesday even
ing, for that is the night of the Home
Mission meeting; and Wednesday
night the Emperor's Daughters meet +;
Thursday the Blue Ribbons have a
most important session and Friday is
the monthly meeting of the Dorcas
Club and Saturday the Browning
Club-really | hardly know what day
to set but" "Um-do you expect
to belong to all those societies always?
ooh, yes indeed: Pm a life-member of
them ALL" "Er-I should like to call
again soon, but this is our busy season
and / shall be confined very closely to
the office for several months. Good
evening"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08
You Should not Shave too
Close.

Do you know what a close shave
means? To make the face perfectly
smooth requires not only the removal
of the hair, but also portion of the
cuticle, and a close shave means the
removal of a layer of skin all around.
The blood vessels thus exposed are
not visible to the eye, but under the
microscope each little quivering mouth,
holding minute blood drop, protests
against such treatment. The nerve tips
are also uncovered and the pores are
left unprotected, which makes the skin
tender and unhealthy. This sudden
exposure of the inner layer of the skin
renders a person liable to have colds,
hoarseness and sore throat.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08
Remedies for Sleeplessness.

Correspondents of the London Spec
tator have been supplying that journal
with various remedies for sleeplessness.
A curate in London is afflicted in
direct proportion to the mental worry
and absence of air and exercise he has
to endure, and finds that 'to walk even
one mile in the day is a great thing"
in the way of remedy. AT the NOM
ent, he says, the best thing one can do
is to get up, drink half glass of water,
and walk round the room. The slight
alienation of cold and warmth has
soporifc effect. For permanent re-
suit j: "Live healthily. Avoid too
little and too much exercise, food, par
ticularly wine Dine lightly, eating
very little meat drink only one
glass of wine. Battle an hour before
dinner, not before going TO bed. Do
something in the evening that does not
excite you. Decide how much sleep
you ought to have-say, eight hours
and get up sternly when you have
been in bed eight hours, however long
you have been awake Increase your
air and exercise gradually" A jour
nalist, when suffering from an over
excited brain, and finding his eyes in
constant movement, although the lids
are closed, resolutely fixes the gaze
downward-say, to the foot of the bed
while the lids are kept closed. GA
most wretched lier-awake" of thirty
five years standing, who had for ten
years thought himself happy if he
could get twenty minutes sleep in the
twenty-four hours, took hot water-"a
pint, comfortably hot, one good hour
before each Of my three meals, and one
the last thing at night-naturally, I'M
mixed with anything else. The very
first night | slept for three hours on
and, turned round, and slept again till
morning. l have faithfully and re-
gularly continued the hot water, and
have never had one bad night since
Pain gradually lessened, and went ;
the shattered nerves became calm and
strong, and instead of each night being
one long misery spent in wearying for
the morning, they are all too short for
the sweet, refreshing sleep | now en-
joy."-Popular Science Monthly.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08
kissing Mother.

How many young ladies Of to-day
would laugh at the absurd idea, as
they express it, of kissing mother but
you cannot, dear girls, imagine how it
will brighten her dear face. Besides,
you owe her kiss or two. Away
back, when you were little girl, she
kissed you when no one else was temp
ted by your fever-tainted breath and
swollen face. You were not as attrac-
tive then as you are now. And through
those years of childish sunshine and
shadows she was always ready to cure
by the magic of a mothers kiss the
little, dirty, chubby hands whenever
they were injured in those first Skin
mishes with the rough world. And
then the midnight kisses with which
she routed so many bad dreams as she
leaned above your restless pillow have
all been on interest these long, long
years. Of course, she is not so pretty
and kissable as you are, but if you had
done your share of work these last ten
years the contrast would not be SO
marked. Her face has more wrinkles
than yours, and yet if you were sick
that face would appear more beautiful
than an angels as it lowered over you
watching every opportunity to minister
to your comfort, and every one of those
wrinkles would seem to be bright
wavelets of sunshine chasing each Other
over the dear face-Locomotive Fire
mems Magazine.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08

Man is a curious creature. When he
goes into business he prefers an active
partner, but when he enters the matri-
monial state he want silent partner.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08

Then she whispered slyly in my ear:
"He is waiting in the carriage now
below. You can't refuse, dear"
And then she had gone, and in an
other minute | was in Frank Bas-
comes arms.
Pride and resentment had vanished,
jealousy was ended. The night of grief
was past, indeed, and joyful day Of
love and Joy had dawned. When the
first June roses bloomed, l became my
own true lovers happy bride, and Sir
Edward was disappointed, after all.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08

1t was a city boy who explained his
adventure with a black hornet by
saying he didn't know it was loaded"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08
VARIETIES.
Solid cuffs are apt TO have reverses.

The WasherWoman m0tL0--LeG us
soap for the best.
Almost anything antique from Rome
would be Romantic.
The more man becomes wrapt up
in himself the chillier he gets.
About the easiest way to raise the
wind is simply to catch draft.
First Cigar-"Where are you
going Second Cigor-"Out."
Many young man has a.ned bis
income by the sweat of his (father')
brow.
Il understand that you are quite
gone on Miss Wood" No mot qc;te,
but going"
Nothing is harder to bear than a
long succession of pleasant days"
sighed the umbrella-maker.
NJ. Penn (apropos Of noih'ng)-
How stupid some people are. Ms.
Penn-Is this confession
"a penny saved is a penny earned"
says the old proverb. But too often
it is penny beaten out of somebody
else.
Larkin-"What do you think Of
milk which is thirty-four per cent.
water ?" Gazzam-"O, that's 100
thin"
The pen is mightier than the sword
but for opening oysters on military
parades we'll take the sword every
time
An ordinary blacksmith can shoe a
horse, but it takes all the finer in
stincts Of a woman to successfully shoe
a hen.
Anything fresh here? ?" asked the
Bore, as he sauntered in Cumso's office.
eyes," replied Cumso, ",here's some
fresh paint. You are leaning against
it now"
81 will spur him on TO renewed ef-
fort, as the rooster said when he gave
one more flap at the flank Of retreat
ing dog.
''I'd rather be wild turkey and
live on the prairie, said little boy,
'than be tame turkey and be killed
every year."
Explained-"To what do you at
tribute your success in life ?" asked the
economist. "To my failure" replied
the ex-merchant.
Minnie-"Mr Blink actually pro-
posed to me last night. never was
so surprised in all my life" Mamie
-''You needn't have been. His sole
ambition is to be thought eccentric.
BY quick shot he had just rescued
her from the clutches of a bear.
"What were your thoughts when bruin
commenced to squeeze p was his in
quiry. ooh, Charlie, l thought Of
you"
Johnly-"Yes, we often regret the
words we have left unsaid. [ wish |
had said the words that would have
made Annie Temper my wife" Jack
ly (sincerely)-"1 wished you had. 1
married her.
Stranger Gin Kansas)-@Can you
direct me to the county seat ?" Mr..
Dugout (sadly)-"No-o, | can't stran-
ger There was a cyclone here last
week, and amt heard yit whar the
county seat went to-"
Wallis-"Did Black win the law
suit he had over that large sum of
money ?" Wallace-"I suppose he did.
He told me he lacked only four hun
bred and fifty dollars of having
enough to pay the lawyer, after it was
over"
AN INDUCEMENT-"What is it you
want p she asked, as he stood in the
doorway, hat in hand.
81 am the milkman, ma am"
"Well, the cook has the tickets and
knows how much to get"
"Yes'm, but I'm the cooks beau"
"Well ?"
"She says you object to her having a
beau
"Well?"
"Milk is six cents a quart. Suppose
| make it five and you keep quiet on
Mary p
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08
RETROSPECTION,

Those were happy times, my darling,
All those pleasant ''vanish'd Mays"
When no parting loom'd before us,
In the Futu -e's murky haze;
When we roam'd the woods together
In the spring and summer IS prime,
And our hands were clasp'd in loving,
Vowing friendship for all time /!
We are parted now, my darling,
And your face seldom see,
But he true gray eyes I trust in,
Often smile in dreams on me;
And t. J to pierce the Future,
With its untold joy and pain,
Longing for the happy moment,
When we two may meet again
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08

Happy is the mother whose children
cling to mamma, and give her all sorts
of condolences in that tender hour be-
fore they go to sleep. 1t may seem
like burden sometimes, when you are
tired and particularly tired of noise and
talk, to give your children that hour,
but you will never regret it. In all
their apparently wrong doings give
them forever and eternally the benefit
of the doubt. Let them feel absolutely
certain that there is one person in the
world who will appreciate the force of
the temptations as we'll as the weight of
the wrong act. 1t may be that to rem
der this blessed result possible we wo-
men are giving the smaller brains, and
that we have an innate power of in
accuracy, and that we do not grandly
purpose to be entirely and coldly rea-
sonable.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-08

/ sprang to my feet with sudden
cry. What-what was she saying? |
caught her hands in mine.
Franks sister-not Franks wife p
She threw her arms around me.
"Was that the mistake ?" she cried,
ioyfully. Dear, dear Christine Frank
has loved none but you-will love you
ever p
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-18
THE ROANOKE TIMES
DAILY AND 'YEEKLY)

An Independent Democratic paper
devoted to the mate ial and political
interests of Roanoke and Southwest
Virginia.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-18
THE CENSUS Is FINISHED

at last the census has been com
pletsd, and the returns from Roanoke
have been forwarded o the authoritle'
at Washington.
It is now too late to have any o
the returns corrected, and whatever il
given US we must take as our portion
and uncomplainingly submit to tht
most unjust and incorrect census eve,
made in these United States.
From time to time mis- paper pointed
out glaring inaccuracies in the census
The TIMES could name at this momen'
fifty people who haze not yet beer
counted, and Mayor ESQ is among
the number.
The enumeration as II was done II
Roanoke cannot be CO. sidersd seriously
The returns will be perhaps 1900
persons, and there Is not doubt in th'
mind of anyone that there are sren'
many more people living here.
What is needed is q police census
We should have 1t by all means, an(
there is no good reason why this
should not be. The public-spiritet
citizens of this town should show tc
the world the correcl census of Roam
oke, the marvel of the New South. Ii
Denver and st. Louis the citizens are
paying for new census. Why CAM
they do il in Roanoke?
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-18
OCEAN SHORE PARK H01'B.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA.

The Ocean Shore Park Hotel, VII
ginia Beach, IN Princess Anne county
Virginia, at the ocean terminus OF tn
Norfolk andVirginia Beach Railroa
offers TO the public Il long-felt want.
1t is an ocean shore resort With.
the means of all. The hotel is new
being its first season, with first elias
table, large, airy rooms, and newt
furnished throughout.
THE BATHING. The surf bath
ing is unsurpassed by any upon til
Atlantic coast. The absence of an.
undertow being q marked feature
The temperature of the water i
warmer, and the bathing more pro
longed than on the New jersey, o
Long Island Coast.
HEALTH RESORT. As healtl
resort, it has been pronounced as com
pared with Atlantic City and Fort
ress Monroe, to have many superio
natural advantages, both winter anC
summer.
ADJUSTMENTS. Surf and still
water bathing, Grabbing, Bowling
Tennis, Horseback and Switchbacl
riding may be INDUCED in. Musii
throughout the season. The Western
Union Telegraph Company has al
Office on the Beach.
TRANSPORTATION. There are
seven trains daily Except Sunday
each way between Norfolk and Vir.
ginia Beach. Four trains each way
on Sunday. For all other informa
ton address
GEO. H. QUACKENBOS,
Ocean Shore Park Hotel,
ie9 If. Virginia Beach, W.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-18
FORTUNES UNDER HATS.

Every young man n Roanoke, and III
every other town for that matter, car
ries his fortune under his hat.
1t does not matter whether the ha!
be a battered one of last years style
or the most fashionable tile thai
money can buy, the fortune is there.
Sometimes it is biggest under the bat
tered hat and more often than not it Is
smaller under the latest style.
Many young man spends his life in
calculating what he would do if he mad
capital. In the mes, while opportun
tiles are slipping through his fingers
like dollars from the land Of the spend
thrift. He has the n1ost glittering o.
schemes, but they cont materializ
and ne spends his time in building cas-
ties in the air.
They entirely FORGET the tact tina
tho most successful business men IL
the world have been the architects o
their own fortunes aui have to than
only their own pluck and perseyere-
ance for their success in life. The
young man who todag possesses IL al
average degree pluck aud perseyer
ance can make his fortune. There ar
so many laggards in iae race that thos1
who attend strictly to business cauno'
help being successful,
Roanoke and the S, uthwest is toda!
the best fed for young men to be founc
in thsNsw World. The majority OF the
men who haye beer successful here
are young and middle-aged men. The,
worked for all thes have, and they
deserve all they have gained,
These young men when they besal
their business careers had their for
tunes under their hats. They have i
there still and the moment they LOSE
the fortune under tn hat they will
lose the fortune III their pocket.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-18

The Undersigned, the Fidelity
D Inv, trustee, under Il mortgage CIV
{ ompany. bearing date April lst' 10
n issioner, by virtue of a decree ente
g rcuit court OF the city OF Roanoke,
q April, 1890, and by the circuit COZ
Vest Virginia on the 24th day OF
rasLiurtn:, counr Y, ri the State OF !
Y IN offer for sale NJ public auction o
| 100. ut twelve noon, upon the 'front.'
oanoke, in the STATE OF Virginia,
s henaudoah Valley Railroad Compa
;tendipg from Roanoke, in the Sta
| oanoke. Botetourt, RockbbrldSe',
a nd Clark in said State and through
Vest Virginia and through the cour
|, nd to Hagerstown i'll the State OF
a nd thirty-nine miles more or less, u
erappurtenances of the said line
/ i sues, and profits thereof, and all ITS
t Tres. rolling stock, machinery, TOOL
I rcperty thereto belonging, ana All
8 | corporate powers and franchises
adoah Valley Railroad Company.
The receiver will remain III possess
t nue. to operate the line OF railroad
hereof. He will keepa correct acco
! remises accruing after the date OF
| t ne purchaser, on delivery OF possess
,ceive the net income and earning
a nd the proceeds OF such income an!
For a more fill and detailed descrl
70 referred to an inventory, which
liver. room No. 131 Bullitt Building
,clude all additions made or to be
applies which the receiver may ha,
q ,ouire thereafter before delivery OF
By said decree the liens upon the
are VIZ
/. Costs of suits in Virginia, Yves
2, Sundry judgments which are 81
tracts of land in the State OF Va
mortgage liens......... ..............:...'
8. Outstanding receivers certihc
der the receivership.................
4. Amount secured by first mortga
priority over claim of Central II
). Amount due the Central lmpro'
6. Balance secured by first mort:
poned to claim of Central Imp
:. Past-due and unpaid coupon
April 9TH, 1881 .,.........
s. Amount of bonds issued and on
of April 9Th, 1881, known asgen'
9. Amount of bonds issued and GU
of February 18th, 1885, known 9
0. Judgment in favor of S. P. II.
/. Judgment in favor of J: q. Moo
,. Judgment in favor of F. T; And
>. Judgment in favor of +. L. An
1. Amount due Fidelity lnsur;tn
Company under the several Car
). Amount due Maddox y Evans
6. Amount due Johnson y Weav
7. Amount due c. G.. Crawford. .
The amounts mentioned i'll the fol
/ t. 1890.
This sale will be made subject to
C liver under the authority OF the co
lis id DEGREES, is directed to give to til
a I'd accurate statement, to be publ
,mmissioner at the time OF sale, an
L established against the receiver
I IN in his capacity of receiver or
,ainst the receiver at the time o
| / IN at any time thereafter; all such
t le premises until discharged.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-18

DR. EDWIN p. WRIGHT. NJ
~ DENTIST, late OF Richmond, Va
Office in Didier Building, cor. Jeffei
son and Campbell streets.
Special attention TO bleaching di;
colored teeth by II process OF his ow
invention. All work guaranteed AZ
at moderate figures. Terms cash.
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