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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
THE NEW PATROL WAGON.

the body, which is to be inclosed as
protection to prisoners and also a pro-
lection against prisoners. The sides
will run straight from the bed, arching
over at the top much like the ordinary
delivery wagon for retail grocery
house.
The body will be boarded up to the
height of the seat inside, and heavy
Stats will extend two feet further, above
which heavy brass bars will be run,
making 1t as secure as the ordinary
station cell. The driver will be sepa-
rated from the main portion of the
wagon by heavy wooden partition
with grating opening through SO that
he can keep an eye on his passengers.
The door leading into the wagon viii!
be in the rear, with steps leading up,
as in the old style. There will be cur
tnins on the side, which can be low
cred, entirely shutting off view of the
inside.
With the old-style wagon the prison
ers were exposed to the sight of the
people on the streets, whether innocent
or guilty. 1t is oftentimes necessary to
take witnesses TO the station house
with prisoners, and they are ncccssari-
ly loaded in the patrol wagon with ac-
cused people. The protection to tho
persons on the wagon in case of n storm
is another advantage, and it will re-
quire fewer officers to guard prisoners.
The seats will cover lockers which are
TO be stored with strctchers, medicine
chest, etc. Should the first wagon prove
satisfactory every wagon in the depart
ment will be converted into the new
style.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
vINTON.

The Lutherans had their annual
picnic yesterday. A large crowd at
tended and all seemed to enjoy them
selves.
Misses Jennie Smith. Sallie Jones and
Mamie Hunter left yesterday for Cave
Springs to sign their contracts. They
will commence their schools on Monday.
Miss Smith will teach the school at
the Narrows. Miss Jones will teach at
Cave Springs and Miss Hunter will
teach the Pinedale school, all of Cave
Spring district.
r. M. Jones and f. A. Gish. who have
been attending he Fincastle fair, re-
turned yesterday much pleased with
their trips.
Prof VIM. Gum, formerly o: Vinton,
but now professor of Belle Heth acad-
envy, uf Radford. was in town yesterday,
shaking hands with his old friends
Misses Loula Smith and Annie Kasey,
who have been visiting in RadfoId, will
return to day.
w. S. Gish, tobacconist, of Bedford
City, was in town yesterday and last
night.
The protracted meeting Is progress
ing under very favorable circumstances
There have been about thirty-hve con-
versions, and from the prospects it will
be continued all next week.
Rev. G. c. Ellington, of the Baltimore
conference, is at Vinton on vacation,
visiting his relatives.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
THRESHOLD OF DEATH.
Entrance to the Execution Chamber ut
Sing Sing Prison.

Entrance to the Execution Chamber ut
Sing Sing Prison.
A special artist of London Black and
White, Mr.. Frederick Villiers, during
his recent visit to New York obtained
permission to visit the world-famed
prison of Sing Sing, which has been
rendered still more notorious by the
execution within it's walls of the four
men who were condemned to death by
electricity. There is little in the gen.
eral appearance of the prison sugges-
tive of death or even punishment. The
pretty little garden in front, the COM
Portable workshops, the convicts in
their shirt sleeves, working contented-
ly or smoking, suggest anything but
convict establishment. Our illustration
gives different side of the picture. 1t
represents the entrance to the chamber
of death, which is never entered except
by the experts, few witnesses special
ly summoned, the prison officials and
the unfortunates who are to die the
death. Within the chamber is chair
constructed of oak and weighing about
seventy pounds. Stout leather straps
bind the condemned to the chair, and
above it >nre two gas jets, surmountcd
by curved iron bracket. From the
latter hangs n coil of wire insulated to
within short distance of the end. This
exposed end runs through n wooden
structure in the shape of figure sur
mounting the back of the chair and
leading to the upper electrode. The
electrodes which communicate the,cur-
rent are simply coppcr-backed sponges
with copper buttons, to which the wires
are attached. These are bound with
straps to the arms, legs or head of the
condemned, as the expert may deter
mine; a second wire runs under the
floor TO n little trap beneath the chair.
The eXecutioner takes his place in O
closet facing the fatal switch and tho
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
BItEvITIES.

Mr.. John Hanson Kennard, who is
president of the League of Southern
National Building and Loan Associa-
tions, has been visiting his brother,
Mr.. 7. G. Kennard, student of Roam
oke College.
Rev. Mr.. Ghiselin, of Shepherdstown
w. Va, will occupy the Presbyterian
pulpit here this morning, and Rev.
Collins Stokes, of Covington, tonight,
Rev. G. j. Holiday, of Salem, will
preach at Bedford City to-day.
Rev. DR.. Tyree will preach tonight
at the Baptist Church to the College Y.
NJ. @. A., on Foreign Missions.
Rev. J. S. Hutchinson will fill the
Methodist pulpit morning and night.
Johnnie, the four-year-ol SON of Mrs.
Henrietta Douglass, died Friday morn
ing of the Group, in one of the Salem
Furnace Company's houses. 1t was
this boys father who met his death last
summer by falling between two loaded
oars in motion, on the furnace compa-
ny'S ira ,ks.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
LEONI XIII, P. NJ.

In English this is: "To Leo Kill, I'M
der whose auspices the Washington uni
versity for the increase of all sciences
has been opened, this statue is dedicat-
ed by Count Joseph Florimond de Lou
bat"
At the opening Of classes mt the uni
versity on September 2S the statue will
be unveiled. Ultimately it will be
placed in the academic hall of the uni
versty, under the rotunda of the main
building of the department of philoso-
ply and letters, which will be begun
this fall or next spring. Meanwhile it
will remain in the prayer hall of the
divinity building.
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THE POPE IN MARBLE.
Statue to Be Presented to the
washington University.
History and Description OF tho Count do
Loubnt's Generous Gift-The Model
Approved by tho Pontir-A
Simple Inscription.

When the Catholic university in
Washington was established two years
ago its founders announced that they
desired to make the institution rich in
works of art. A few weeks ago q
statue of the pope that cost ten thou
sand dollars arrived at the university.
THIS statue was presented to the uni
versity by Count Joseph f. De Loubat,
of this city, says the New York Sun,
and it was made from model that was
submitted to the pope himself for ap-
prevail Shortly after the opening of
Archbishop Corrigan, offered the statue
to the university. Bishop Keane, the
rector, accepted the gift.
At the celebration of the pope's gold
en- jubilee as n priest in Decemb Der,
1857, n statue of his holiness attracted
much attention. Count Loubat decided
to have his gift to the Catholic univer.
sity modelled after it. He intrusted the
work to Giuseppe Luchetti, one of the
best known Italian sculptors. Luchetti
was engaged in the work for year.
The statue is of the size known to
sculptors us semi-colossal, and repre-
sents the pope seated on the pontifcal
throne. vested in cassocl1, alb, stole and
cape. On his head is the tiara, or triple
crown. The right hand is raised in the
act of giving the blessing, while the
left hand rests easily on the arm of the
throne. The face is benign, and the
whole figure and attitude majestic.
The statue is thirteen feet high, and,
except the pedestal and the back of the
throne, is carved from n single block of
pare white Carrara marble, weighing in
its present shape more than five tons.
So large Il block of marble without
flaws can seldom be found. A dupli-
cate of this statue is to be presented by
Count Loubat to the town of Carpineto,.
the pope's birthplace. Three sides of
the pedestal bear Inscriptions. On one
are the papal arms, which are the ar
mortal bearings of the Pecci family, of
which the pope is member. On the
opposite side are the arms of Mr.. Lou
bat as Roman count, which dignity was
conferred on him several years ago by
the pope. On the front. panel of the
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
What "A "Ration" Ia,

A ration is the established daily al
lownnce of food for one person. For
the United States army it is now COM
posed of the following: Twelve ounces
of pork or bacon or canned beef (fresh
or corned), or one pound and four
ounces of fresh beef, or twenty-five
ounces of salt beef; eighteen ounces of
soft bread or flour, or sixteen ounces of
hard bread, or one pound and four
ounces of corn meal. TO every 100 ra-
tions, fifteen pounds of beans or pease,
or ten pounds of rice or hominy; ten
pounds of green coffee or eight pounds
OF roasted coffee, or two pounds of tea;
fifteen pounds of sugar, four quarts Of
vinegar, one pound eight ounces of star
candles, four pounds of soap, four
pounds of salt, four ounces of pepper
and four ounces of yeastpowder to each
100 rations of flour.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
Queer Things from a Well.

A striking confirmation of the theory
of the source of supply of nrtesian
waters has been observed at Tours,
France. where the water, spouting with
great velocity from a we'll ITO meters in
depth, brings up fresh water shells and
seeds in such state of preservation as
to show that they could not have been
moro than three or four months on
their voyage. Some of the wells of the
Wady Rir have also elected fresh water
mollusks, fish and crabs, still living,
which must, therefore, have made
still more rapid transit
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
rAg woMAN.s eulLplNe.
It VIII BE Ono OF tho Nicest Structures
at tho yyorld.a Ea3r n

AZ WIZ bc ono OF tho Niccse Structures
at tho world's Eair. 80
More work has been done on the
woman's building, says the Chicago
Herald, than on any other structure for
the exposition. Mr.. Atwood, the de-
signer in chief, describes the design as
most appropriate and graceful
structure" The building is 200 .by 400
feet in its general dimensions and is
two stories high, with an attic contain
ing committee rooms and general Of
fees. ION the end of the building,"
said Mr.. Atwood, ARE roof gardens,
protected from the sun by awnings and
commanding beautiful views of the sur
rounding grounds. It is located on the
westerly side of jackson park, directly
opposite the Midway plaisance. On the
east and west fronts are spacious log
gias 200 feet long ard 90 feet wide, sur
mounted by open balconies, accessible
from the second floor. In the center is
the great hall, about so by 200 feet long
and the full height Of the building, sur
rounded by corridors which open upon
the central hall by series of arches or
colonnades, and giving access to the
various exhibition, committee and re-
ception rooms, ladies' parlors, etc.
On the first floor are the gen.
eral reception rooms, kindergartens
and halls of general exhibit
for woman's work. On the second
floor are the ladies' parlors and recep-
ton rooms en- suite, and an ample hall
for congresses that will accommodate
$500 people. On the opposite end from
the hall is large meeting room for the
executive committee of the lady man
ayers, with necessary offices for the
president and secretary. There are
large and ample toilet and dressing
rooms, well lighted and ventilated, and
on the landing of the four principal
staircases which lead to the second
floor are four lounging rooms, made
comfortable with spacious divans and
walls hung with tapestries, embroid-
cries and other specimens of women's
hundiwork. The great hall is brilliant
ly lighted from the top and furnishes
ample opportunity for the display of
works of art on its walls. The style Of
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
s SALEM
COLLEGE BOYS BEATEN.
The Roanoke Team is Again
Victorious.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
HOTEL, LI1CERNE, SALEM, VA.


Roanoke CITY had little trouble in de-
feeting Roanoke College yesterday
afternoon on the grounds of the latter
club in Salem. Hannah was in sp'en-
did form, and to his effective pitching
the victory is due, aided by hard hitting
on the part of Roanoke. Salem had o
strong nine on the field. Peohin was
laid up with q sprained ankle. and Par
rack, late of the Roanoke club, took his
place on the team, going behind the bat
and catching in fine style, and throwing
ambitious Roanoke base-stealers out
with ease.
For six innings the game was close
and exciting. In the seventh inning
Roanoke, by good, clean batting. piled
up seven runs and settled things in her
favor. A running catch by Walden is
worthy of special notice.
The players were: Roanoke-Wig-
more, If; Brodie, ss; Henry, 2b; Boyd,
3b; p. Brodie, IF; Wilson, c; Riley, 1b;
Hannah, p, and Kelley, CT. Salem
Pres Dolin, p; Lucas, IS; Morgan, lib;
Sam Oakley, 3b; Walden, If; Parrack, c;
j. Oakley, IF; Ed Dolan, 2b, and Wiley,
Of. The score was:
Roanoke College,. Q Q o 5 i
Base hits-Roanoke, 10; College, 8. Errors
Roanoke, 4; College, s.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
RAILROADS
N s e !: wv Aorfo|ksWesternR

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT AUGUST 80, 1891.
"EsrBouND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
S SSS .. IN. Tor Bristol and intermediate stations
.BueaeI lar P aadford Pulaski, Bristol also for
lev nin;,. ;r0cahontas, Elkhorn, Clinch VAL
p,n Uayislon and Louisville via Norton
i. ashan sieepers to Memphis and New Or
ak N ~, anu .n 70 Louisville via Norton.
o.io =, ~ Ior hadford, Pulaski, Bristol Con-
h hcCts ut hauford for Blueheld and Poea-
T HItts: PULLMAN slcepcrs to Memphis vic
r ron AN EAsTBoUND, LEAVE RoASoxr navy
I 9o.ea =. III. ior petersburg and Richmond
A~'oo y. III; 10, HagcrstOwn. Pullman sleepers tn
20. az t,cw i9rK via Harrisburg and PhiladeIpbin
4~'fo =. III. uaiiy Tor Richmond and Norfolk Pul-
90. man parlor car to Norfolk
zoe p ~ tor cLLynchburg; no connection beyond
1 iodP 7. III. LOT Shennndoah no connection BEYOND
ii'~N Y. IN. TOT richmond and Norfolk Puilmnn
sleeper 70 Norfolk and Lynchburg to Rich-
ll:2Q p. M for Hagerstown. Pullman sleepcrs IN
asnington via Shenandoah Junction and To
~, new ork via harrisburg.
TOO a. III: for Norton, and i:s5 ~ m tor g My
via Norton. va - " W. w. ~.
North Carolina Division-Leavc Pulaski daily
IO0 n. IN. for Ivanhoc and 1890 D. m. for Ivan.
noe and Gossan and 500 q. m. (cxcept SIM
- day. for Betty Baker. S
Office or to " u III xpptTI iIlcAet'
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke. Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
ARNOLD a DRUGGIST.
His Old Sign Preserved by tho New Hav.
Historical Society.

His Old Sign Preserved by tho New Haven
Historical Society.
1t is not generally known, even to
those interested in matters historical,
that Benedict Arnold in his younger
days kept an apothccary's shop at New
Haven, Conn. He was born in Norwich,
in pretcntious house still standing
and DR.. Lathrop taught him the drug
business in u little shop in the village
street. Arnold removed to New Haven
and started drug shop, where he dealt
out pills und nostru1ns to the towns
people, whom he later treated to pills
of which lead was the principal ingre-
dent.
The old sign which swung in front of
the drug shop is now an interesting
relic in the possession of the historical
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
LEMON ELIXIR.
Pleasant, Elegant, Reliable

Pleasant, Elegant. Reliable.
For biliousness and constipation, take
Lemon Elixir.
For Towers, chills and malaria, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness. nervousness and
palpitation of the heart, take Lemon
Elixir.
For indigestion and foul stomach,
fake Lemon Elixir.
For all sick and nervous headaches
take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies, for natural and thorough or.
ganic regulation, take Lemon Elixir.
DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir will not
fail you In any of the above-named dis
eases, all of which arise from torpid
or diseased liver, stomach, kidneys OF
bowels.
Prepared only by DR.. H. MOTLEY
Atlanta, Ga.
SOC and 81 per bottle, at druggists.
LEMON HOT DROPS
Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Bronchitis HemorrhaQe
and all throat and lung diseases. Eie.
CANT, reliable
Is cents at oruggists. Prepared only
by DR.. II. Motley, Atlanta, Ga.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
The Baptists Elect Delegates.

at a regular business meeting of the
members of the Baptist Church the fol-
lowing delegates were appointed to rep
resent the Salem church at the General
Association, which. convenes in Norfolk
November 10: Rev. G. Tyree, Rev. G.
J. HOLIDAY, Rev. j. NJ. Harlowe and
Messrs. w. Whatsoever, Charles r.
Towson, Thomas 1. Preston, j. L. Meyer,
c. E. Mccormick and A. j. Duncan.
Prof. o. L. Stearnes and Messrs. A. J..
Duncan and Charles R. Towson were
also appointed committee to take
necessary steps toward lighting the
church by electricity.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18

the exterior design is Italian renais-
sance of fine and delicate type of or
namentation, and the friezes and spand-
rels of the arches are decorated with
sculptured festoons and garlands. The
great pedimcnts which crown the en-
frances of the east and west fronts will
be filled with figures in relief, and the
angles of the pavilions above the main
corners are to be crowned with groups
of female figures. 1t is intended to
have the sculptured design executed by
the most celebrated female sculptors
here and abroad. A competition will
be instituted by Mrs. Palmer which is
intended to call forth the best of such
talent The design was made by Miss
Sophia G. Hayden, of Boston, and it is
expected that this building will prove
a very successful and extraordinary
achievement, both in it's purpose and
design, of women's handiwork."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
Bradley-Trout.

Cards are out for the marriage of Mr..
J. e. Bradley, of Salem, to Miss Della
Trout. of Bedford City, to take place at
the residence Of the brides parents
next Tuesday. Messrs. George Comp
ton and L. K. Evans, of Salem. will &C t
as ushers. A reception will be tend
cred the happy couple Wednesday at
their future home on Nevada street,
this place.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
COVERED PATROL WAGONS.

New Style of Police vehicle Inausuratod
In Chicago.
The Chicago police department., says
the Tribune of that city, is planning n
new style of patrol wagon that will be
great improvement over the present
one. The drawings for tho first of these
wagons have been made and nc
copied by Chief McClaughry, and the
wagon is now being built. 1t is to be
similar to those now in use except in
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18

society, the words: From London"
being clever dodge which he played on
the guileless Yankee, and clearly show
ing his character years before he be-
came u traitor.
Surrounded by freight and lumber
yards in Water street stands the house
in which Arnold lived. 1t is a roomy
structure. A pathway bordered by box
wood leads to a covered porch, on either
side of which is a seat. The waters OF
New Haven bay came up to the gate Of
the house in years gone by, and Water
street was then lined with handsome
villas belonging to wealthy residents.
AT the lower end was the fashionable
Pavilion hotel, now factory.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
HoUsE-FURNlsHlNG GOOD:

CEDAR wash tubs, first size, usual
price Csc; this week. .... 4.
Cedar wash tubs, second size, usual
price 75c; this week. -. ....... S!
Cedar wash tubs, third size, usual
price 81; this week.. Il
Cedar wash tubs, fourth size; usual
price SIPS; this week. ...... 81
3-hoop cedar buckets, usual price
40c: this week. observation-disclosures. 9!
2-hoop plain buckets, usual price
l5c; this week. .............. 1.
Table oilcloth, Sd wide, usual price
soc; this week. ................ 9;
Bird cages, all brass, extra size,
usual price SIPS; this week. 80. 81
Bird cages, square and round,
painted, usual price 75c; this
week. Observation-Disclosures. Al
10-quart Touring tin pals, usual
price 20c; this week. .......... 1,
2-quart covered tin bucket, usual
price l0c; this week. ..........
4-quart covered tin bucket. usual
price 15c; this week. ......... l.
Coal nod, shovel and litter, usual
price 40c; this week. .......... @
Blueing, usual price SC; this week
Splash mats, usual price 10c; this
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chair, awaiting the signal. When the
scientists, by u rap on the switchboard,
announce that all is in readiness, the
executioner turns the switch and
whether death is instantaneous, or
whether, as one of the witnesses of the
execution has limited, the men suffered
frightful torture, will be unknown un-
til some of the eyewitncsses break the
silence TO which they are bound.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-18
PEC[A[ SALE
In order to make room
for Holiday Goods
we offer for
ONE WEEK ONLY
The following goods at re-
duced prices.
Sale begins
MONDAY, OCT. 10.
ONE WEEK ONLY
GLASSWARE.

Glass mugs. usual price, Sc; this
week. Observation-Disclosures. 8
Glass sets, consisting of butter
dish, cream pitcher, spoon holder
and sugar dish; usual price, $50;
this week 81
Large extra fine glass set. usual
price S5c; this week. ........ 60
Gypsy Queen goblets, usual price
S5c; this week. Observation-Disclosures. 90
Elegant glass cream pitcher, usual
price zoe; this week. . 10
Handsome engraved tankard pitch
er, usual price $50; this week.. 90
New pattern butter dish, something
nice, usual price 35c; this week. 90
Celery stands, extra large, usual
price 35c; this week. ....... 90
LAMPS.
Nellie BLY, night lamps, usual price
4Sc; this week. IS
Imported night lamps, nicely en-
graved, usual price 39c; this week 25
American night lamps, usual price
29c; this week. Observation-Disclosures. 10
Decorated parlor table lamps. Sin.
shade, usual price $40; this
week. ................ 81 40
Decorated parlor table lamp, extra
size, usual price $500; this week 247
Largest assortment of plain
lamps in the city at
like prices
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German Descrtcrs

German Desertcrs.
1t is said that nearly 10000 men de-
sert from the German army every year.