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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05
Real Estate Notice.

Having a large and inAu-
entail acquaintance in the
East and Northeast, we are
making an effort to attract
new capital and induce new in
dustries to locate here. And
all parties who hold property
here are respectfully requested
to list with us that we may be
able to locate investments and
improvements to the best adj
vantage. Please let us hear
from you promptly, either in
person or by mail. Our office
is at No. 10 S. Jefferson street,
near the passenger depot.
Very respectfully yours,
SEWARD, BARRETT & Co.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05
In the Mud.

DR.. Sims had a fearful experience
with mud yesterday. He was driving
along Ninth avenue n. G. when he
noticed that his horses feet began to
sink in the street above the knees. A
colored man, who was passing, called
out and warned the doctor of his danger.
BY this time the wheels of the buggy
were in the mud to the axle, and the
horse was mired to the breast. The
02lored man brought a plank and placed
it SO tho doctor could walk out, and the
horse and buggy were finally rescued.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05

On and after March 9th VIC will close
our store at Z p. M. We do this through
consideration of our employees. Hereto
fore they have been working from ff-
teen to sixteen hours per day, which is
more than we intend t. ask Of them.
We hope our friends and the public gen
orally will bear in mind our closing
hour e p. N.Y. and make arrangements
to do their shopping accordingly. JOS.
COIN. u. NJ. DAWSON, manager. m5-tf
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05
CALL EARLY TOMORROW

At Office of D. S. MEADOWS & Co., 40
Salem avenu and see a list of tho cheap
est property in town. We give you q
few samples:
Three lots in Belmont, $1,000; cheap.
One choice residence lot on Franklin st.
65x17o-s3,5 500; $500 under tho market;
300 feet on Jefferson St.. $500 per foot.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05
ThGTe is time for all things,

And now is the time to buy real estate
If you wish to realize some of the hand
some profits that will be made hero this
summer.
We give you below some more special
bargains.
Two lots on Campbell street between
Commerce and Roanoke streets; price
S. O each.
House and lot, Campbell street, next
to Greene Memorial Church; price 50, 200.
House and lot, corner of Park street
and Second avenue, IL rooms and 3 bath
rooms; price SIS, 200. A big bargain.
Beautiful lot on Gilmer street, next
to Mr.. Davis, 50X145; price $1,000.
Nice and cheap.
Business lots on Jefferson street and
Salem avenue.
Residence lots in all parts of the city;
suburban property in all sections cheap
n on easy terms.
Lot 36, section 10, Melrose Addition,
4Ox150; price $500.
Don't fail to see us before buying.
DaldGl, Clement & Pope,
No. Is South Jefferson street, Roanoke,
Virginia.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05

Do NOT place your orders for blank
books for 1891 until after you have OK
amined our work and prices. Ham
mond's Printing Works and Book
Bindery, 40 Jefferson street; telephone
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05

Contractors desiring largo lots O,
sawed lumber would de we'll to call OF
p. j. Bcrklcy,at w. o. Hardaway's office
Moomaw building, Jefferson street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05

Carpets, mattings and rugs in every
style at e. e. Cline e Co.'S, 140 Salem
avenue. fob27-1m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05

Wall papers at c. L. Cline & Co.'S
149 Salem avenue. fcb27-lm
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05
CITY BULLETIN.

Evans & Chalmers have the largest
stock of oils, varnishes and Longman
and Martinez paint ever brought to Ro-
anoke.
I Brown, Johnston & Co. have added to
their already large and varied stock of
general hardware, a complete line of
pipes, fittings, and plumbers tools, to
which they invite the attention of the
users Of such goods. mar5-tf
The Latest Craze--A relic of olden
times is the now popular and peculiar
freak of fashion. The old tin cup
board in tho front hall is the latest.
Price So So. e. IL. Stewart e. Co.
Road plows, road scrapers, and all
kinds of railroad and mineral supplies
at Evans & Chalmers.
A beautiful line of hall and parlor
lamps received this week. Ask for tho
Salem" fire-proof chimney. E. II.
Stewart & Co.
Evans & Chalmers have just received
a car load each Of sash weights,
powder, old hickory wagons, cider mills,
sash, doors and blinds.
Cocoa or wire mats placed at your
front door will preserve tho beauty of
your carpets and save you hours of
laborious sweeping. E. II. Stewart &
Co.
Evans & Chalmers have just received
q large stock Of guns, rifles and sporting
goods. Call and examine their stock.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05

The best pianos and organs on the
market are to BIO found at Tho Hobbie
Music Co.'S, Lynchburg, Va, Roanoke,
Va, and Knoxville, Tenn. This re-
liable handle such standard
makes as the Knabe, Sohmer, Kraniok
& Bach, Shaw and New England pianos,
and Estey organs. Lowest factory prices
and easiest tern ).
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05

TIMES desires special cores
virginia and the Shenandoah Va 10y.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05

We are revising our list of properties
Tor sale and take this method of asking
all owners of real estate to place their
property with us for sale as early as
possible. We arc constantly getting
inquiries from many who will be with
us to invest shortly, and we want to
have our list thoroughly revised and be
roady for the spring trade. Full line OF
business property wanted.
Thanking our many friends for their
liberal patronage in helping us do the
largest business last year over done in
the city by one firm, we ask a continu-
ance Of their patronage for tho new
year, assuring them that every sale or
investment shall have our careful and
personal attention. G.. O'LEARY 81 Co.,
real estate agents, Office No. 0 Campbell
street. ~jan21-tf
1.-The shirts made for me arc tho best
fitting / ever wore,' writes a prominent
citizen OF Roanoke. Fine shirts made
to order at ROANOKE SHIRT FACTORY,
lit Salem avenue. feb7-tf
Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
Mathcr's Glove Cleaner. For sale only
at Snyder & McBain's dry goods store.
Carpets, %mattings and rugs in every
style at c. E. Cline e Co.'S, 140 Salem
venuc feb27.1m
THE TIMES desires special cores
R 19ndients IN every town IN southwest
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05

Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
Mather's Glove Cleaner. Fol- sale only
at Snyder d McBain's dry goods store.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05
Steamed a Speciality.

Crabs. Holsters, shrimps and game in
season. Virginia Brewing Company's
beer drawn through wood. Tho bar
stocked with the best foreign and do
nestle wines, liquors, ales and beer.
Give us a trial. feb14-6m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-05
FIRST. GLASS EUROPEAN HOTEL.

Table d'hote dinners from 1890 to 6
p. M, SOC; cuisine the best in the State;
service and appointments 1rst-class; hot
and cold lunches always ready; oysters
as you like them;
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11
A ToRToIsE's QUEER WAYS.
How the Hardy Buccaneers Lived o
 These Reptiles

How the Hardy Buccaneers Lived on
 These Reptiles
 The Central Park smenagerie has received from Dr. G. Bauer of Clark university. Worcester. Mass. 8 very interesting set of tortoises. says the N. I. World. They are seven in number. and their size is something enormous for animals of their kind Each one of them weighing In the neighborhood of l50 pounds They are natives Of the Galapagos islands. in the Pacific ocean. where they thrive in great numbers
 Some of them are enormous. and. in spite of their slow movements. necessi- tated by the big shells in which their bodies are incased they have been known to put up pretty stiff fight against man.
 The tortoises from the Galapagos islands have been very serviceable to mariners in the times when steam vessels were unknown and buccaneer- ing was science on the Pacific seas.
 During this period it was a matter of great difficulty to provide sufficient food for voyage between one port and another. Especially was this true of the hardy buccaneers. who found it inconvenient at times to put in for supplies at public places.
 This is where the Galapagos tor toises came in.
 In passing the islands the captains laid in supply of them. and let them live until they were to be used as food. So large are these reptiles and so con- gested is the material of which they are made, that two tortoises are often found sufficient to last crew of twelve buccane IS on business voyage of a week. The tortoise was first killed and served up in steaks. When the steaks were all gone there were chops.
 Al CT this came hash. and finally the remnants. including the she'll were cast in'o pot of boiling sea water and the result was tor oise soup. It made rather briny. leathery dish. but it was regarded as better than no hing.
 Mir. Conklin says that an ordinary l turtle. It requires a life of much hardship to fit the stomach for the re- ception Of such tawny mors Is. The buccaneers who a'e those tortois have all become bankrupt and gon out Of the business. so that the chiei Junction of thess curious reptiles nov is to bask in menageries and be looked al.
 It's twenty years sIncs the menageris has had any tor oisss Of this kind Mr. Holmes. ths keeper remembers the tims distinctly. He carries tht animals every morning out into the enclosed yard, and every evening back into he antelope house. Two trips { day. seven tor oiss weighing on an average i50 pounds apiece. make thu io,aI effort required to bs exerted bl Mir. Holmes ?. 100 pounds
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

| late commerce. they assume indefinitely that over agriculture and manufactures, and call 1t regulation to take the earn ings of one of these branches of industry, and that, too, the most depressed, and put them in the pockets of the other, the most f,ourshing of all" And when, few months later, as he drew near that Fourth of July, 1S26, the fiftieth anniver- sary of the declaration of our freedom, to be made forever memorable by his own death and that of his great co-worker John Adams, his last days darkened by the shadow of poverty, with landed es- tates all around him, the hand that wrote the Declaration of Independence, in tremulous lines and pathetic words, tells Madison of his gathering troubles, and attributes the distress that clouded his evening sky in no small measure to "the general prostration of the farming busi- ness under levies for the support of man. ufacturers."
 Thomas Jefferson the advocate of pro- lection! He was one of it's earliest as he was the most iIlustrious of its martyrs, the greatest of that company of American farmers that no man can number who have gone down to poverty through "the general prostration of the farming busi- ness under levies for the support of man. ufacturers." What shall we say when the man who has just increased those Ievies, wantonly and beyond anything known in our past history, claims the great Apostle of Freedom as a supporter of the "principle' of his tariff? Certain Iy that he has never read his utterances, nor learned of the sorrows that beset his closing years, nor ever comprehended the first truths of Jeffersonian Democracy, chiefest among which is the truth that free government is government of equal rights to all and special privileges to none.-W. L. Wilson in St. Louis RsPub- lie.
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11
FRESH AND FRACMENTARY.

A free bed in hospital is better me morial than lot of stained glass Mira 6rundy.
 Four daughters of Mrs. Alice Shaw, the professional whistler, have inherited her peculiar talent.
 A street urchin preparing to fly kite is an oxidized silver toothpick stand. The frame of the kite is perlorated The New Jersey man who secured 6 patent on his idea of placing rubber on the tips of pencils is said to have realized S200, GOO from it.
 A new silver cigarette case is etched with two dogs of contrasting heights and looks below which appears the title Dig nity and Impotence.
 Only about one-quarter of the American Indians have to depend on Uncle Sam for support. Tho others are independent, and some of them are even rich.
 Vermont is boasting about her moral status. Since 1880 the population of the State has decreased ? per cent, but mem bership in The churches has in the mean time increased nearly per eent.
 Under the will of the late Ritter von Leonhard, who was chancellor of the Papal legation in Vienna, tue pope has been left 100, QUO francs in money and the half of any eventual gain from the lottery ticket held by the deceased.
 The tomato is native of South Ameri- ea. It was known in England as early as i59G, but its introduction into North America Is credited to the French families who were exiled by tue revolution of San Domingo and settled in the eastern part of the United States
 In tho Antarctic ocean the icebergs that have been noticed from time to time rose 400, $50, 10J and even [, 900 feet above the water, and were from three to five miles long, Their enormous bulk may be inferred from the fact that the part under water is about seven times as large as that above.
 A Los Angeles paper says there are six ty slaves in that city whose owners hold bills of sale of their bodies and deal in them as horses and cattle are bought and sold The slaves are Chinese women, who dare not attempt to escape as such an at- tempt would mean death. They range in price anywhere from $500 to S3, 000, ac- cordlng to their age and beauty.
 Brazil Is having big railroad building boom just now. A dozen new roads arc being built 10 tap the southern and western | regions, where coIee growing is being 1 largely extended. American engines and | American cars are used on tue roads. but the rails come from England. Nearly all the coal used also comes from England, but it should come from the United states and probably will very soon.
 s. c. Rees, a mining man, proposes to revolutioaixe miEing on inaccessible ledges by ascending 10 them in balloon He says that a large balloon will be inflated in the bottom Of the canyon and secured by ropes there to prevent it's escape. when il is proposed to infate 1t and make the ascent to the point in the walls of the can. yon whore the ledge is and a foothold vii be worked into it from the balloon
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

WERE men generally as gallant and attentive to their wives as is the os- trich. women would be happier and have moro ostrich feathers to wear. When you sec an ostrich feather on a lady's hat or in the hat of a uniform knight or soldier. think of tho ostrich and wonder if the one who cares for the woman thus adorned is as much of . man as is the husband of the hen that laid the eggs from which came the birds that yielded the plumes that add so much grace and beauty to femi- nine head-gear.
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

IT men were like watches If they were as clean inside and outside. If they kept such good hours; were so we'll behaved. If they could be trusted e we'll in the dark If they could do their work as faithfully. and without grumbling. If they were as content and satisfied with theis environment. If they did as much for others and did 1t as freely. If they were in all things e true and reliable as a good watch. the Paradise Lost in the old Eden would bs transformed into the heaven of which tho little children sing.
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

IEE trouble with all our institutions Of correction is the difficulty of break ing away from the old idea of legal penalties without rushing to the other extreme. Few tasks are more difficult than to make people understand the legitimate object of these penalties; which iA primarily. or should be, neither the punishment of the offend eS nor the reformation of him. but the protection of society. That pro- tsctiou is the only warrant that exists for restraint upon the individual; and 1t is as . part of such protection by the preventing future acts of crime that reformation of the offender has come to play so large part in the later study of penology.
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

The few scattering Republicans in the new House may be depended upon to vote ln every case for high appropriations; but the Democratic side will enforce economy n every detail. While the Democrats re- tain cont ol of the House of Representa- tives there will be no more billion dollar Congresses. One bil lou dollars, raised by indirect taxes on the earnings of work ingmen and farmers, for ihe support only of the Washington end of American gov- erument, Is the record on which the late Republican Congress was voted into re- tirement; and the record will stand as q bar to any fu ure resumption of power by the party of high taxes. Nearly the whole expenditure is gross extravagance and
 teaIing. For, what Is the function of the Federal government? Democracy dennes the dnties aud just powers of sovernmen nt as Jefferson did. Government should prevent indlviduaIs from infringing upou each others rightS, and leave them oth- erwlse free to take care of themselves. Honor bright, how large share of si,- 0Oo ,00o .c00 IS required for this purpose
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

TmRE Is force at work through out all Christendom that defes char fly. It was not always thuA Even now there comes to these big towns men who look with horror on the ev- idences Of misery that greet their eyes and turn back to rural simplicity with . feeling that they would die if con- stantly surrounded by so much human suffering. Even citizens now dwell ng in the city can remember when no hungry child sobbed itself to sleep. But the town has increased in popula- tion and wealth. Magnificent homes line its avenues and palaces of trade offer wonderful fabrics for the opu- lent customer. Wealth abounds. and yet doth poverty much more abound. And the chimes ring gayly for feasts and solemnly for fasts- But the great world wonders not that Christianity is . failure but that it has not yet turned its attention to one of the great causes which have barred its progress and made mockery of its prayers
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

IT is not intellectual work that in- lures the brain. says a medical journal but emotional excitement Most men can stand the severest thought and study of which their brains are capabla and be none the worse for 1t; for neither thought nor study interferes with the recuperative influence of sleep. It is ambition. anxiety. and disappointment. the hopes and fears the loves and hates of our lives. that wear out our nervous system and en- danger the balance of the brain
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

PERHAPS nothing tends more effect ually to make society or the individual poor and weak and thin. mentally and morally than intentional ignorance of things important to all the interests Of human life Whe her it is due to silly vanity. to fear of fashions power. or to cowardly dread of conscience and its dictates it is always enfeebling to the character and debasing to the life. Tbose who yield to it shut out from themselves and the cliques to which they may belong much of the best talent and strength of the world It is not strange that men and women. eager for truth vigorous and enthusi- astic strong in principle and earnes, in endeavor. should retire from those whe have neither anything to give nor Aosirs to receive Fashionable and conventional society can never estlmats ths losses it thus sustaius; nor can its submissive votaries know what wealth ef power. vigor and happiness theJ ose voluntarily throwing ssay.
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11
P.lsos managers should no. los

InlsoS managers should not lose sight of the fact that prisons are places of punishment Neither should they ignore the equally important function of reformation whenever it can be ob- carved. If any prisons keep their in- mates in luxurious idleness it Is not in accordance with the principles of the reformatory system. but contrary to it It was the old bridewell system that kept its prisoners in idleness; while it Is the design of the reforma- tory system to make them work It Is not necessary to be brutal in order to make Imprisonment penalty; and to deny the prisoner an occasional bouquet a Christmas card. or the chance to read when his work is done, would be simply areaction to the dark ages of brutality.
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11
RIDICULOUS.

s'He treated her shamstuily." ssDid she get divorcot" .sSo ' Why uotg, ''She wanted to get even with hin. "-- Brooklyn Life
 Il think you had better send up another rat trap, John Y But bought one only the other day" ''l know. but there Is a rat in that one Howell Citizen
 Youag Aspirant ito edi.orl; T wish 10 pursue literary career" Editors Well. young man, pursue it. If you ever cAtch up with it drop ia ard lar me know" &gek
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

Watts You would never imagine that shabby old fellow across the street to te worth $l. 000. o0u. though he is"
 Potts" You should say hs owns SL oo0, coo. A mans true worth Is eol guaged by what he possesses but b, what you can make out Of hlm "--In. disnap0lls Journal
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

Republican boasts of how T. B. Reed will wo ry th- new Democratic Speaker are likely to have small fruItion. Re, d' s treble voice wlll scarcely be oticed in a House Demo ;ratie by l5J majority.
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

No more subsidies, direct or indirect. No more taxation of all fur the benefit of few. I he west, with Illinois. Iowa and Wisconsin in the lead, will wheel into line next fall for thts Democratic plat form.
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11
wHrx both host and guest give hb

orally of their best selves to each oth- e. all msaner gifts will sink into a subordinate position. A cordial well come. and kind and delicate attention. respectful solicitude. generous free dom. ready sympathy. glad responsive ness are the very flores Of hospitality. ss they are also the chief elements In ell social happiness
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11

The Missi>>ippi Valley Is preparing to take it's own proper place at tue head os the Democratic column.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
THE yANDERBILTS.

One feature Of the Vanderbilt's
social life is punctuality. Every
thing is done to the minute. If
breakfast is set for $50, at that mo-
ment the doors are thrown open and
the guest who arrives at S:3l finds
the host and hostess seated and the
meal in progress. They make fea-
ture of being uniformly punctua
at every engagement, either of
business or social nature. This fo-
lows the old law which read "Puno-
tuality is the virtue of kings" If
people would follow some such rule
with regard to their health they
would find themselves greatly bene-
fitted. When attacked by a cold
do not delay but at once take REDS
GERMAN COUGH AND KIDNEY CURE
and be relieved at once. This great
remedy contains no poison, but is a
certain remedy for every form OF
throat and lung trouble. 1t con-
tains nothing deleterious, but Is
safe and acts at once. For sale by
all druggists.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co., Peoria, Ill.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12
The Favored Glasses.

Teachers, ministers, farmers, mechanics.
merchants, rs well rs their wives, daughters
aud sons, who would like To devote at least
part OF their time and attention to work
that would bring theis IN lot OF ready
money during the next few months, would
do well TO look up the advertisement OF
D. +. Johnson Il Co, Richmond, Va, in an-
other column, as II may be the means OF
opening up to many new life and larger
possibilities. These gentlemen have been
extensively and successfully engaged in
business for many years, and they know
what they are talking about when they tell
you they can show you how to better your
financial condition.