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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
British Naval Cadors.

Four naval cadets of the British
training ship britannia, stationed at
Portsmouth, were expelled recently for
scandalous practices in connection
with the system OF tagging, system of
making Wallets of the new arrivals and
imposing on them all kinds of indigni-
ties, as well Us all manner of menial
work. 1t was discovered that the old
boys on the ship were outrageously ty-
rannical in their treatment of the new
corners, going so far as to fog them,
extorting their pocket money, and prac-
ticing all manner of blacllmail. They
tortured the new boys by squeezing
their fingers between Keys arranged
like thumbscrcw, beat their hands
with bunch of keys attached to n Ian
yard, and the seniors carried lsnotted
rope. which they used on the junior ca
diets very freely. The britannia is the
chief training ship for the higher OIL
GERS of the navy, and it can well be i'm
ngined what sort Of officers these young
tyrants would make and how the sail
ors under their command would be apt
to fare.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
THE ROANOKE TIMES, SATURDAY.. DECEMBER q. 1891
70 STUDY GEOGRAPHY.
Begin with Your Own Region ana Grad
ually Branch Out.

Begin with Your Own Region ana Grad
ually Branch Out.
Perhaps hint rs to how the taste for
map study may be developed will be nc
ccptablc. BcJi-l with II map of your own
region, on which the heights rs wcll us
the horizontal dimensions arc portrayed,
suggests Il writer in tho Chautauuuan.
AT any rate, you can command such
map of tho United States. Study it,
measure it, master it, until with tho
eyes shut you can see the structure of
this great territory. But in many parts
of this country it is also easy to com
mand good local typographical maps
The United States geographical survey,
aided by some of the state govern
mcnts, supplemented sometimes by pri-
vate enterprise, is gradually publishing
accurate maps OF limited areas. AS the
sheets arc completed, they may he OBJ
tanned by the public. Let student
take any trustworthy map of district
that he knows; let him be sure that he
understands the signs and symbols en-
ployed in its construction flor maps
have their own diverse languages, like
books and pcople); next let him COM
pare the counterfeit presentment with
the original, the picture with the real
ity; then let him make n scale of meas
urcments, vertical and horizontal, of
heights and distances with which he is
familiar. He will thus become the pos
SCISSOR of what may be called a private
measuring rod, n standard to which he
can refer all other geographical data.
lie will hold n key by which he can I'M
lock- the typographical mysteries of un-
seen lands. The habit will grow by it's
exercise. The comparative method of
study-one of the great contributions
OF modern times to the advancement
of knowledge will come into play.
Not only the great continental areas,
rs was stated at the beginning. but
every historical land, will be found to
have its individual characteristics,
which have influenced, if they have not
controlled, the events that have trans
PRED within their limits. History and
geography, like the right hand and the
left, will work together. They will
show us how physical barriers have
been overcome by spiritual forces, and
how spiritual forces have been now re-
strained and now developed by the
laws of the material world. They will
show us how far mankind has fulfilled
the primitive command to rcplenish the
earth and subduc it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
CAPTURING LION CUBS.
How the Arabs Manage to Steal Thcr,
from the Mother.

How the Arabs Manage to Steal Thcr,
from the Mother.
Gerard, the famous French lion kill
CT, says in his adventures" that teeth
ing is an important crisis in the life of
the lion cubs, and that IL large number
of the young die during that period.
When the cubs have finished tcethino
the lioncss leaves them for n few hours
each day, and on her return brings
mutton, carefully skinned and torn into
small pieces.
The Arabs, on discovering n litter of
cubs, watch for the departure of the
lioness and then rob her of the whelps.
They post themselves on high cliff or
in tree overlooking the lair.
AS soon us they see the lioness go
down to the plain, and are sure that the
lion is not near, they creep to the lair,
wrap the cubs in the folds of their bur.
moose in order to smother their cries,
and carry them to the edge of the
woods, where then are waiting witt,
horses.
One day sixty Arabs surrounded the
woods where there was lair, and by
shouts tried to rouse the lioncss. She,
however, remained in her hiding-placc.
Several Arabs then crcpt into tho
thickct and brought out the whclps.
The Arabs, pleased with their sue.
cess, were retiring to their tents, think
ing they had nothing IN ore to fear. Sud.
denly the sheilS, who was on horseback
and little behind his men, san the
lioncss rushing out of the woods di-
rectly Mt him.
lie called and his nephew, Mecaoud,
and his friend, Ali, ran to his aid The
lioness sprang at the young nephew,
who, facing her with his gun at his
shoulder, pulled the trigger when she
came within six or seven feet. The
cap only exploded. The youth threw
the gun away and presented his left
arm wrapped in his burnoosc.
The lion seized the arm and began
crushing the bones. The young man,
without cry, drew his pistol and fired
in her breast. She dropped the arm
and bounded on Ali, who fired ball
down her throat as she sprung at him.
lie was seized by the shoulder and
thrown down, but the lioness, before
she could injurc him greatly, expired
on his PROSTATE body. The nephew
died the next day.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
Lord sackville and tho l,arbor.

The Washington barber, writes a
New York World correspondent, shaves
good many celebrities in his day, and
comes in time to hold as steady n hand
over one man as another This scene
occurred but few days before the un.
fortunate Lord Sackville left for home
in disgrace. His lordship. probably as
parting compliment to the country.
dropped into the Willard hotel barber
shop and seated himself in true demo
cratic style to have his hair cut and
whislters trimmed. While the opera.
ton was in progress one of the regular
customers of the barber so employed
strolled in, but. finding the chair occu-
pied, looked little impatient and
started to go out. The barber, leaving
his lordship for moment. clicked his
shears and walked across TO the regular
customer, with this remark in a low
tone: III be ready for you in min
ute" Then, jerking his right thumb
over his shoulder in the direction Of the
chair. he added in still lower tone.
That's Lord Sackville. I'm iixin the
old boy up for the last time. The prcsi-
dents done bounced him, you know"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
Lodge omcers Elected.

at the regular meeting of Salem
Lodge, No. "A, Knights of Pythias, hold
in their castle hall Thursday night, the
following officers were elected to serve
for the ensuing term: Chancellor COM
mander, Charles d. DENT; vice.chan-
cellor, G. III. Bransford; prelate, r. w.
Kline; master Of eXchequer, j. Ed. Ship
man; keeper Of records and seals, j. w.
Hannah; master-at- arms, j. 1. Hunton;
representative to the Grand Lodge, j.
Horace Smith; alternate, Chas. D. DENT.
The Pythian lodge here is building u
a strong order, there being now about
sixty members and a great deal of in
terest manifested. The knights will
have an oyster supper at the Huff House
on the 31st instant, that being the night
for the installation of officers. All
Pythians in Salem, whether resident or
visiting are invited and requested to
attend this and all other meetings.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
CLINTwoOD.

CLINTwooD, Va, Dec. 1s.-Mr. J.C.
Kerr. formerly OF Kentucky but now
OF this county, has purchased large
number OF poplar trees on Jerry's
creek, three miles north of this place,
and is having them cut and the logs
hauled to the bank of the Pound river,
where they will lie till o rafting or
floating side" comes; then they will be
rolled into the river and fioated down
till they pass the falls of the river at
the "breaks." There they will be RATED
and f1oated down stream to market
perhaps as far as Cincinnati.
Thore is great deal of fine timber
In this section, and the expectation of
1t Will before long form considerable
industry.
There is considerable complaint OF
tho irregularities in the mail from here
to Cleveland in Russell county. ONLY
few days ago some clothing was sent
by registered mail from New York for
this place, and when the package
reached this place it had been undone
and coat taken out. 1t could be
plainly seen that IL had been unwrappcd
by the bungled manner in which 1t was
wrapped up again.
County court convened on YESTERDAY.
bot as Jet no business o. Importance
hes been transacted.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
Japanese Emierxnts.

Since the milsado of Japan permitted
his subjects to emigrate to other coun-
tries nearly one hundred thousand of
them have left their native land There
are about twenty thousand of them in
Hawaii and more of them arrive there
every month. There is large number
OF them in Australia. They arc to be
found in various countries of the Asiatic
continent. and some of them are in Eu-
rope. There are about two thousand
of them in California, and others are
constantly arriving there to work in
The vineyards. In the city of New York
there may be two hundred Japanese,
and there arc n few of them in many
other American cities. Wherever they
go they have the reputation of being
industrious and inoffcnsive. The popn.
lation of Japan is forty million.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
MET IN OKLAHOMA.
a Family Reunited After n Separation of
Seventeen Years.

FAMILY Reunited After n Separation of
Seventeen Years.
Many queer incidents have been re-
corded concerning the events which
marked the opening of Oklahoma to
settlement, and especially about the
grand rush'for homes, says the Philadel-
phia Telegraph, but probably mono have
such an element of strangcncss and TO-
nance as the reunion of family which
had been separated for seventeen years.
John Reed lived in Newport, r. l., in
1874 and had trouble in his home affairs.
He and his wife agreed to separate, and
as they had two children they each,
took one. They did not get divorce,
as their religious scruples stood in the
way, but went their own ways, the
wife taking the boy, aged four, while
Reed took the girl, aged seven. They
gradually drifted apart, and for the last
ten years had heard nothing of each
other
One night just before the opening of
the town of Chandler to settlement a
young man came to the campfire of
Reed, who was among those waiting
for the opening, and asked for some tea
for his mother, who was i'll from the ex-
element of the rush. Reeds daughter,
now n young woman. not only gave
him the tea, but went with him to see
if she could be of any assistance to the
afflicted woman. During the visit the
fact became known that both parties
bore the same name, and Mrs. Reed be-
gan asking questions and showed such
interest that the young woman thought
it strange; but as she had no idea that
her mother was in the west she took no
deep interest in the matter.
When she got back to her fathers
camp she told him of the woman with
their name, and spoke of her curious
questions Reed at once became deep
ly interested, and early in the morning
went to the camp. His wife and he i'm
mediately recognized each other, and n
reconciliation at once took place, and
the two camps were merged into one.
The new-found brother and sister were
the happiest mortals in Oklahoma, with
the probable exception of the husband
and wife, who will renew their youth
with n honeymoon in seeking new
home together, as they did years ago in
the far cast.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
THE SHAFTS SON.
a Custom by Which tho Persian Rulers
Family Is Increased.

Some weeks ago n youth of twenty to
twcnty-onc years old, dressed as peas
ant, arrived at Tchcran, says the Lon
don News, and after wandering for n
day or two presented himself ut one
OF tho shah's palace doors and asked to
be presented to.Prince Naib-es-Sultan-
ch, his brother. Tho porters and serv-
ants, thinking that he was out of his
mind, began to chaff him. Tho youth
persisting in his demand of seeing tho
prince, the servants got out of temper
and drove him away. He then told
them that they would repent of their
rudeness, because he was shahzadeh
(shah's SOM. Nnib-cs-Sultanch, having
somehow heard of the incident, sent for
the youth. When the latter arrived
the prince asked him how he dared to
call himself Il shahzadeh. because
am the son of the shah," answered the
peasant. "Shahs son! How?" "When the
shah," said the youth, ION his pilgrim
age to Kerbclia some twenty-onc years
ago alighted in our village he saw my
mother, then young girl, who pleased
him and found grace in his eyes. His
majesty made 'sigheh' with her. ['Sigh-
CHI is temporary marriage contract
for specified time 1t may be for n
few hours or for many years. Children
born from the 'sigheh' have the Same
rights with those born from aghd, or
proper marriagc.1 On leaving the
place the shah gave my mother a 'dcst-
khet' and Il 'nishaneh' n royal writ and
tokenl, and told her: If boy is born
let him come to me with these tokens
and will acknowledge him." Upon
this the youth drew out of his pocket
paper and signct and handed them to
Naib-es-Sultaneh. The prince found
the paper to be in the kings own hand
writing, and the signot to have formerly
belonged to the royal treasury. On close
examination of the youths physiogno-
my he observed that some lineaments
of his face greatly rcscmbled those of
the shah Naib-cs-Sultaneh believed
the youths story, and after dressing
him in princely manner presented him
to the king. His majesty, on hearing
the young mans statement, recollected
the event and observed the resemblance
which the youth bore to himself He
ordered that the youth should hence
forth be acknowledged as shahzadcn,
everything be supplied for his princely
maintenance, and masters DC appointed
to give him Il proper education.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
RAILROADS
N & = ! VIZ A0If0!kaRe

schEDuLE IN EFFECT DECEMBER 6, 1891.
wksrnousD, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILy.
e@o d m; i9r Radford, Pulaski, Bristol; also for
niucneld, Pocahontas, Elkhorn, Ciinch Val.
pSy DIvislon and Louisville via Norton
human sicepcrs to Memphis and Now or.
,o.on oahs anu 70 Louieville via Norton 80
io'"o .; III. Ior RadfOrdend intermcdlate stations .
CO., NO connection beyond
VIZ I =, ~ LOT hndford, Pulaski, BRISTOL Con.
hoCts ut hadford for Dluefcid and Pocn.
T 1Intas. Pullman sleepers to Menphis via
S mUhah -, AND EasfBouHD. LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
t, uy H. III. tor Shenandoah; no Connection beyond
l2:oo p m for Hagentown. Pullman seenors H.
new ork Via Harrisburg and Philadephia
LILO p. m Ior Hagerstown. Pullman slecncrs IN
washington via Sb onandooh Junction nrd 70
New iork via Harrisburg "-u "
OSU u. III. for Petersburg and Richmord
12:i5 p. IN. daily for Richmond and NorSc,l Phi.
man parlor chr to Norfolk Va
PIP p. IN. TOT Lynehburg; connection beyond.
AA'io p. III. ior Mcnmond and Norfolk Pullman
sleeper to Norfolk and Lynchburg 70 Rich
Clinch Valley iyison-Leaves Blucfeld dai,x
!OO a. nj. for Norton, and 2:p5 n. IN. for Nor
ton louisville and points on L. Il n. r. r.
North Carolina Divsion-Loave Pulaski do,Ip
Io0 y. IN. for Ivanhoe and 1850 D. m for Ivan.
noe and Gossan and $40 o. m. (except Snn.
day. for Betty Baker.
Office or to w r. fIiSVfIJ.s NOT
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
BREVITIES.

Mr.. Richard Chandler, of tho uoboken
IN. W College of Engineering, is WIS.,
ting his father, Maj. Chandler, city en-
gineer Of Salem.
A marriage license was issued yester-
day to Daniel Tazewell Fralin and
Martha Jane Hundley, of this county.
Salem Masons are greatly pleased at
the election of Right Worshipful Will
liam Henry Peasants, of Hollins Insti-
tute, to be grand master Mason of Vir-
ginia.
The offices of the Keely Institute
have been moved to the Hotel Salem,
where they have grand suite of rooms
on the first floor.
j. E. Atkins, of the Brunswick saloon
and billiard room, is busy removing his
stock to Pocahontas.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
THE ANHALTER OF BERLIN.
A PaIatiai Railway Station That Cost
Fortune.


The most costly of all the Berlin rail-
way stations is the Anhalter station,
said to have cost four million dollars.
One can hardly credit tho statement, as
the train house contains only six tracks,
says the Boston Herald. Most of the
money was spent on the front building.
1t is simply palace. Mono of our pub
lie buildings in Washington has an
entrance hall which is at all comparable
to the great vestibule and staircases of
this building. Even the great railway
stations Of London arc greatly sur
passed by the Anhalter station, which
is the terminus for trains running to
Erfurt, Madeburg, Carlsbad, Halle,
Cassel, Frankfort-on-thc-Ma md many
other points.
At this station, as ut the Potsdam sta
ton, small trunks and nll minor lug
gage belonging to passengers ere car
ried upstairs to the main floor Of the
station by the porters. The heavier lug
gage is taken up by tho hydraulic Gle
vators that play SO important part in
all Berlin railway stations. There is an
enormous restaurant and waiting rooms
on the track floor Of the station, the
first and second class passengers being
carefully separated from the third and
fourth class The tracks leading out of
this station arc elevated and run past
flvc-story buildings for long distance.
The station is really in the heart OF the
city now, although thirty years ago the
location would have been regarded rs
almost on tho oafskirtA
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
ALIEN
MISSING CARPET.
The Former College Janitor
Charged With Stealing.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
DILLARD & PERsINGER BLDG,
SALEM. VA, Dec IS.

The town council chamber was packed
with students and others, Thursday
morning to hear the trial of Branch
Allen, colored, before Justice G. NJ.
Webber, on warrant charging him
with stealing and carrying away on OF
about the 18th of June last, a carpet of
tho value of S25, the property OF the
Ciceronian Literary Society of Roanoke
College," The warrant was sworn out
by NJ. b. Stickloy, the president of the
society last term, and the prisoner was
arrested on Wednesday, but desiring to
secure counsel, was bailed on 500 bond
by ]. Il. Garst until 10 a. m. Thursday
morning.
The society was represented by W..
NJ. Montgomery and the prisoner by W..
NJ. McClung, who at the beginning of
the trial wanted to quash the warrant
on the ground that the Ciceronian Lite
rary Society was not chartered COR
poration. The justice promptly over
ruled this motion and the case pro-
ceeded. A number of students, DR..
Dreher and Professor Wells all testified,
and to make long story short, the case
can be summarized about as follows:
Branch Allen, who had been janitor of
Roanoke College for several years, was
dismissed this summer for various rea-
sons.
Before his dismissal and during last
commencement he took piece OF Brus-
sells carpet, by order of the faculty,
from the Ciceronian Society room to the
town hall co ornament tho stage.
When the exercises were over it was
not returned to its proper place, and
Branch, whilst he remembers to have
seen tho carpet two weeks after, did
not know whose it was. When the
students returned in the fall to college
their carpet was gone from the Cicer-
oman Society room and Branch knew
nothing about it.
A few days ago Mr.. j. P. Woods. of
Roanoke, student and also deputy
tax collector under ex-treasurer Brand,
was round at Branch Aliens house to
collect an old tax bill, and there saw
the missing carpet which he and other
students, whom he afterwards took
around to sec the carpet, identified as
belonging to the Ciceronian Literary
Society, by certain figures in the pat
tern, large grease spot in the centre,
the binding and other easily recognized
marks.
For the defense Branchs wife and
daughter claimed that the carpet was
bought in the streets of Lynchburg at
auction some ten years ago, but Branch
and his family did not agree we'll on
dates.
Counsel for both sides made speeches,
after which Magistrate Webber SEN
fenced Branch Allen to pay fine Of
$50 and go to jail for three months
Counsel for the defense then took ar
appeal, and Branch having secured
Messrs. j. H. Garst and William Nc
Clanahan to go on his bond was allowed
to go free till county court
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
Ilin,.oo Er,,,es.

A native bride Of Ilindostnn is load
ed down with al the jewclry she can
get. She has II gtrtllc at The waist. nu-
meroua rings. nnlllcts. bracelets and
bells, ard decorations FOR the hair. Al
though she has never seen her intended
husband, She goes and sits beside him
on the day of the ceremony. The
priest takes q corner of The brides veil
and tics |, To the grco:a's shawl. aud
they are married
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-19
Showers ns raIly-stlcI,s.

Tho sl:cwcr was formerly used as n
Kind of tally-sticls. and il continues TO
find similar employment Mt Lyons,
France. where tho butchers rarely fail
To stick i'll the middle of piece of meat
n small wooden cylinder announcing by
80 many notchcs what every housewife
knows To be the exact weight Of the
meat
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-06

We win begin with the oo&t lie SIRE
that 20. are faily INTO IL In the tailor
pals IL iato place he can maze II look
az right fer few minutes. or a. long
as yoa keep Still; bat unfortunately
yea viii rot always have the beneft Of
his Assist2ncs- 50 nzks yourself GER
tain that ths coat has eon4s as near 10
your body In every place a. IL viii
Ihsa iosk il over carefully. II n
cossaAt break" over the shoulder, you
are Ia luck. Most coats do.
I have had sailoTs tell me that the
"break" at the shoulder coald not he
r~medisd- That i nonsense You will
not get that story whls the tailor is
trying % get your order. Maze him DIX
II til you are sure TIA, the coat presses
equally apoa every part Of the shoulder.
IL Is oftsn easy ~ sec shAt the ends are
bearing al the weight of the garment.
This insares your dissstiSfaetloa. A
very hollow shoulder may need little
padding. but usually resort 70 that
remedy indicates deficiency IA your
tailor's grasp Of his business
Sometimes q coat draws along line
from under the arm 10 a poiat near ths
back button on that side. This IS
caused by scant skirt. and the fore
parts" being q little short
A low collar, drawing away from the
neck, Is caused by short back part; .
collar that wants u climb over your
head when you sit down results from
too mnch length in the back part.
Sometimes three or four button cuta-
way looks fairly well with only the top
button fastened. but as soon as the
others are fastened \ pushes up and
wrinkles at the neck. Don't let your
tailor promise TO tx this by moving the
the shoulder point. a. usual. The
shoulder Is too crooked. That is, the
curve Of the gorge" bends away too
sharply.
As to fitting around the waists, coats
are not cut very close under the present
style. But II you want yours 10 81
well in. don't let the tailor persuade
you that ill-fitting akirts are anecessary
accompaniment No matter how mar
row the waist or how broad the hips,
there should DO no wrinkling In the
skirts.
Always try . coat unbuttored, No
matter whether 1t is ever to be worn
that why. Note your side view with
the coat unbuttoned. II IL hangs of,
the back Is too short II it hangs from
the front 10 that the back shows q