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The Portland daily press., 1891-01-13
We have just completed stock taking and in order to reduce
our stock we will sell the same at the above prices

Silk Mixed Pants at So /;
former price So.
Nobby Dress Pants at
So; former price Sc. 80.
Is ChiIdren's Cape Ov-
ercoats at less than cost;
these coats are the bal
ance of our winter stock,
mostly small sizes, q to 8,
and sold for SIS, Sc, 81,
So and $40; we will close
the lot at the following
low prices; So, So, SIS and
81.
Knee Pant Suits at less
than cost.
Odd Knee Pants from
Csc to So.
Boys Overcoats So;
former price So.
Boys Overcoats SIS; for
mer price Sc.
Boys Overcoats Sc; for
mer price So.
Boys Long Pant Suits
from $3.50 to $l5.
The Portland daily press., 1891-01-13

Dark Check Suits at
SD; former price $40.
Fancy Check Suits at
$40; former price $40.
Nobby Suits at $I2; for
mer price $l5.
The Portland daily press., 1891-01-13

John Bull for once seems to have been
guilty OF something that comes pretty near
cunning in getting the Behring Sea question
before the Supreme Court. But supposing
the court should decide that the Emitted
States has the right to seize sealers in Bel.
ring Sea will John abide by its decision?
The Portland daily press., 1891-01-13

We have shown that all the ballots that
will be needed in this State under the Aus
tralian system can be printed at an expense
to the State of less than one thousand dol.
lars. Now if the Bangor Wing thinks diff
ferently let 1T give some reason for so think
In
The Portland daily press., 1891-01-13

The cost of the Australian ballot system
10 New York is of no consequence to the
people of Maine except so far as it throws
light on the cost of the system in this state.
For certain reasons which have been over
aud over again explained the cost of the sys-
tenn was much greater there than in any
other State into which it has been intro
duced. But great as its cost was there the
public were so much pleased with it that
nobody, proposes its repeal. The public
evidently regard it as worth all it cost.
though 1t cost vastly more than it need to.
The Portland daily press., 1891-01-13

All wool Pants at $I.5O;
former price $3.50.
The Portland daily press., 1891-01-13
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, JANUARY Is.

W, 40 not reao anonymous letters ana comm
nicstiols. The name and address OF the write
are In all cases Indispensable, not necessarily fof
publication but as a guarantee Of good faith,
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1891-01-13

This seems to fulfill all the requirements
of an old-fashioned winter Besides the
big snow storms, rivalling those OF which
the old resident is fond of telling, the tradi-
tional January thaw has arrived on time
The Portland daily press., 1891-01-13

The difference in the valuation of Maine
under the United States census aud under
the report of the Maine commission is coca
sionally referred to as showing that the State
valuation is exceedingly defective, and the
taxation based upon 1t is defective also. In
1880 the valuation put upon the real and per-
sonal property in Maine by the State COM
mission was 1926 000, 600 while the the United
States census Of that year estimated the
value OF all kinds of property in Maine to
be SOIL 100000. 1t is not quite the fact, how
eyer, to say that the United States census
enumerators found" that amount of prop
erty. The census figure is merely an esti-
mate based on various data, more or less re-
liable, but only a small part of the amount is
derived FROM the returns Of the enumerators,
Concerning its accuracy, it is impossible TO
give an opinion Of much value. What we
want to point out is that the discrepancy
between State valuation and census
valuation is by no means confined
to Maine. The State valuation of New
Hampshire is $164. 755. 1S1, while the census
valuation is 1868, 100000. Vermont is valued
for purposes of taxation at $50. BOG, 775, while
Massachusetts makes showing in the State
lists of $1,504.756S02 while in the census it
is alleged to be worth $2,623. 00O, 900, Rhode
Islands State valuation Is $152, $50. 673, while
its census valuation is S4OO,OOOOOO. Connec-
ticut figures in the State census at 1927, IT,
1856. and in the United States at $500, 900, 600.
lt is curious fact that the disproportion
between the valuations of the largely agri.
cultural States, like Maine and Vermont, is
greater than it is in the States where manu-
factuIes and commerce engage the attention
OF more Of the people. Thus Names State
valuation was less than half what the
United States census estimated it to be
while Vermont's State valuation was
less than third of the amount the census
credited it with. Massachusetts,, on the
other hand, is nearly two thirds, while Con-
necticuts is more than three-quarters. The
discrepancy in the case of Maine has
been generally attributed to the conceal
ment OF personal property, the believers In
this explanation saying that the farms
were easily seen and therefore assessed.
while the personal property was not SO easily
seen and therefore escaped. But if this is the
correct explanation it is curious that in the
States where personal property most abounds
and farm property is comparatively scarce
the discrepancy between the State and ma.
tional valuations sh ould be smaller than in
the States where reverse conditions obtain.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
SLUM COCKTAILS.
The Bracer INDUCED In by the Tram
will, Nickel.

The Bracer INDUCED In by the Tramp
with Nickel.
Peregrinating Perkins, having risen
somewhat in advance of the legendary
lark, felt strong yearning for an al
coholic resuscitator, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. His nights
rest had been rudcly broken. a pair
of roistcring blades passing through
Washington square at the witchng
hour had cspied him asleep on his favor
lite bench and tipped him over. The
short sprinting match that followed be-
tween himself and the sparrow police
man had cffectuatly driven sleep from
his ensanguined eyes and he was
awcary.
lie set his face southwark and Jour-
neyed toward that region where
whisky the most superior of ports and
shcrries, and incompatible Jamaica
rum-all ont of the same barrel-are re-
tailed ut the farcical price of five cents
half-pint glass. a sign above one of
fuscl-oil factories near Pell street
read: Try hummer" Perkins ac.
cepted the invitation.
AS helping hand on the short road
to dclirinm tremcns nothing can surpass
hummer. Where the name came
from and who originated the drink are
twin mysteries. TO professional wan
derers like Perkins it serves the same
end as the delicate blend of vermouth,
bittcrs, and lemon peel which young
Dives sips at Dels before brcakfast-it
braces them up. If called upon it could
probably do the same for brown-stone
front.
Perkins, in exchange for the five PEN
MES which he cXcavated from his vest
received nm ordinary goblet huff filed
with ostensiblc whisky, alleged rum
and n strong dash of something yellow,
masquerading under the alias OF bittcrs.
AS it gurgled down his throat his ex-
preston was that OF man in the en-
brace of o live wire. Then he heaved 9
sigh and went forth 20 pound the psve-
1ent Tor ta4e Eek. etSA.eS0&S9nA
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
FEMALE BLAcKsMlTHs.
They Want to DO Let Alone to Weld
the Slcdge and Hammer.


They Want to 30 Let Alone to Weld
the Sledge and Hummer.
Efforts are being made in Great Brit
tain to secure legislation that would
prohibit the employment of women and
girls in tho business of making nails,
spikes and chains. 1t has been said
that female employment il this dircc-
ton was compulsory, not of choice.
Philanthropists have pictured the dingy
smithy, with its lurid glare of lcaping
sparks, its sonorous chimes of the fall
ing hammer and the British amazon,
with the biceps of an athlete, pounding
the red-hot metal. Eve waiting on
Vulcan has invoked the pity and caress
of humanity and furnished the text for
many political TRADE against tho
government and civilization that mado
such conditions n necessity of industrial
life, says the Age of Steel.
We have nothing to say against this
crusade for female emancipation,
though if the truth be told the amazons
of the black country, with its countless
furnaces and it's smol1e-darkencd sky,
arc by no means the scrfs they seem to
be, and are so far exempt from the
Winchesters that have been conspicu-
GUS in some labor troubles this side. of
the Atlantic.
We do not believe in female employ
ment in such 4 muscular business as
making spikes and chains. The forge
is no place for woman; but if shc
chooses to swing hammer who can
prevent it? 1t may be an abnormal
prediction, and by no means coinci-
dent with the parlor and piano idea OF
the modern Eve, but in an age when
women arc captains of ships and run
ming the municipal government of cities
no law can annul the right of the gentle
sex to make the shoe or pound the anvil.
That there are two sides of this oues-
ton of female blacllsmiths can no
longer be doubted, since delegation of
lady lron-worllcrs waited ON the homo
secretary to protest against interior
encc with their rights. There was
nothing savoring of sickness, atrophy
or nervousness in this amazonian
dcputation. If dry goods were but
poorly represented, force and flesh were
here in robust conditions. One of the
speakers had reached the modest ago
OF fifty seven years, of which quite fifty
had been spent hammcring iron, with
occasional relapses, during which she
had bequeathed fourteen children to
her husbands care and the census of
the nation.
lass of sixteen years, who welded
n hammer weighing eighteen pounds,
pleaded her Improvement in health as
n reason why the law should not inter-
ferc with her business. Appearances
justified her logic, for she had the
nerve of lioness and the shoulders of
an athlete.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
ELONGATED ADDRESSES.
Tho English Practice of Giving big Names
to Small Residences.

Tho English Practice Of Giving big Names
to Small Residences
The custom of fastening lengthy and
imposing names upon small and unim-
posing dwellings is peculiar and dis
tinctively English one, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser. These
names look particularly well when bla-
zoned upon writing paper, and serve to
impress the distant correspondent, who
has never visited the writer's establish
ment, with the magnifcencc of the
same. But threc-fourths of them are
basely deceptive. buckingham Hall,
Uppington Gadsbury on the -Wopple,
Chutneyshire," is quite liable to matcri-
alize in the shape of two-story cottage
with an acre of ground around it, while
the numerous mansions" with high
sounding prefixes which abound in the
suburban districts of London rarely
boast of more than ten rooms. The
gentle Anglomaniac is just beginning to
acquire this little trick, and those
of him who live sins the upper
parts OF town are beginning to cndow
their homes with sweetly british
names. A plate in the engraving room
Iof wcll-known local stationcr reads as
follows: G Hall, Carmansvillc-on-
,the-Hudson, New York, NJ"
Anything more superlatvely Londony
could not be desired, and if this fashion
spreads TO Jersey City and Astoria the
results will be saddcning to contem-
plate.
Fancy letter dated from "Thc Dunk
Ierics, Astoria, N. N. E." or "Smugging-
ton Cottage, opposite the -freght-depot,
Jersey City, S. W."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
Seal POsc;icrg.

Here is the method employed by the
hunters of British Columbia who poach
upon the scaling grounds: When the
schooner sights seal the little boats
arc lowered a hunter armed with two
shotguns and rifle and two sailors to
pull the boat take their places and the
hunt begins. The seal may be swim
ming at the surface, or perchancc he is
sleeping. The boat is pulled quietly to-
ward the animal. In nine cases ont of
ten the seal takes alarm and dives out
of sight before the boot is brought close
enough to use the guns with effect, and
in no case does the hunter shoot unless
he feels sure of his quarry. The seal
when shot ut once commences to sink,
and the boat has to be pulled rapidly up
to it, when the body is "gaffcd" and
hauled aboad. This is repeated as long
rs II seal can be seen. In many cases
only one or two will be killed during a
two days hunt while ut other times Us
many as twenty will be taken.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
ADVICE TO TAKERS.
"Brevlty Is tho Soul OF Wit''-"AIodcsty
Bccomnth the Wise Man."

Bccomnth the Wise Man."
If you are q real blooming idiot al
ways sit in the middle of the room; if
you are 4 wise man you will sit in the
corner. Speak of yourself as little as
possible; the rest of the company will
do enough talking about you when you
are not present. Speak we'll of the alb
sent, says the Chicago Herald, unless
you are sure they arc quite dead or
have left the country never to return,
otherwise you may sometimes find
yourself in an embarrassing position.
In Il stormy discussion, take care not
to take sides with either party until
you see which has the best of it, and
then you can do good deal of talking.
In general conversation, never Joke
with superior, however innocent your
pleasantly may be, because you may be
using the only joke he has in stock, and
he won't like you ever afterward.
However absurd may be n tale which is
told You, if the narrator assures you
that it is true, You must appear to be-
lieve it thoroughly; that is, you must
give no sign of incredulity. If, Mt the
church social, the minister SAYS what
seems to be improbable, it is not good
form to eXclaim: "Oh, rats" If you
desire to put yourself on record as dis
believer, you can make sundry sly mo-
tions, and quietly wink at the others
present in n manner that will show
that you are on to his little story.
Don't talk politics in the presence of
ladies', for to do SO proves at once that
You are deficient both in tact and polite
ness. To them politics is as unintcrcst-
ing as take three stitches. cross four,
purl two" is to men. Do not delibcr-
ntcly tell lie if You have any reason to
suspect that there arc those present
who know you are falsifying; but if.
after telling lie, you discover by the
expression on some ones face that YOU
have been found out, take the doubling
one aside and in some manner square
yourself before the task assumes gigan-
tic proportions
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
HORSES IN IRELAND.
People Who Consider 1t n Duty to Attend
Every Race Mceting.


Ireland, owing to the natural confor-
nation of the island, is especially
adapted to the rearing and breeding of
horses; moreover, the Irishmnn is con-
stitptionally fond of tho horse almost
as much so rs the Mexican and the
Arab, and loves his stced with an indi-
vidual and personal affection. In
country where every kind of sport is
held in high esteem, says the N. Y. Sun,
where the ragged and pcnnilcss outcast
considers it u duty to attend every race
meeting from Ballybrophy to CarriclS-
macross. where every village is called IL
city and the poorest of hamlcts has II
race course, it is not surprising that i'm
mense Importance is attached to the
more or less excellent breed of horses.
Even when the highest prizes do not
exceed twenty pounds, and the bets are
in shillings if not in coppcrs, tho popu-
lar interest is as keen as il thousands
were lost or won. Moreover, Ireland is
the home of stecplechasing, and the ma
tivcs arc prone to remind the stranger
that the most difficult jump of the
hippodromc is but copy of the stone
wall with ditch beyond SO frequently
met in country cut up into the smallest
fragments of property.
Official statistics show. that of the
nearly two million horses reported by
the census in the whole of Great Britain
and Ireland more than Il quarter of that
number belongs to the latter country,
although its population is only one-sixth
of the kingdom. The value of these
five hundred thousand horses represents
n sum of twelve million sterling, and
their breed has acquired great devel-
opment. The training is certainly
somewhat primitive, but such as it is
perhaps because it is never intrustcd to
farm hands, but undertaken by the
master himself-thc Irish horse is gem
tie, docilc. triflc obstinate, intelligent.
and refuses no obstacle. If he cannot
Jump wall he climbs over it like cat;
he creeps through hedge like
weasel, and swims the stream he judges
too broad to leap over Rather than
shirk an inaccessible fence the raw
colt will break his neck Mt it, but like
all good riders the Irishman is careful,
prudent and sparing of his mount.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
FISHING FOR SHARKS.
After n Good-Sized One Is Cooked the
Angler Soon Needs Help.

After Good-Sized One Is Cooked the
Angler Soon Needs Help.
Arrived at the grounds the boat
comes to anchor in water not very deep.
The floats are adjusted So that the hook
will hang about six inches from the
bottom. The menh aden are cut in
two, as the blood very quickly attracts
the sharks, and carefully placed upon
the hooks, the point of each being well
covered. The end of the line is made
fast to something in the boat; and tho
sharking begins.
If one is SO fortunate as to have an
chored near 4 school of sharks much
activity is soon noticed among the
boats, says tho Youths Companion.
They begin to bob up and down or to
move off in the slow and heavy man
ner which indicates that there is a
large fish at the hook
Allow the shark to have his own way,
and to play with the hook for few
moments in order that you may be sure
that he has had time to get the bleed
ing fish we'll into his mouth. Then
give strong jerk.
If you have hooked him you will soon
know it, for lively scene will follow
The shark is n very gamy fish, and ex-
presses very vigorously his dislike of
changing his element. If he is of good
size, from four TO six feet long. it would
probably be impossible for you to get
him in alone, and you will be very glad
of one or two more pairs of hands to
take hold with you; and if now it
should chance, as it not infrcqucntly
does, that one or two of your compan-
ions should almost at the same moment
hook Il fish, there will be seen about as
much life, not to say excitement and
confusion, on board as one often wit
nesscs.
The water foams about the the boat.
Lines are intertanglcd, fishermen slip
and fall in their efforts to board the
sharks. and the sharks that may be in
already flap about and snap thcirrows Of
white teeth together in n way very sug-
gestivc of Il lost leg should you happen
to fall overheard. / once knew of q
shark, swapping at his captor, to take
off the heel of his boot. a thump on
the head with Il Delaying pin or large
club is all that will bring tho shark to
terms.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
The Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association
OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, s25, 900, 600.
OFFICERS:

PREsIDENT-GEN. FITZHUGH LEE,
Ex-Governor of Virginia.
1sT VICE-PREsIDENr = PEYTON l..
TERRY, President Roanoke Trust,
Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
I'D VICE PRESIDENTS. w. JAMESON.
Secretary and treasurer Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
SECRETARY-JOHN OFT, late Cashier
City Bank of Richmond.
TREAsURER-J. c. DAVENPORT, Cash.
Ter Commercial National Bank, Roa-
noke, Va.
GENERAL CoUNsEL--Hon. c. A. Nc
HUGH, Counsellor-at-Law, late OF
Charleston, S. G.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01

1. 1NSTALLMENT STOCK. = Mem
bership fee, 81 per share, which carries
the stock tho first month, after that the
monthly dues are 60 cents per share.
2. PAID UP INTEREST BEARING
STOCK.-s5O per share (par value, s1oo),
yielding dividend, payable semi-an-
nually, January 1, and July l, of per
cont. per annum on the $50 paid in, which
is duly remittcd 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 moro 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 cent. 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, no Jefferson
street, or to
JAMES R. TERRY. or to SIMMONS.
CARPENTER & TINsLEy, Roanoke.
Va. aPzip-iy
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
A FIRST GLASS INVESTMENT,

We offer the best security in tho CITY
and pay semi.annual dividends.
AS A WINGS BANK
this institution offers special induce
ments. Paid up shares $50 each In
stallment shares 81 per month. Shares
may be subscribed for at any time. For
further information address
The PEOPLES PERPETUAL LOAN
AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
VIM. +. WINCH,
Secretary. and Treasurer.
Masonic Temple. ian4.tf
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
Pronunciation OF Advertisement.

Tho editor of American Notes and
Queries (Philadelphin) asked 4so editors
all over the country which pronuncia-
fion each preferred; Advertisement or
advertisement. Roughly speaking the
canvass yielded, from ali parts of the
country; For advertisement 20 votes.
For advertisement 80 votes. OF = major.
~ fsr advertisement OF twenty Tc.es.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01
Storing tho Water.

1t Is the intention of European en-
ginecrs to store the waters of the Nile
10 such a. extent rs to- enable greater
extension Of SSc cotton and sugar cane
crops n tlss Ts,Ssoa-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01

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, 1891-12-01

TIE TIMES Anniversary Petition nav
by had an any rUuoar 3. THE TINES
eIassnNsa rrnnN
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01

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