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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
WITH BANANA SKINS.

Thrown on n Stoop by an Enemy, the Peel
Proves "a Powerful Weapon.
She walking rapidly up the little walk
leading to the front steps of house on
Ferry street. 1t was her walk and her
house, and she had a right to walk any
way she chose. That disgusting Brown
family next door might better mind their
own business and stop watching her.
So she was saying to herself. when
flop! thump!-her feet went from under
her and she found herself sitting UNI
comfortably hard upon that same walk
which a moment before she had been
treading so proudly. Slowly she picked
herself up, and ruefully she looked at
the banana peel which had caused her
downfall A half-suppressed litter
came from the window of the house
next door.
$50 that's their trick, is it?" she
muttered, scornfully. tossing her head
toward her enemies well, it's n game
two can play at"
The next morning the old man Brown
got up rather early and started to walk
downtown. lie had barely reached
his front steps when he struck some
thing. 1t carried him off his feet like
cyclone. He went bumpcty bump
down the steps At the bottom he
struck something else. 1t carried him
along a few feet farther and then shot
him into a barbed-wire fence, which
had been mysteriously strung across
the path during the night.
The fence stopped him. But what q
sight he was! His clothes were torn
and covered with mud and ashes. The
mud and ashes had also mysteriously
got on the path during the night. His
flesh was lacerated and bruised and
his little finger was broken in two
places.
He picked himself up and crawled
back into the house end up to the room
of his youngest son.
ben" he said, was it you put that
banana peel on the Wilder Smiths walk
yesterdays"
Yep"
well, you young rascal, take that
for it, and that" and he began admin
istering kicks on the person of his son
till the youngster howled with pain.
Then as he crnwled off in search of
the arnica bottle he murmured: 81
don't blame the wilder bit 1t was a
mean trick, but it was blamed sight
meaner of her to take revenge on me,
when I'm the only one in our family
that stood up for her."-Buffalo Ex-
press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
FOOLED THE INDIANS.
A Lucky Ruse That Saved a western
Stage-Coacfi from the Redskins.

A Lucky Ruse That Saved western
Stnge-Coacii from the Redskins.
Mr. Carlyle had many encounters
with the Indians while on the plains in
the old days of stagc-coaching. lie
tells of one that has vein of comedy,
as they say of the melodrama. Mr..
Carlyle was out with II new driver,
fifty miles east of Cottonwood, now
MCPHERSON. He found that band of
redskins had taken possession of one his
posts, and likewise of the whisky.
b The whisky had in turn taken posses
sion of them.
The coach was too close to the station
Tor flight, and, besides, there were about
two tons of mail and baggage matter
around-too much for fast travel. So
Carlyle determined that the only way
to do was to braZcn the matter out.
lie drove quietly up to within hun
drcd yards of the station, and Chamber.
ing down from his seat coolly set about
watering his horses.
The Indians were hilarious They
clustered around Carlyle and greeted
him noisily. "How?" "How?" slappine
him terrifcally on the back. One buck
was particularly hearty in his slap, and
almost stove in Carlyle's shoulder, mad.
dcning him with pain. Carlyle wns at
the time lifting bucket of water from
the we'll. With all his giant strength
he swung the heavy iron bound bucket
ut the Indians head. The latter duclled
and the bucket slipped downward, COM
pletely cnveloping his feathered head
And there the heavy vessel stuck, and
the more Mr.. Indian tried to wigglc out
of it the tighter it stuck
This struck all the other Indians as
highly humorous. They crowded around
the unfortunate buck, hooting and
screeching They rolled him along the
plain, they kicked him, they buffetcd
him, they cast handfuls of dust upon
him, and had II merry little picnic rid
ing around on their woodcn-hcadcd com
rade.
While this picnic was in progress
Carlyle was busy. He had cut the
straps that held the coach's heavy car
go of baggage, thrown off part of the
mail, and bidding his frightened driver
to whip up, the coach was soon making
good time towards Cottonwood. When
the Indians had tired of playing with
the bucketed buck and prepared to loot
the coach they found it rapidly disup-
pcaring. With renewed screechinr
they raced back to the stables for their
ponies, and, mounting, set out in pur-
suit.
Carlyle, sitting on the top of the
coach, fought them off with his long
range Henry rifle. and there was very
pretty running fight all the way to
cottonwood, the Indians dropping the
pursuit rs the town was approached
Kansas City Times.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
The baptist sunday.schooI.

Last Sunday morning tho following
gentlemen were elected officers of the
Baptist Sunday school: w. w. Whites
carver, superintendent; j. M. Harlowe,
assistant superintendent; l.. M. Leo,
treasurer; Romer Stearnes, secretary;
M. w. Moffett. assistant secretary; c.
f. Mccormick, librarian; j. E. Trip
lett, assistant librarian. Mr.. Whit. s.
carver has been superintendent of this
school for seven years. Tho school will
meet at 4 p m. Thursday, in tho Bap-
fist Church to receive their Christmas
presents.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
In u Police Court.

Police Justice-How did you get that
battered head.
Gentle Jecms-This policeman give it
to Inc. He was asleep in doorway
Wen seed that, thinks l, here's rum
chance. SO slipr in the next doorway
and pretty soon was peacefully snooz-
ing, too. was walked by bang over
the head by the VERY same officer, and
when I kicked and told him as how I'd
seed him asleep, he said: That's all
right do all the sleeping on this beat, I"
and then he ran me inn. Y. Mail and
Express.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
REMAINS OF lauANopoNs.
Discoveries OF Interest to NaturalIsts and


discoveries OF Interest to Naturalista and
ArchpoloEsts.
Ia the year 1878 the miners employed
at the Bernissart colliery. Belgium,
while engaged in u gallery some three
hundred yards below the surface, came
upon an immense chasm containing u
quantity of bones. Some large teeth
were forwarded to professor in Lou
vain university, who presently pro-
nounced them to be tho teeth of the
iguanodon, n gigantic extinct reptile,
whose remains had up to that time been
rarely discovered. One of the few
previous finds of the kind was
made i'll the year 1850 in our own coun.
ty OF Sussex. On that Occasion Cuvicr,
the celebrated naturalist. pronounced
that the specimens sent him apper-
tanned to the iguanodon tribe. Pcrcciv-
ing the Importance of the Bcrnissart
discovery, the belgian government took
the matter up, and excavations were
vigorously prosecuted, with the re-
suit that upward of 100 tons of
bone were sent to Brussels in
twenty-five wagons. To protect
them from pcrishing from exposure
to the air, the bones = which had
been carefully numbered according
to the position where they were found
were coated with plaster and
wrapped in cloth. When this cover
ing was removed the bones were
dipped in boiling gelatinc, which re-
stored their original Grmness, and then
twelve years being consumed in the
operations = tho five skeletons cx-
hibited in the Natural History museum
at Brussels were laboriously built up
out of these fragments. AS our en-
craving shows, the iguanodons were
creatures of great size and of kan
garoo-lilte appearance, from their habit
of standing on their hind legs. 1t Is
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
An Enjoyable Party.

Captain and Mrs. j. G. Langhorne
gave to their children, Annie and
Lewis, a very charming Christmas party
last evening in the spacious parlors of
the Hotel Lucerne, at which some TWEEN
ty young folks were royalty enter
tanned. Captain Langhorne is fond of
the little ones, and though his hair is
streaked with gray he was as juvenile
as the rest, 10 playing games and anus
ing his little guests.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
Little Pipa In Islankets.

Select dozen or more large-sized
oysters, drain, and wrap each one in a
very thin slice of breakfast bacon
Fasten with fine wooden toothpick.
Have hot granite ware saucepan or
spider; place in it enough of the thus
prepared oysters at IL time to cover the
bottom, keep turning until they are a
nice brown. AS soon as done, lay them
on slices of nicely Drowned and buttered
toast end serve hot.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
1. o. r. Omcers.

At a regular meeting of Salem Lodge,
No. 100, I. o. o. F., Tuesday night the
following officers we're elected for the
following term: Robert Oakley, N. g.;
Samuel Walters, v. g.; Frank Reed,
treasurer; Thomas r. Boon, secretary;
Lloyd Marcus, chaplain.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30

1. INSTALLMENT STOCK. = Mem
bership fee, 81 per share, which carries
the stock the first month, after that the
monthly dues are 60 ,nts per share.
2. PAID UP INTEREST BEARING
STOCK.-s5o per share (par value, 5000,
yielding dividend. payable semi-an-
nually, January 1, and July /, of per
cont. per annum on tho $50 paid in, which
Is duly remitted by check to the share
holder.
8. The stock is expected to mature in
seven years from date OF each series re-
spectively, the same being issued
monthly.
4. There Is no investment anywhere
safer or more profitable than Its stock.
With the assets Of the Association in
vested in first mortgages on improved
town real estate, duly insured for the
benefit of the Association, on basis
not exceeding so per cont. of its value,
as ascertained by appraisers who are
themselves stockholders of the Associ-
alton, while the debt of the member
borrowing is being curtailed every
month Of its existence, it is difficult to
conceive of safer investment than its
stock affords to the prudent investor.
Apply at Home Office. ITO Jefferson
street, or to
JAMES R. TERRY, or to SIMMONS,
CARPENTER & TINSLEY, Roanoke,
va. apr19-1y
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
when You Make an AQUARIUM.

A good recipe for making waterproof
cement. to be used in constructing an
aquarium, is to take twenty-five parts
gutta pcrcha in shreds and melt IL care
fully. Add scvcnty-five parts ground
pumice stone and then mix in one
hundred and fifty parts burgundy pitch
end melt well together
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
Now Try This.

1t will cost you nothing and will
surely do you good, if you have a
Cough, Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs. DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds is guaranteed to give relief,
or money will be paid back. Sufferers
from La Grippe found it just the thing
and under it's use had speedy and per-
feet recovery. Try sample bottle at
our expense and learn for yourself lust
how good Thing 1t is. Trial bottles
free at Christian e. Barbee's Drug Store.
Large size SOC. and $1.OO.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
REMAINS OF rcuASoDoys AT BRUSSELS

supposed that their tails, which were
very thick and heavy, acted rs n bal
ance, enabling them to maintain this
upright position. Their diet consisted
of vegetables, fish and insects. Their
remains were found buried in an al
luvial deposit left by the periodical
river floods. We abridgc the above
from very interesting paper in the
Independence Beige by NJ. Hector
Chainayc. Our engraving is from a
drawing by NJ Cassiers.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
UnweicCnle.

Peddler-Beg pardon, ma'am, hut
am the agent for DIR. Feeders Spice
Root Bitters, and I'm sure if the men,
bers of your family would try them
they would soon have the finest nppe-
tites--
Lady at Door-This. sir, is n board
ing house. Good News.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
Specimen Cases.

s. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tism, his Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming de-
gree, appetite fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured
him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had running sore on his leg of eight
years standing. Used three boxes of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes Of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and we'll. John Speaker, Ca
tawba, o., had five large Fever sores
on his leg, doctors said he was incu-
rable. One bottle Electric Bitters and
one bottle Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured him entirely. Sold by Chris
Gian &c Barbee's Drug Store.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
This win stop uicoourhs.

a very good authority gives simple
remedy for hiccouJh: a lump Of sugar
saturated with vinegar. In ten cases,
tried as an experiment. u stopped he
cough X. nina.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
Potato Croquettes.

Pare six large potatoes. boil and mash
fine, and mix with them the whites of
two well-bcaten eggs, one tablespoon
ful butter, two-thirds of cup Of hot
cream or milk. and salt and pepper to
taste. When cool enough to handle,
mold into balls, dip in beaten egg,
then in cracker crumbs, drop into hot
fat and fry brown.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
Pepper in tho Water.

To prevent colored stockings from
fading put tablespoonful of black
pepper into the water i'll which they are
rinsed. Black stockings or those which
arc dark colorcd should never be
washed in water which has been used
for other clothes. Black pepper in the
water will also keep black calico or
cambria from fading.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
what Allied Him.

Bridget what is that child
crying so wildly for?
Nurse-Shure, mum. he's just drinlled
all his soothin' strip, and ct the cork,
and don't know what now ails him
unless st'a the bottle he wants to
sehygnlly Pharmaceutical Era.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
Bucklen's ArnIca salye.

The best salye In the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup.
tions, and positively cures Piles or NO
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Hsric7 3 e@ats per box For sale By
* cfafsStt&A < EaEl,ee,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
Javu's Fame.

Teachcr-what is the island of Java
noted for?
Bright Boy lson of a grocer)-It's
noted for tn coffee that used TO come
frons sh@rc. -asoca SesA
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
S LEM
SALEM IN FLORIDA.
What the Boys Did For Christ
mas.
ROANOKE TINES BUREAU,
DILLARD 81 PERsINGER BLDG,

SALEM, VA, DcC 90, j
A letter just received from Mr.. w. S.
Oakey, who is with the Harveycuttor
telegraph expedition Gin Florida, dated
from camp fifty miles from Kissimee,
says that the Salem boys on Christmas
day went hunting and at night had
killed the following game and war
mints:" One alligator, one coon, eigh-
teen turkeys, eight curlews, one fox
squirrel, one otter, plume bird, a
rattlesnake, two mocassins and a big
owl.
OF fish they hooked three pound
black bass and FIVE catfish. Mr.. Oakley
Gays they might have done better but
the weather was as warm as May in
Virginia, and they were afraid Of being
lost in the swamps.
He adds that on their trip they met
another hunting party who had killed
twenty deer. Mr.. Oakley is thor
oughly reliable citizen and what he says
may be relied on as true, even to the
weight of the fish.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
Inc Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association
OF ROANOKE. VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. sas, ooo. 900.
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
OFFICERS:
OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA..

PREs1DENT-GEN. FITzHUaH LEE,
Ex-Governor Of Virginia.
1sr VICE PRESIDENT = PEYToN T..
TERRY, President Roanoke Trust.
Loan and Safe Deposit Co. +
Cd VICE PREsIDENT-S. w. JAMESON,
Secretary and treasurer Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
SECRETARY-JOHN OFT, late Cashier
City Bank Of Richmond.
TRRAsURER-J. G. DAVENPORT. Cash.
Ter Commercial National Bank, Roa-
noke, Va.
GENERAL CouNsEL--Hon. c. A. Nc
HUGH, Counsellor-at-Law, late OF
Charleston, S. c.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
SPECIAL NOTICE.

All those owing the late firm will
please take notice that will be COM
PEELED to place all accounts for collec.
tion unless paid at once.
Store opens at 8 q. m. and closes at o
p. M; Saturday at 10 p. m.
ARToHuR ENocK, Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
TEACUPS FOR lNvALlDS.

Novelty Which VIII he Found Very
Useful In Sick Room.
A most charming little novelty, Of
which the following is IN illustration,
is the invalid's teacup, brought out by
an EngliShman. 1t consists of a teacup
and saucer, differing neither in price
nor in size from the ordinary breakfast
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
Against a Railroad Commission.

The Board of Trade did not meet Mon
day night, but will meet next Monday
night. and will probably pass resolu-
tions instructing the delegate and seua-
tor from this district to oppose any
change to the existing railroad laws of
the State. Salem people are DESTROYS of
encouraging the present railroads in
their laudable endeavors to build up the
Southwest, and wish nothing done that
will in any wise ham per them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30

teacup, but SO made as to allow of n de-
preston in the saucer, in which is placed
Il small cube Of prepared fuel, by means
of which the liquid contained can be
kept hot for some time, until the inva-
lid is ready for it. For night nursing
this cup should supply Il long-felt want.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30

GENERAL TRUsTEE-HoN. HENRY s.
TROUT, President First National
Bank, Roanoke, Va.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY - Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-30
Great Trustees Sale.

The entire stock OF the late firm OF
GRINBERG &c MORRIS, consisting of
Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Gents Fur
nishing Goods, ETC., will be closed out
at sacrifice. Come early and secure
bargains.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-11

from 300 to 400 per minute, or five to
seven complete papers per second. OF
six-page papers it will print the same
number. OF eight-page papers, OF the
present size of the daily REGISTER, it
will print from ten thousand to twelve
thousand per hour, or from 1G0 to 200
per minute, and will turn out ten or
twelve page papers at the same wonder
full rate OF speed. For the four or
eight-page papers, the white paper is
fed into the press from gigantic
roll at one end, carrying about six
teen thousand feet of paper In one long
strip, or nearly three miles. To print
six, ten or twelve page papers, an add-
tional roll, of the same length, but only
half. the width, is put into the press, at
nearly the opposite end from the first
roll, this being the source from which
the insert sheet, or supplement-, is de-
rived. This paper passes through the
press faster than the eye can follow 1t,
and energies from among the bewllder
Ing complication OF cylinders and roll
ers and wheels and tapes printed on
both sides, perfectly arranged, with the
pages in their proper order, cut, pasted,
and folded complete ready for the eye
of the reader. How this is done we will
now proceed to describe.
1t will be supposed that
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-11

brush made especially for that purpose.
In about two minutes, or less, the damp
paper has been thus driven into every
part of the page, and then the page,
type, paper and all is covered with sew
eral thicknesses of blankets and is
transferred to Il steam table, where an
iron plate is forced tightly down upon
the top of the blankets by means OF a
powerful screw. Five minutes or so In
this steam table hardens the damp paper
into tough dry matrix, and when the
page is removed and the smoking blank
cts whiSked off, the paper shell, con-
tanning on It's neither surface a
faithful imprint Of every type in the
mage, is as hard as single. While the
assistant transfers the page thus treated
to its original table, and gets the next
page coming from the composing room
in readiness for like treatment. the ste
reotyper trims the edges of the paper
matrix, and places it, with the imprint
of the types upward, in heavy iron
casting box, the bottom OF which is y
curve exactly fitting the plate cylinders
of the press. The thin paper matrix is
perfectly fitted TO the bottom Of this box,
and made fast thereto, the heavy
top OF the box, also curved,
TO fit the bottom, leaving a
snace of about three-eig hths of an inch
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-11

the products of their fonndries and
machine shops are 70 be found in all the
cities and towns of the civilized world
wherein the publishing business
whether OF newspapers, Of books or OF
miscellaneous works carried on. As
producers OF the most perfect forms OF
printing machinery this celebrated firm
has neither superior nor equal, and so
long as it maintains the energy, the in-
ventive genius, and the skill shown dur
ing its past career, it will have no cause
TO fear the competition Of would-be
rivals.
The firm OF r. Hoe & Co. was founded
early in the century by Robert Hoe, the
grandfather and father of those at pres
ent constituting the house. lie was
succeeded on his death by Richard Nj.
and Robert Hoe, his sons, who later
associated younger brother, Peter 5.
Hoe, with them. At the death OF Rich
ard and Robert, few years ago, Rob-
ert Hoe, Jr., Peter S. Hoe, Stephen ID.
Tucker, Theodore w. Mead and Charles
w. Carpenter, organized the present
firm, and during the past decade they
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-11

and 10. This last sheet has received
from paste wheel running in a trough
a line OF paste along its centre uIargin,
on the under side, and this line Of paste
causes 1t TO adhere TO the first sheet,
and completes the twelve page paper.
These united sheets are now switched
off from the collect cylinder and folded
across the page by the following cyin-
der, whence the paper drops into a
series OF rapidly revolving curved arms,
which revOlve in unison with the sheets
and deposit them in neat pile just az
the outside Of the press.
In printing eight page papers, OF the
regular size OF the daily REGISTER, the
operation is the same, except that the
second or auxiliary roll OF paper is
omitted, together with the plates OF
pages 9, 10. II and IL, and the plates
are arranged differently upon plate
cylinders l and 2, pages ?, g, and z
being put on cylinder No. 1, and pages
1, 4, 5 aud on cylinder No. 2. The
paper Is then cut into four-page sheets,
one containing pages l, 2, 3 and 4, and
the second pages ), 6, aud s, and one
sheet is caught ard held on the collect
ing cylinder until the SECOND comes
along, and receives its line OF paste
from the wheel, as in the case of the
twelve page paper.
In like manner different combinations
admit of the printing OF ten page
paper.
THE MOST WONDERFUL THING
which strikes the observer OF this great
press, as powerful! as locomotive yet
as smooth running as a sewing machine,
is the fact that the dampened roll OF
paper runs through with almost the
speed OF an express train without tear
or break. This spectacle demonstrates
at once the perfect adjustment OF
the parts. as the slightest inequality
or strain would instantly tear
the dampened strip which goes gliding
along. This never occurs, however,
and the press once started runs quietly