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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19

DRESS GOODS
4O-inch wide Serges in Tan, Light GRAY,
Old Rose, and Heliotrope, splendid seller at
621c. Special price, SOC.
3S-inch wide Cream Dress Flannel worth
6Oc Special price, 45c.
54-inch wide Broadcloth, in all shades.
never sold less than S5c. Special price, 69c
3S-inch Wool Plaids in light shades, were
SOC. Special price, 40c. a..
Special offerings in Towels and Tai iner1s
for this week.
6s-inch Fine Soft Finish Satin mask.
"bleached." Good value at S5c. oecial
price, Csc. per yard. @
62-inch Heavy Soft Finish German mask.
''half bleached." Good value at Sc ,ecial
price, 69c. yard. VI
A Handsome Large Size Bleached Knotted
Fringe Towel. Regular price, &c. Special
price, 24c.
A Large Size All-Linen Unbleached Towel
Regular price, 25c. Special price, 19c.
A Good All-Linen Towel at 121c.
WHITE GOODS.
new line of Dress Plaids at 12Ic. per yard.
Solid Black Plaid Muslin, only 12!c. yard.
Imitation China Silks, in Black and White,
only 1Sc. per yard.
full line Of Apron Checks, att, 8, and &c.
per yard.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19

Look out for Faust Book Beer. Best ir
ths market.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19

misses from IL to IS years; for ladies, 32 to 40
size; good value at $3.50, at
Ss1.9S.
100 Blazer Jackets, in Blue only, silver
braided collar, all sizes, worth $3.50, at
$I.1S.
Our leader is handsome Broadcloth Blazer
Jacket, in Tans and Grays, gold and tan
braided collar, and silver and black braided
collar; good values at $3.50, at
sSd.9S.
SPECIALS IN DRY GOODS:
SPECIAL PRICES IN SILK DEPARTMENT
21-inch Figured China Silk, worth 623c.
Our price, 45c.
A-inch Figured China Silk, worth 75c. Our
price, 55c.
21-inch Plain China Silk, worth Csc. Our
price, 4Sc.
22-inch Faille Fransaise Silk, worth s1.25.
Our price, 95c.
BLACK GOODS DEPARTMENT.
46-inch Imported Henrietta, worth S7lc. Our
price, Csc.
42-inch Silk Warp Henrietta. worth Sl.s74.
Our price, S1.12l.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19

'Faust Beer'' is guaranteed TO be straight
lager and six months old.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19
SPECIALS IN CLOAKS:

Ladies' and Misses Jackets, in Blue, Tan,
and Gray, tailor-made, with girdle, all sizes,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17

CARRIAGE OF THE HEAD.
Tho Effect on the Stature Of IN Improper
loiSc.

Tho Effect on the Stature Of nm Improper
l'olsc.
The heed is the crown piece of the
human statue, and is usually in good
proportion and capable Of proper poisc,
but o head we'll set and sustained in
duo height above tho shoulders is
rare sight, writes LUNA Moifctt Tying,
in llarpcr's Bazar. a woman of large
full physique will diminish and make
herself almost insignificant by for
ward Gtrctch end crane of the nook, or
n contracted touchdown between the
shoulders, when her whole effort should
be to extend and lcn.5thcn the support
of tho head, and to give the full effect
of it's Gizc. The tall slender woman,
whose head should stand like the bell
on the stalk of Il lily, gets nn idea that
she ncccntuatas her height by I'D mp
right po.c, mud is therefore seen with
"A continued bend of tho body and turn
of the head to one side, which give her
m expression of sympathetic or critical
interest, alike with shop keeper,
servant, stranger and friend. These
nre small nifcctationa and frills which
do no ono any harm, but they break
tho line Of contour and beauty, and to
tho initiated mean lack of culture. The
difficulty. in truth, lies oftoncst in the
weakness Of tho point ti'appni-thc
joint or hinge of support at the back OF
the necll-and tho lack of proper cxer-
else OF the muscles OF the throat to
gain strength md flcxibility. The up
lift OF the chest has the effect of throw
ing the head upward, and placing the
weight whcrc it belongs against the
joint in the spine.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
BOOMING TOWN
WYTHEVILLE

Advances IN the race OF progress
Called the Saratoga Of the South In.
dustricS nearing completion and oon-
trmplatcd. Its churches and schools
The SCENERY surrounding magnifccnt.
Wytheville's boom is attracting the
attention Of the country.
Wythe county Is noted Tor its blue
grass and fine herds and rich ayricult.
ural area. 1t cmbodics the mountain
scenery and climate and inc mineral
waters of Ashevilie, N c., with iron
and coal vastly superior to birmingham
III the 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 upos
the cast,rn border and the latter the
western border of the great upland
mineral basin known as Southwest Vir-
ginia. The proposed Virginia and Ken
lucky railroad, ON which work will br-
gin soon, crosses the Norfolk and West
ern at this point. The Parkersburg,
Little kun.wha and Virginia railway
has also decided to build the proposed
connecting link between the Black Din-
mond system and the Cape Pear and
ladliin Valley via Wythevillc, making
Wythcville IL competing railway centre.
These lines will bring the Gossan ores
or Carroll, the mountain ores OF Bland
and the limonte ores OF Cripple Creek
and Now River and the coal fields OF
Wythc, Bland and the Flat Ton to-
gether at Wythcyillc, making 1t 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 SG0,O ench,
Steel Range and Stove Factory Sl25, 900.
while applications for sites are CON
stantly coming in. The Wytheville
manufacturing Company, organized with
dozen hands a few months ago, cngar-
ing in the building business, has in
creased its force to IS hands, with
twelve months work ahead engaged,
and will now increase their force 10 $50
hands. Streets are being graded every
where, rail sidings for factories, while
every movement goes to indicate that
the place will be the growing industrial
town of 1891. The Wythcville Develop
ment Company. tho pioneer mover in
the good work, owing rs acres Of land,
had its first sale of lots from its choice
property, beginning September goth,
taken up, and to meet a growing demand
for purchasers 400 more lots will be Of
fercd ID, ccmbcr 18th and 18th. intrin-
sicily considered M valuable perhaps as
that of any company being offered in
Virginia, yet at prices extremely reason
able, which 1T is earnestly hoped will
encourage actual settlers rather than
lot speculation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
THE ROANOKE TIMES, SATURDAY.. JANUARY II, 1891.
THE HOUR MOST FATAL TO LIFE.
Death Is Abroad Ectvccn u and @ O'cloclt
In tho AIOrniu--.

Death Is Abroad r,ctwccn Il and @ O'CLOCK
In tho Mornin;.
s'IIavo the hours most fatal to life ever
been nsccrtainod? IVES INC question re-
Gently asked of u prominent Philadcl-
phia physician.
"Ycs, to certain extent" WAS his re-
ply. al have the data here Of seine very
interesting conclusions uGccrtlincd in
3,SS0 instances of death Mt all arcs. Tho
examples arc taken from al conditions
of life and during period OF several
years. If the deaths of these 2,SS0 had
occurred indiffcrcnuy ct any hour dur
ing the twcnty-four, 13o would have oc-
cured each hour; bet this was by no
means the clsc. There arc two hours
in which the proportion was rcnlarlsn-
bly, below thi:;--tvo r,inirn:, us it were
namely: from midnight to o'clock,
when tho deaths were &3 per cent he
low the average, and from noon to
o'clock, when they were 2O2i per cent.
below. From 3 to 6 o'clock Il. m, in
elusive, md from 8 to Z p. IT,. there is Il
gradual Increase, il tlic former of 23}l
per cent above the average, in the lct-
ter of So per cent. The I1l1i,nuu Of
death is from ; o'clock to G o'clock ain,
when II Is - per ccIt. above the aver
aGc; the next during the hour before
midnight, when it is - per cent. in OK
cess a third hour of c,,ccHs is that
from o'clocl; 10 10 o'clock in the morn
ing, that hour being III per cent 4 bovc
the average. From 10 Il. IL. 10 3 p. IL.
the deaths arc less numerous. bcin,; 1917
per cent. below the average, the hour
before noon being the most fatal. From
8 o'clock p. IL. Il z p. n. tho dc2ah-ratc
rises per cent. above the average, and
thcn falls FROM that hour until II p. H.,
when it averages Gl5 below the rlcan.
During The hours from . 20 IL o'clock in
the evening there sariiaiInuIa of6i@ be-
low the average. Thus it viii be seen
that the greatest mortality ia durinc,
the hours from 5 to o O'Clock in The
morning, the midday hours, from 10 to
o'clock, furnishing the least average
hourly dcath-rctc."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
Girl Oueens of Europe.

During the present century. says the
Philadelphia Telegraph, three girl
queens have. before the advent Of Queen
Wilhclmina, almost simultaneously as
cended the throne Of an European ma
tfon; Maria Ga Gloria of Portugal, lsa-
bella of Spain. and Victoria of England
The two GI7;t had the misfortune OF ut
tanning To the regal power while still
mere children. There has been wide
difference between the histories OF the
spoiled daughter of Spain and the head
strong Portuguese darnscl. and that of
the grand and conscientious maiden Of
eighteen who WAS called upon to reign
over Great britain. by her close nf.ilia.
tions. through her sister, the Duchess
of Albany, to the English Court. Queen
Emma will probably profit by the cx-
ample set by the Duchess OF Kent in
the education of her daughter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
CATHlNG IN JAPAN
Frank Exposure Goes There With tn,
Most nc. feet NIodcstY.

Frank Exposure Goes There With tho
Most Pc feet AIodcsty.
Next comes the bath-housc, says Sir
Edwin Arnold, in Scribncr. If you do
not recognize the furo-do by the Chinese
or hira-Gana characters stamped on the
blue curtains Tutoring outside it's door,
you shall know it by the boys and men
emerging from the honorable hot
water" with hands oud feet bright red
by reason of the parboiling which they
have just undergone, or by the women
with wet hair brushed back from their
forchcads and tied up at the end in q
triangular piece Of paper. When these
latter get home, o kami San, the
coiffcusc, will come ncd dress their
moist, black trcsscs for the next two or
three days in one OF the tnany modes
prescribed by fashion. There is the
mage for married women, where the
hair is drawn over pad in II solid.
shining, single boss; and there arc other
elaborate styles FOR unmarried damscls,
musuncs, girls, and gcishas, nc. to be
achieved without much appliance Of
llauZashi--thc carved and tinsclcc hair
pins.
Inside the bcth-ho'lsc are to be seen
tuba. tanks. and 4 slipping wooden floor
the spaces for mclcs and females be-
ing divided, if 1T all, by q mere lattice
as often as by any solid partition. The
Japanese are not in the least ashamed
OF the body, the city OF nine gates"
which the soul temporarily inhabits. In
summer time there is not much Of any
body concealed, especially in the coun-
try villages, where the police are not as
particular rs sometimes they show
themselves in the towns. This frank
exposure goes with the mcst perfect
modcsty, and indeed leads to it, lie
would be considered very ill-hred per-
son who gazcd with eyes of too much
curiosity 1T what the bath-housc, or the
toilet III the shop-front, or the maternal
duties attended to upon the pavement
should casually reveal. Morality rather
| gains and sentiment decidedly loses by
the candor of Japanese manners ns re.
! cards nudity; for no ono looks MT what
oil the world may sec md it is the vail
which makes the sanctnm.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
cERMCor PEASANTS.
a PcouiN Who I1avo Some Strange TrnI
and Queer Cu.toms.

I a loopkN " M i4Svc some Strange TrlftH
and Queer Cu.toms.
! They ere Il wCll-to-tlo rccc. on tho
whole, these peasants of the canton of
Ecrnc, sturdy and strong of aspect; but
they E2vc the reputation of being Il lit
Tic hard and closc-iistcd, and it r.1rct Ire
acknowledged that prosperity has not
lent thcrn charm any more than the
mcrci, often followed by viclrlal. has
iIaoartcd grace TO their speech. On
Sunday, writes Sophia Kirk, in The At
lantic Monthly, the men walk among
their acres like lord. of the soil, with u
rolling holiday gait, rcint-dcvice in
their attire, their immaculate shirt
sleeves of fUllncss suggestive Of
episcopal dignity. The beautiful peas
cnt dress; of the women appears in it's
completeness only on Sunday - the
sleeves u marvel Of starchirT, the velvet
bodice caught with silver chains and
cdclwcics. The people cling to their
cuGtoIHs rs to their dialect end costume;
they can not be said to be spoiled by
contact with the purse of the tourist, Us
Is sometimes the case with Swiss peas
entry. fer Iiiamcrwald is not yet (. pop
ulcr resort: nor are they Tainted by
city notions, for some of them have
never so much as seen Bcrnc,
which is within two hours walk Tho
local spirit is strongly conservative.
The youth in one Earncsc commune
who would court girl Of another dis
trict rlccts with rude reception from
her acknowledges. who consider their
claims to her favor not only primary,
but absolute. Landed property de-
sends net To the eldest. bat to the
youngcbt son. saddlcd. however. with
obligations which constitute an intlcm-
nifty. Unfortunately. too, even in this
region of stately fcrtilc farms mort
cages urc not unknown. and usury takes
its tithc as elsewhere. Drunkenness is
found here TO n degree unknown in 9TH
or cantoDs, the tax on WING. which is
not a Dcrncse product, havin;, led to
the Installation Of brandy Ivy the farm
rrs. Recently, however. the Govern
Iacnt has taken the Gistillation of spir-
It's into its own hands. There are Gus
to1as surviving in The canton which,
framed in au age Of less moral scnsi-
tivcncss than our own, leave rnuch to be
desired in the matter of dclicccy. But
to judge fairly of such things one would
need TO have Il knowledge Of the Ian
Cuagc, and IL closer acquaintance with
the country than can be gained by the
passing tourist We can sec the Bcrncsc
peasant better il the novels CT Jcrcmias
Gotthclf than with our own eyes Evon
Industrial occupations and agricultural
methods are not to be gauJcd by stand
cr,ls brought across the water. Again
and again ny New England partially
has welcomed some farliliar trait in
this Swiss farming scene. but beside the
resemblance stands difference of
larger proportions, rendering conpari-
son impossible
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
4 TYOntlcrful Clock.

A marvellous picce Of mechanism has
recently been exhibited in Paris. 1t
is an cight-tlay clock, which chimes tho
quarters, plays sixteen tunes, playing
thrco tunes every hour. or ut my inter
val required, by simply touching q
spring. The hands 30 as follows:
Ono once Il minute, one once an hour,
one once week. one once month
and one once Il year. 1t shows the
moons age, rising and setting of the
sun. the time Of high and low lido,
besides showing, half cbb and half food.
y curious device represents the water,
showing ships at high-watcr tide ns il
they were in motion, and rs it rcccdcs
leaves them high and dry on the fards
The clock shows the hour cf the day,
the Gay of the week, the day Of the
month and the month Of the year. The
mechanism is so arranged as TO make
its own provisions for long end short
months. IL clso shows tho stems of tho
zodiac, equation and the difference be-
tween sun and railroad time for every
day in the wear.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
MARBLE CANYON.
a River Whose FED Is Three Thousand
Feet Below the Plain.


We took up our march for the Colo
RADIO river at Lees Ferry, so named
from John d. Lee, one of the destroy
lnS angels executed by tho United
States for completely in the Mountain
Meadow massacre. Here we saw tho
most remarkable river in The world,
writes correspondent in the IndianaD-
oils Sentinel. Imagine yourself upon IL
broad, white plain; You can hear u dull,
distant roar; you can see nothing save
the mountains and the waving grass;
you go on and the noise gets more dis
finct, until you can hear it apparently
beneath your feet.
AL ct once you SEQ few feet from
you u assure, which at lrst glance looks
to be ecarccly twenty feet wide. You eau
tiously crawl up and look down, down
ortarco Thousand feet. There is the rv-
or, white torrent, surging against it's
perpendicular marble sides. You won
der, having walked to within fifty feet
of that chasm without seeing it. You
look at it flowing, and trace its course
directly towards those mountains, vet
they do not stop it; it goes through
them, separating tho Budsllin from the
San francisco range, and the small di-
viding line looks like the cut of O knife
from the top TO the bottom. Here is
where the canyon reaches it's greatest
depth. being little over mile from
the top To tho water.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17

The executors Of the late Marquis de
Urquiio- have paid into the Spanish
Treasury succession duties amounting
to nearly four hundred and eighty thou
sund dollars on his fortune, which en-
cccdnd twenty-five millions The
deceased says The New York Star,
began life Il pcnnilcss lad in IN
obscure Easpuc village, and that
his fortune reached go vast q
sum in less than half 4 century is
TIC moro astonishing when one con-
.;idcrs the commercial and Industrial
staGnation which prcrails in Spain.
Ito was made rlayor of Madrid and a
Senator, and his abilities even gave him
pllcc among the CaStilian nristocracy,
for he died II rrandcc of Spain. He has
left nine hundred thousand dollars in
bcqucsts To charities III his native prov
incc, many of which lie founded him
self. Ile also left one hundred thou
sand dollars fer masses To bic said in
various churches i'll Madrid and Wit
toria, in the province of Biscay.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
INDIANS AS JUDGES
a Court OF Justice Presided Over by In
dim Chiefs.

s;iln Chiefs.
AZ Standing Rock, s. d., the court Of
Indian offences holds bi-wcclsly sessions
ut the agency of two days each, where
all Indians committing offences arc
brought for trial, and the valuable aid
rendered by this court can not be too
highly commended. Eighty-thrcc cases
were heard and adjudicatcd by this
court during the past year, says tho
Boston Herald, and all the decisions
have been intclligcntly and impartiall5
rendered upon the evidence adtluccd.
Offenders were punished by fines of
rifles, shotTuns, rcvolvcrs, ctc., also by
imprisonment at hard labor md some
times by close confinement. Ia every
instance the decision of the court has
been sustained by public sentiment, and
not - single appeal TO n higher authori-
ty was asked.
Tho three judges of the court orc
John Grass, head chief of tho Hack
feet Sioux band; Chief Gall Of the Hunk
papa band. leader of the progressive
element Of the late hostile Sioux. and
Standing Soldier of the Lower Yanl,.
tonais; all of whom are full-bloo;lcl Ia
dians. eminent cinoaS aad respected 10y
their people.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17

THE ONLY ONE LIVING.
"A Man Who Onco Struck tho Prince of
wales.


Pittsburgh boasts of n man who
slapped the Prince of Wales in the face,
says the South Side News. lie lives on
the South side, and for rlany years has
worked for the Mcnongahcla Water
Company us a laboring boss The cir
cumstcnccs of the adventure, as told bv
himself, are us follows:
SIN my carly life was 4 soldier in
the British army. and once lay rcri-
ncnt was reviewed by Queen Victoria,
who held by the hand the youthful
Prince Of Wales. When the mothers
beck was turned the boy playfully cx-
perforated on my rcd-coat, and re-
sentcdAho insult to the British flag by
.slapping him in the face with my open
palm. He told his mother. and very
soon the Colonel heard OF it ard came
dancing along TO wrcak vengeance on
fse man who dare lift his hand to son
OF the Queen.
''1hc Queen sought nc out and
graciously inquired what my name was.
William Dickson, sergeant. your Majes-
ty,' said !, and she commended ray
sepec of propriety in administering q
timely rebulse TO the heir apparent of
The English throne, anu recommended
me- for che promotion which never
eanlc."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
sTocxinEr CLOTH.
Ehe difference Between Knit ana Woven
~ * GooLa-

Hbo NiNcrcnco Between Knit and Woven
:. Goods-
Strictly sI,cuking, stocltlnct is not u
cloth, for it is not woven fabric, but n
Knitted texture. ''liy II process of knit
StnS and not by weaving, the individ-
fnnS thrca<ln Of which n stocllinct fabric
as composed, nrc, says the Dry-Goods
Chrcniclc, interlaccd into one regular
texture The work is performed i'll u
kind OF u frame or loom, in which the
yarns arc arranged ill parallel order. ut
uniform distances apart, as in ordinary
weaving. OF course, the machine ia
automatic in it's movements and capa-
Die of producing great length of cloth
In "a very short time. The fabric thus
formed Ia ornamcntcd with fine
ribbed pattern, similar in character to
that seen ia common knit goods This
article generally handles soft, full and
elastic, but lacks those valuable chnrac-
teristics of strength and nrmness of
texture OF make which obtain in n
woven cloth proper"
The difference between the structure
of this fabric and that resulting from
weaving warp and welt yarns together
may be illustrated as follows: Take
sample OF stoclsinct cloth and try TO
withdraw a thread and what is the re-
Eultq Tho whole construction is I'M
ravelcd. Next submit 4 loom product
to n similar examination and it will be
found that if longitudinal or warp
thread is removed the transverse or
wcft thread will remain, while. on the
other hand, If the latter arc withdrawn
the warp threads will. although the
texture nny be partly destroyed, still
remain, to IL certain extent, unclis-
turbcd. Again, the manner in which
knitted fabric is constructed limits the
designer TO one class of weave effects
these being of q stocllinct character
whereas the principles of weaving are
of suah q description as to admit of un-
limited change or variation in design.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17

Mr.. Gladstone ran into London from
llawardcn thc other morning, and feel
ing uncommonly hungry he dropped in
about eight o'clocl: ut the Raleigh Club
for quiet breakfast. lie looked so
rcd-cycd that nobody wonld have sus-
rcctcd that he was the Erandc3t Of
grand old Tcn. Tho GaTacious v@itcr
rai3tooli him for "roundcr"-oac Of
the boys What have You got to cat?'
demanded the old gentleman. II beg
your pardon, SIR" answered the waiter,
laughtily, but VIC don't Gcryc suppcrs
nftcr four 0. M"