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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-09-19


Tho conclusion - thr uIsn ugning
race. dry tc.t, urcurr'd th" iI's' thing
si,cr J'clo X =. IA IT," L's Vega.
ran the course ~ - I ., aud the licr
u,.sa IA ~ seconds lh" Pfcs'rt boys,
having mad" the qua k'r time - So.
oui, will rr'alu th" Nuud-uur tern
tor,ul bot fr uuo,hrr ,rar 'I.,s" M
ioua ,pflut,rs are workers and Dr'. I'll"
ser,,rg ~ succeed, "hi.n ,n.! achieved
b, harl ruuniu. aud clear h'ad-,
The times IN the stuUgh'aNH! l"-c
race were ns fulIuNr pr-scut', h~iu.
the iiF,t tu ran. IA dr the tln" ~ ~ ,
seconds; Albuquerque 2' Ilrrmosa,
", ~ Paso, IA, l.as Vegas. - !, the
Albuquerque team wIunlug th" ra""
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-09-19
rms kFrERSOuS.

Tuis IL III. last day OF the eleventh an
uuai fur ot the New Mexico Expos ton
nnd Drlying Park association, aud there
~ larg" crowd in attendance, witness.
lng tur Iuterrs lne events. The fair has
u"rn u graud success financially aud
q" herWisc, and TO krck,ug - ATTY cousc
que r' uns been hcaru N,s tors have
been treated kudy aud they will return
e. their humrs pleased.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-09-19
lI.ANLONS, \OLTER>

L. ~ u d"a'.. ...ic',i.r 'i.... t.r lI'r No,,
iIt.ar Ilufita
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09

march mp there, open my valise, take
Off my hat and shoes, turn them inside
out, TO show that there was nothing
dutiablo concealed about my person.
passed Us satisfactory" and was
pushed into another room. Several
walters rushed Up 70 me, telling me
they had very nice 'tGcbratcnc Lncm-
mcrschwacn7chcn. Ccrvclat wurst,
Franlsfurtor wurst, Wiener wurst,
Schwcizcr l,arsc nit und ohnc Loachcr
radicschcn, cndivchcn s;lat,' etc. etc
I only ordered glass of beer. Ono Of
the walters disappeared and reappcarcd
within u second ;snd in his hurry threw
half of the stuff over me, got a tip as
well Us the price OF the beer in Amer
lea the saloou-Lccpcr is pleased when
he sells his malt iulce for Il low price
and as special induccmcnt furnishes
hard-boiled eggs, oysters, strcct-car
tickets and so forth. while in Germany
beer is of y bcttor quality, and there
fore probably the customary tip.
After awhile the train went on, and
7, Of course, with it, We reached
Cologne about midnight, heard the
cross voices of the train officials, inter
mingled with cries OF "Brctzels" by
little boys with high G voices, and the
train went bordering on, along the
banks Of the Ehinc-so slow that was
able to catch Il number Of fish. with
the aid of = fishing linc had thrown
from the train. Bctwccn Coblcnz and
Bingen we passed along ono OF the
prctticst bits Of soercry in Germany. l
am unable. however, to give q close de-
scription OF it. nS during the hours we
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09
actcrs seen there and the reader may
judge for himJclf.

actcrs seen there and the reader may
judge for him-clf.
Besides the different institutions con-
Eccted with the "Kur" in Wicsbadcn
tlat town possesses no other advan-
taSes; even the historical points that
are the ornaments OF other German
cities, and which at small expense are
gotten up, with an annual rctouchinr,
to please the foreigner, are wisely left
ont there. They haunt those places,
foreigners do, and man can make u
good living when he takes the frag-
ments of a burnt-down meat market,
crccts the ruins of supposed castle
and tells bloody stories about them in
times of chivalry.
At the spring called the ''Kochbrun-
non" the various sufferers of govt, etc,
nurscd in Wicsbadcn's splendid hotels,
conGrcS;ltc and sip the hot and bitter
staff. An old lady approaches and taking
aGla*sful will hcavc, sigh and then again
with y sharp blow emit the hot vapors
from her nostrils. Another invalid, n
good-sized citizen, who constantly rests
his cane before him, in ordcrnot to lose his
balance, will take three or four glasses
"t1ilo"c showing any cmotlon, Whllc
another young ard pretty Miss tim
idly attacks the boiling fluid like bad
dose of medicine and then, dreaming
over the contents Of tho glass. will sit
there for ltcurs In the afternoon there
was concert, given by band of sixty
and listened to by IL congregation of
seventeen, consisting of six fragments
of human beings, called patients, one
nurse with eight children and three or
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09

in white, with crimson faces and sasbes
to match, sang national air with very
much pathos, led by their teacher, the
villages biggest man on n very small
salary. The line of school-childrcn now
with the seasons products; then come
boys with masks and clown costumes.
who are, according to the village press.
too funny for any thing" thus all
forming parade, such as was never
known in the annals of the villages
history. The oldest inha bitant smil-
ingly looks at the gay crowd,
listening to their jcsts and probably
thinking of the time when he, too. wore
u funny face" and made those very
same good old jokes himself.
Soon the flying Dutchman" is set in
motion with the kind and painful as
sistancc of an old horse and Il still
older hand-organ, one of the first pat
cnts, deprived, however, now of some
of it's musical sounds, thus emitting
every second or third note. The show
tents also open. consisting of min
iaturc circus, Il fat woman exhibit and
an Edison photograph. the latter n
4dAt, do ~ was iict uplS W tCl'OlG StN-
eral words | called in good English;
the concealed man very probably not
being able to speak our language.
Meanwhile everybody is indulging in
the nmusemcnts offered. The peasants
dance and shout, drink beer, wine and
cider, the children blow trumpcts and
cat candy simultaneously, and the city
people with grim sarcasm look at tho
simple enjoymcnts of the country folks.
However, we had all day been the
target of their jokes, as aftcrward
learned, by our wearing of collars,
cuffs, ncclstics, etc, which is against
good society fashions in said village.
That day passed over and we returned
TO Frankfurt.
Next day | made trip to Wicsbadcn,
the famous German watering place.
Rather late in the season, now only the
sufferers remain. A great many types
of foreigners there, and when you enter
the reading room in the ''kursaal" You
arc Mt once impressed with that fact.
will here give Il few types Of the char
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09
ELEVATORS IN ENGLAND.
an Americans Exciting Rido In On, .
tho Queer COntrIyancea

-" americans Exciting Rido In Ono o.
tho Queer Contrlvances.
London may not ho provided with
elevators on any thing like tho scale
that New York is" says writer in the
New York Tribune who recontly spent
his vacation abroad. "but l saw q lift
there, tho like of which l do not believe
exists in this country. 1 entered an of.
ficc building in London, which was not
far from the Bank of England, to 500 a
friend, who was on tho top floor. In the
corridor saw y number of boxes follow
ing ono another up ono shaft and down
another. They wero attached TO an end
less chain and were large enough to hold
several persons.
81 looked 1T tho machine in sorao
doubt, WHOM suddenly n man stoned
out of ono OF tho boxes or cars which
was coming down. Tho car, which wns
going ut what seemed to mo "a rather
rapid ratio Of speed, did not stop, the
man jumping off it while it was in mo-
ton. Protty soon i saw other mon
jumping in and out of tho cars, which
were about as far apart on tho endless
chain as the distance from floor to floor.
l at first hcsitatcd about rislxinr nv
limbs and lifo on the contrivancc, but
finally stopped into an ascending car
just before its bottom was on o level
with the floor
''No sooner had donc this than / be-
gan to got afraid that might be crushed
to death between tho car and tho floor
or ceiling when tried to step off, OF a
sudden itstrucll mo that if did not got
off ut tho top floor l would DO carried to
tho roof, and then be stood on my head
in tho car as it turned over was in a
perfect fever of anxiety, and could hard
~ screw up my courage to tho point of
alighting, but | managed to do this
when tho top floor was reached. found
that it was much easier TO got out than
had supposed. and when finished my
call boldly rode down on The machine.
II aftcrward learned that maa who
did not get out OF an ascending car at
tho top floor would be in no danger of
being turned upside down ut the top of
tho shaft, because the car always main
tains its upright position. This is due
to tho fact that only the roof Of .thc car
is fastened to tho cable. so tho car al
ways remains bottom downward by its
own weight. a lift like this may be
economical, "a it docs away with the
ne cd of men TO run ii, but | myself
much prefer the safe American ma
chine"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09
HIS YOUNG LADY PUPIL.
Heroic Treatment When n Zig Girl Re-
fuscd to learn Her Lesson.

Heroic Treatment When u Zig Girl Re-
fuscti to learn Her Lesson.
y Maine boy, who is now q professor
in ono Of our New England colleges,
used to teach town schools while fitting
himself for his university course, says
the Lewiston Journal. Seated opDositc
to him on railway train awhile ago he
related to me some of his early export
ence in teaching the youthful idea.
Ono strapping great girl, woman
grown. caused him considerable trouble
because of her Indifference to tho beau
ties Of education in general and ''gogor-
fry in particular, for which neglect
hc caused her to put in considerable
time after school in making up.
II reached tho teachers cars one day
that this maid had declared to IN ad :
miring group that she wouldn'thavo her
lesson on thar Afternoon, and that ii the
tcackcr kept her after school he would
have tho privilege OF sitting up one night
with her Ut any rate before She would
make tho lesson up. This idea caused
inuchoXcitcInent among the pupils, who
arc usually ready TO enjoy 4 teachers
discontinue.
<AN|NItAhS W t-iS yIDi5 TdlNIuO INC young
lady's lesson that afternoon was a COM
plete failurc, and she was told to max c
it up after school. When the session
ended tho other pupils fingered about
with an air of expectancy to SEQ Tho out
como of matters.
The teacher politely showed them out
OF the room, however, and then went in
and shut the door. 7 here sat tho damsel
with her arms dctiautly folded and tho
book closed or tho desl, before her
The pedagoguc cordially invited her to
open the book and begin operations,
but this had no effect whatever
"All right" said he, taking out his
watch. I'm give you just thirty min
utes to get that lesson, and if it is not
ready at the end Of that time I'll take
you across my knee and give you ono of
the most comprehensive, unabridged
and able-bodied spankings that havo
ever occurred since julius Cesar was an
infant"
Then he took chair with his back to
the enemy. Surprise, modification,
tears and sobs cnsucd, but at the end OF
the half hour tho lesson had been
lear ned-two lessons. probably.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09
BOOMING TOWN
WYTHEVILLE

Advances IN tho race OF progress.
Called the Saratoga of tho South. In
dustries nearing completion and con-
templated. It's churches and schools.
The scenery surrounding magnificent.
Wythcville's boom is attracting the
attention of the country.
Wythc county is noted Tor it's blue
grass and fine herds and rich agricult.
ural area. 1t cmbodios tho mountain
scenery and climate and fine mineral
waters Of Ashcvillc, n. c.. with iron
and coal vastly superior to birmingham,
i'll tho midst Of an agricultural soil uni
versally superior to either. Located
upon the Norfolk and Western railroad,
half way between Roanoke and Bristol,
the former of which is situated upon
the eastern border and tho latter the
western border of tho great upland
mineral basin known as Southwest Vir-
ginia. Tho proposed Virginia and Ken
lucky railroad, on which work will be-
gin soon, crosses the Norfolk and West
crn nj this point. The Parkcrsburg,
Little kanawha and Virginia railway
has also decided To build the proposed
connecting link between the Black Dia-
mond system and the Cape Fear and
fadkin Valley via Wythcvillc, making
Wythcvillc Il competing railway centre.
These lines will bring the Gossan ores
OF Carroll, the mountain ores OF Bland
and the limonitc ores of Cripple Creek
and New River and the coal fields of
Wythc, Bland and tho Flat Top to-
gcthcr at Wythcvillc, making it the
great iron and trade centre of Southwest
Virginia.
New factories and Industries are be-
ing located every week, among which
are two hotels costing S6O.OO0 each,
Steel Range and Stove Factory SIPS, 900,
while applications for sites are con-
stantly coming in. The Wythcvillc
Manufacturing Company, organized with
Il dozen hands II few months ago. cngag-
my III the building business, has in
creased its force to - hands, with
twelve months work ahead engaged,
and will now increase their force to $40
hands. Streets are being graded every
where, rail sidings for factories, while
every movement goes TO indicate that
the place will be the growing indus trial
town of 1891. The Wythcvillc Develop
mont Company, the pioneer mover in
the good work. owing rs acres OF land,
had ITS first sale Of lots from it's choice
property, beginning September Both,
when all the lots offered were soon
taken up, and TO meet Il growing demand
Tor purchasers 300 more lots will he Of
tcred December l7th and 18th, intrin-
sicily considered as valuable perhaps as
that Of any company being offered in
Virginia. yet al prices extremely reason
able, which it is earnestly hoped vii.
encourage actual settlers rather than
lot speculation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09
ROANOKE STREET RAILWAY.

Onand after Sunday. November 30,
$500, the Salem extension OF the Roa-
nolc Street Railway will be open for
passenger traffic.
Until further notice regular trips will
he made from Roanoke CORNER Shcnan-
doah avenue and Commerce street, to
Salem corner Fourth street and Roa
nokc Boulcvard) by the following SEIZED
ulc:
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09
Il New aIinnow Trap.

An ingenious inventor has como to the
relief OF fishermen lately by producing
4 minnow trap that is hard 10 beat. First
OF all it is wholly composed of transpar-
ent, colorless glass, and is in shape much
like biz cartridge, with pointed bull
let III it, 1t is about two and one-half
feet long, and as big around as a man IS
leg above Tho knee. II il hollow. of
course. and what would be tho Fat end
of the cartridge is punched in. Like the
bottom Of glass bottle and there is
small round hole III the apex OF the conc
thus male The other and The pointed
end OF the tcap is fitted with I. little
sliding door This big glass cartridge is
intended TO lie set on lis side in tho bot
tom OF brook where minnows abound.
The cautious ones soon become accus-
toned 10 it, and the reckless fellows
don't sec it until they bump their noses
against it. Some nice bait is put inside
tho trap, and the minnows soon find
their way into it, through tho holo III
tho punchcd-in end. Tho littlc door at
'c other end is shut, OF course.
minnows arc unable 10 find their
1T, because they follow tho
'c trap and this leads them
de-scc at tho fiat end, all
ON of tho conc. They
It, however, with tho
Nodng the thing
d opening the
istcd around
FORMS n
ny car
nc class
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09

It was
passed there I thc II
Tour o'clock in any.
is dark in Germ cioc
Abou4 her
IN Frankfurt. z T"
an old schoolmatc ii
not seen him form
-. uraily expected him
1 The train stoppod
~ snoding up md down
am believed to rocn
Ii 1Iaend. I rushed un fo
isses on each ofher
called NE "nc;n Ia,
which isn't my name -
we charm was brollon :
' znlstake and kissed IT,
But the next moment ! 'b ho "a
met the right partv. % 20
ssoss examined him as tol IN
4 name, the time when W. w. q as
eats to door-bcns. and We ns
T1cks; he proved 10 be- r ~ ny
ahsad and embraced eacb =. FRI
81 ing TO German custom ~, VI he,
as .as, as a temporary !, IS. SO
q .asssankfurt-on-thc-hTain. IN II s
s oyn, q fragment OF n biz ." :,
& famous opcrarhouse, MAN. { il
ssanranta. where princ;nay, Sc
epId. old houses with i bi@gar y
snan the buildings themsesI .r hi
ssanseun and free bathin~ /, IS,
!; s'.y-looling lieutenants s,ng y, natii
naacs Of Germany, solnber-s 40 al
ss ssn algh hats, black glove , noliinss
sssSsS. VINO are the chip , ,"na 81
! I, sa,sslc- looking mon with Inc .ncy-sw
s Tlms, open collars a, sgit hats
;;s,s y who arc house-y ,ain , a flo'
sle 90 other cheap chs.rao a41'rs, or
'a4ssus to mention. r'ictors too
sgent to hear Beeaho
salcf. by tho way, is vnu, Eide
'sa ss s0a u The ladicss t sn,, in
' aisaiona go out with I the curing the
Ssll,., From Erankfura' e : to ia
village fair ana ab a,s9 typical s &C
I iisgc,hweih," as il ! , ,, o'cloc
IA sIssa ,:, staa elese ealle'
' 0aa raciScty school-ban.g 10 from
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09
A TRIP TO EUROPE.
aueer Things Soon by a Queer
Traveller in tho Old World.
Mutual Tips in Railway Beer IIau-A
PhonoE-aph That Couldn't Speak I'm
giish - Cranky Patients at
WieSlNtlcn.
Especial Correspondence

I Leaving London, via Dover-Ostcndc,
n trip through Belgium, where half Of
the population speaks Flemish and the
other BALI articyllatcs French Grammar,
IL arrived at-forgct thc name OF the
station. At any rate tho pcoplc there
looked very Gcrman and more so tho
officials, who wcrc standing around
aong rows of tables. was told TO
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-09

Since s0% ma has BY en- I or. 20 Keep.
g. ss a;, nc va q, ten been enya sser me-
Ana have ' WIN lfnl rings aaa has
months g Zs give hialpIroeatcdq,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-03

A MILLIONAIRE was called upon jury
in Chicago the other day and asked to be
excused because of the pressing demands
of his business. Judge Gresham said that
he could not set the precedent of excusing
man of his class. But he stated the case
to the lawyers on either side, and left it
TO them to permit the rich man TO escape
the duty of the citizen. This does no
credit to Judge Gresham, eminent as he
is as jurist. Suppose hod-carrier bad
been called and had advanced the same
excuse, and which he could have done
with far better grace and with more of
reason, would the court have referred his
case to the lawyers also2 We doubt it;
rich men, busy business men, do escape
jury duty because of just such excuses,
and these same men are the first to de-
nounce the weakness of jurors who do
serve.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-03
THE LEvEE PROPOSITION.

Business men appeared before the
Trustees on Monday with a plan for
pledging the city credit for means to
thoroughly, finally and completely re-
pair the levees. Figures were given
showing, apparently, that it is cheaper to
do the work all at once, and to pledge
city credit for it-that, indeed, it will les
sen the tax rate to do this, very materi-
ally.
The REcoRD-UNIoN is open to the con-
viction that should follow the truth, on
any subject. 1t has believed that SIS, 900,
or at the outside SO,000, viii be sufficient
10 raise the Front-street and Y-street
levees to the uniform level they should
have. 1t does not accept out of hand the
showing made on Monday; neither does
1t pretend without further examination
to controvert it. But of this it is con-
WINGED, the raising of the Ievees as sug-
gested should be done, and now. IF it
should be determined to riprap them,
that is process secondary to and can
only follow the first work
This will not be patch work. 1t is the
first essential, and must be done in any
event. If the figures given by the com
| mittee to the Trustees can be verified, we
do not undertake to say that it would not
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-03

THERE is more than one good reason to
be advanced in support of the Michigan
plan for selecting Presidential Electors
by Congressional Districts. In that State
the new law requires the Electors to be
chosen in each Congressional District,
save from two grand divisions of the
State, as provided in the Act. The sys-
tenn commends itself because, for one
thing, it does away with the pivotal
State" business, and therefore cuts short
great amount of rascality, corruption
and ballot-box manipulation. Under
this system-which, by the way, was
practiced number of years in the earlier
history of the republic-the States classed
as certain" will become less SO. and
those rated as doubtful will be more
doubtful still. just in that proportion
the incentive to tamper with the cleo
tons dishonesty will be reduced. Under
the Michigan system there is minority
representation, and the election of Presi-
dent is brought nearer the people without
abandoning the electoral system, which
is wise and should not be discarded, since
it represents the sovereign States of the
Union. Election by direct vote would
tend to Capitalization that is not whole
some or necessary, and would give to
congested population undue voice in the
Federal administration. But, under the
plan Michigan has adopted, States will
break up their electoral vote in many
cases, and go. solid as States in the few
only. There is no good reason, it would
appear, why the electoral vote of State
should not divide and the minority have
representation in the Electoral College.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-03
THE RECIPROCITY POLICY.

Reciprocity, even in so limited form
as conceded by the last Congress, has re-
suited so benefcially thus far that no
voice is heard in any direction lifted up
to and by Brazil and Spain are so benefi-
cial to US, and if the expected reciprocal
adjustment with Venezuela is so good a
thing, why should the application of the
policy be limited? If we are to benefit so
much by reciprocity schedule with San
Domingo and Hayti, as to stimulate an
ticipation export by even negotiation for
reciprocal exchange, why should we not
enter into similar relations with any
other nations by which the arrangement
viii be to our gain?
The reciprocal policy is no longer
tentative; in practice it is proving itself,
broadening our markets and charging our
home production for export. We are
really giving away nothing; the balance
is in our favor, and if all the Latin Amer
lean States are brought into the reciprocal
arrangement, we will have only addi-
tional proof of the wisdom of extending
the policy to any and all nations that will
take those things we produce to best adj
vantage. in exchange for those we pro-
duce to least advantage, but which they
produce to best advantage
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-03

be wise to issue the certificates of indebt-
edness and let the next generation pay
the cost, precisely as this one is doing by
the debt of former one. Let the calcu-
lations be gone over carefully, the esti-
mates of cost of work made by skilled
men, and then if business wisdom and
sound reason approve the plans reported,
the RECORD UNION will cordially aid the
work of adoption.
The city credit is good, even our exist
ing debt is practically held at par. We
can borrow all we need, but let us not
adopt that method of obtaining money
until it is shown beyond all question that
it is beyond all odds the best means.