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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-13

CTONE FOUNDATION. WORK.
- W. +. Bradshaw. :i23 Fifth ave-
nue. II. c.. Contracts for curbing,
tagging, stone foundation work, etc,
at reasonable rates. may2-6mo
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EREDERICK j. AMWEG. c. F.,
Il NJ. Am soc. {. f. ~ Eagr's Club
of philadelphia engineer. contractor
and builder. Commercial Bank Bald
ing, Roanoke, Va. apr22-tf
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TOR RENT.-A LARGE HOUSE ON
Il Salem avenue containing IA rooms
and two stores. J. +. WINGFIELD,
aug12-1wk ia Commerce street
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BASIC CITY NOTICE.
We have been selling so many lots
Of the
Waynesboro and Basic CITY Land

company on the usual Basic City terms,
IS cash, balance and 12 months, that
We had decided to make no further saIes
On the installment plan. But at the
urgent solicitation Of many who could
not otherwise purchase, we will continue
the sales for limited time, at not ouits,
tho old prices, but on the old terms.
TWENTY EQUAL MONTHLY pay
MENTS. We are so convinced of the
rapid increase in the value of this prop
erty that we have secured 600 lots adj
joining it, which we will offer as soon
as we can get the necessary plats, etc.
one OF the cosiest homes on Church
street at a fair price.
n. w. CROWL Real Estate Co..
Roanoke, Va. ,,,.,,.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-13

EAST ROANOKE PROPERTY.-I
~ make speciality OF East Roanoke
property, and would like all having
property in that section 10 list 1t with
me. j. l.. KELLY, real estate agent.
COG Commonwealth avenue. mayo-3m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-13
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The first annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Vinton Land and Improve.
ment Company, OF Roanoke, Va, will be
held at room IL, Masonic Temple OH tho
10th day of August, at IL IN.
by order Of the Board of Directors:
july25.augl,9,l7' H. L. PAGE, Sccty.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-13

TOE RENT.
Il. sfoom brick house, Salem ave-, sos.
7-room brick house, Franklin St, $40.
room brick house, Roanoke ST., S35.
Broom brick house, Campbell ST., sci.
zee liARTSOOk, tho renter, los Jef-
ferSon street. aur0-Imo
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NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

STOCKHOLDERS' MEETGNG.-R
~ noke and Southern Railway Co.,
Roanoke, Va, August 4, ls0l.-A gen
eral meeting of the stockholders of the
Roanoke and Southern Railway Co. will
be held at the office OF the company in
tho city OF Roanoke, Va, on Tuesday,
sept. s, 1901, at II o'clock m. S. w.
j MlSON, Secretary. aug5- tdm
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-13

90 M FOR sl.e5. a DOLLAR
eTCsUV hottie OF ink a dollar
and half inkstand. 4 25-ccnt bottle
rcd ink. y ascent bottle mucilage.
All in box for S2.2S cash.
GRAVATT'S BOOK STORE,
apli-em 32 Salem avenue.
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II NJ. COOKE II CO., SUCCESS
j sors TO l.. +. Burks, practical
plumbers, gas and steam filters. lis
Commerce street, Roanoke, dealers in
All kinds OF plumber, gas and steam
filters supplies.
Prompt attention to orders and
satisfaction guaranteed. mny3D-im
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FOR RENT.

nNE OR TWO CENT? EMAN CAN
- get niecely furnished room, 523
Nah poeil street. aug13-1wk
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HOTELS.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
THE REVERE HOUSE,

Opposite Old Passenger Depot,
Salem, Va.
Strictly private rooms for ladies and
gents and polite attention. Bar stocked
with finest liquors. Uncle Sam Howard
is caterer and cook. Give US call.
july23.6mo.
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ARGE, PLEASANT ROOMS, CEN
~ trally located; also stable for rent.
- oiNtn avenue 8. w. aug7-lmo
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TOR RENT.-NICE RESIDENCE ON
= Church street with all modern i'm.
provements. Apply,
aug7-tf G. O'LEARY & co.
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PROFESSIONAL.

nR. HUNTER ST. JOHN HAS RE-
- moved his office to room No. II
over Johnson & Johnson's drug store.
aug6-1m.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

In this column Will repay
perusal.
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TOR RENT ROOM FURNISHED
Il house, one room reserved, or rooms
with board at 332 Sixth avenue s. W.
june27-tf
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WANT ED.-ROOM AND TABLE
W boarders at 5Oi Campbell street,
corner Park. iuly3O-tf
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WANTED = GENTLEMAN AND
w wife to board; nice front room;
terms reasonable; Terry's Hill. o20
Ihlrd street S. W. july26lmo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-02
THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

In The First Three Years OF His Reign He
Has Succeeded I'm Winning Popular Regard.
Poutney Bigelow. in the August Century.
William III has been for three years En-
peror, and In this time has succeeded. not
only In winning the respect of foreign cab
inets but In strengthening himself at home.
He succeeded a father idOlized by all who
came within the sphere of his gentle and
generous nature: his grandfather left be-
hind a warlike fame so great that only the
age of Frederick III can afford a parallel.
The present Emperor has had, therefore.
no easy task before him, for IL has been
necessary for him both To remove prejudice
and to give the country confidence In bis
Intentions, as well as in bis abilities.
The secret OF the Emperors power with
his own people arises mainly from three
causes:
First-He has courage.
Second-He is honest.
Third-He is a thorough German.
If the whole country had to vote to-mor-
row for q leader embodyIng tine qualities
they most desired. their choice would fall
unauestionably on their present ruler.
Perhaps the virtues | have specified appear
commonplace. ana viii be taken for
granted by the reader; but an emperor
must be compared with others In the same
trade.
His honesty has been the cause of nearly
all the malevolent criticism that ontside
papers have accorded him. for he has said
freely what older or more polite people
might have placed in different way. He
has made many minor mistakes from acting
upon the impulse of the moment. but these
mistakes have never betrayed TO his people
q want of sympathy with their develop
ment. He has made his share of minor
blunders in handling large masses OF troops
at the grand manenyeTs. but the army
would be happy TO see him make a thou
sand times as many rather than to miss the
active interest he takes in keeping the
military machine in working order.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-02

Nohsoo Oity iimcc
Articulation is proper department of
elecutiOnary drill. but correct accent and
vowel sounds should be one of the earlier
ton. and certainly of high-schoo tuition.
But 1t is lamentable fact that few pupils
even of the best schools save posslbly a
few of the leading colleges. really under
stand the diacritical marks of an una
bridged dictionary. If sent to look up
pronunciation they have no difficulty In
the accent. but the chances are that aside
from the characters indicating the long
and short vOwels, the vowel markings will
be cipher to them. 1t is therefore time
that more attention should be gwen TO pro-
nunciatiOn In the public schools. Students
OF elocution and others who first begin the
abused fear that they will be regarded as
affected. That is one reason why many
people know better English than they use.
Only one example can be here used to IL
lustrste this point Perhaps more mistakes
are made In the pronunciation of the long
sound of the vowel d than In any other in
stance. Such words as student, duty.
news numerous or lurid are pronounced as
though they were spelled stOOdent. dooty,
nooz. noomerous and loorid. Ii would be
quite as proper to pronounce Cupid. music.
beautiful. fume, humid or pupil as though
these words were spelled Coopld, moosic,
bootiful. foom. hoomId or poopiL
There are many other instances almost
rs common and some others almost as alb
surd. And yet those who are struggling
with deeply rooted errors sometimes bear
the charge of affectation. The remedy lies
in the public schools 1t is true that one
can hardly hope to become perfect in the
pronunciation of the English language. but
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-02
CASES OF TLL-TREATED CHILDREN.
The Guardians Get Child and Are Trying to
Find Another That Was Taken from Them.

The four children of Perry and Hannah
Clarke were yesterday given. by Judge
Brown, to the custody of the Board of Chill
dren's Guardians. The evidence showed
that the fathers dissolute habits prevented
him from providing for the children. and
that their mother would not consent to
separation from him In order to give them
the required attention. The case of the
board against Tillie Updyke was continued
until tomorrow. The child Mile was
stolen from the Children's Home on July
81. and the evidence showed that the mother
was implicated in the abduction. Judge
Brown held this to he an act of contempt of
court ana ordered the mother under arrest,
although she denied all knowledge of tho
whereabouts of the child. The woman was
afterwards released on her own reoogni-
zance until the hearing tomorrow. The
Judge promised that if the child is pro-
duced in court his action in the contempt
case would be modified, but if not he would
use all the power the law gives him to find
the child and punish the abductors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-02
HOLDING on TO BOXES.
Postofice Custom That Seems Odd in These
Days of Csrriers-Foreign Money Orders.

In the old DAYS, before the carrier system
came into existence, when every body went
to the postoffice. there was no better place
to see the oddities. the eccentric people in
the population. than at the general-delivery
window. The genius who presided at that
opening soon came to know more of human
nature of all sorts than half q dozen hotel
clerks rolled In one. The private boxes
have been the last part of the old ystem to
go, and these have not vet entirely disap-
peared, notwithstanding the discourage
ment that has been given to their patrons,
as number of old fashioned people still
insist upon having their mail deposited in
their own boxes Confidence in their case
appears to be plant of slow growth. They
have nearly all grown up with Indianap-
oils from the time it was q town and they
cannot divest themselves of the idea that
every body Is interested In their correspond
ence and that they must guard against
curiosity. So although most of them are in
downtown districts wnere four deliveries
of mail are made by carries daily they come
TO the Office and get their mail from boxes.
In some cases their daily calls at the
Office may be for the reason that they can
not break away from an old custom. In
former DAYS they met upon these occasions
the leading citizens of the town on a like
mission, and all the affairs of the place were
talked and the current news disseminated.
Bankers, merchants, lawyers. doctors met
in the lobby. and the most animated discus
sions of twenty years ago. which, of course,
Inclnded nearly all the gentlemanly
fights, took place in the shadow of the fed
eral building. The free-delivery system
came by steps, and it has taken years to
bring it up TO the prOmptness and accuracy
of to-day. At first, and for some time, .
delivered letter was required to pay l cent
above the regular postage. In places where
there are no carriers drop" or local letters
only pay 1 cent. The reason that they pay
cents where the delivery system prevails 10
probably to keep the carriers from being
overworked by circulars and other adver-
Using lodges. Boxes now cost their pa
irons from So to S12 q year as against the
former prices of So and 81 q year.
1t 10 beginning TO be q matter of remark
at the money -order department. of the Of
fee that an increasing number of orders are
going to Italy. When an order of this kind
is desired the applicant never comes alone.
He is accompanied by from two to half a
dozen com pstriots. one of whom acts in
terpreter. The interpreters time is about
evenly divided between negotiations for
the order and abuse of the applicant and his
friends who look npon him as q great per-
son. and cover under his anathemas like
whipped school-boys.
greater number of postal money orders
are sent to Ireland than to any other for.
eign country, and the applicants are usual
ly Irish girls out at service. who, out of
their earnings, send money To the old folks
at home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-02
Germany's Appreciation of Amerios.

fouitncy oiReioW III the august century.
Shortly after the maneuvers of 1889 he
received our minister, William Walter
Phelps. in a manner more than compliment
thry. say ing. among other things: From
childhood L have admired the great and ex-
tending community you represent; and the
study of your history. both in peace and
war. has given me particular pleasure.
Among the many conspicuous character
istics of your feilow-citiZeDs the world adj
mires in particular their spirit of enter
prise. their respect for law, and their in
ventiveness. Germans feels themselves the
more drawn to the people of the United
States because of the many ties that in
evitably accompany kinship of blood. The
feeling which both countries entertain
most strongly is that of relationship and
can only strengthen the heartiness of our
relations
This. | venture to say, is the most friend
ly language ever used by German ruler or
cabinet towards the United States, and IL
gains the more in value by coming from
the mouth of man who would not have
said anything that he did not fully mean.
The personal regard entertained for Mr..
Phelps made the Emperor's language per-
haps more easy for him: but In addition to
that. L am sure that few Germans who have
not travelled in America are better in
formed of our conditions. our history. our
resources. and our literature than he.
When Battles and Leaders of the Civil
War" appeared. it was read by him with
interest; as an officer in the army he at
tended courses of lectures on our principal
military operations and only within the
past few weeks he was discussing with an
American George Remnants work on the
treatment of Siberian exiles
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TO BE A GOOD BOOK CLERK
The Salesman Must Have Tact, but Must Not
he Too Literary.

The Salesman Must Have Tact, but Must Not
BE Too Literary.
Edward W. Bok's Letter
Twas talking the other day with the head
man of one of orr largest book stores, and
asked him what we're the most essen tlal
qualities for q successful book clerk.
Tact for one thinCn was the answer.
land plenty of it. for in our line of business
he deals with refined and educated people,
who are frequently sensitive. Then he
must be courteous and affable, without be-
ing familiar. l do not believe there is any
trade in which it is so important to become
well acquitted With q customer as with us.
The salesman should not be too literary.
mention this because it is common i'm
preston that he must be thoroughly &C.
quainted with the contents of books. and be
able to pass critical opinions; The truth Is.
disadvantage. for in airing his
opinions he 10 apt to do more harm
than good. Well-read customers only laugh
at him for his assumption. while others
often find something in his opinions to
prejudice them against q book. Besides.
it abstracts the salesman's attention from
his real duty-that of selling book. 1t is
too common q fault We have just such q
salesman, q bright young fellow, but one
who talks so much about what book con-
tains that he fOrgets to sell it. The sales
man ought to know in q general way what
books contain, but no further than is neces-
sary to sell them. He should be we'll edu-
Gated. for in no trade does q blunder of
ignorance appear SO glaring as it does In
the book business; and he should have an
unfailing memory for names and prices of
books. This, coupled with tact and know
ledge of his customer, will enable him to
render his greatest service-that of sug-
costing books on any subject desired. This
Is the most important part of a salesman 9
work. for very few customers know just
what they want when they ente- q book
store. and books must be br0ughs to their
attention before they buy"
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HOW CAN SHE CHANGE?
An Inquiry In the Interest of the Woman Who
Is Supersensitive.

An Inquiry In the Interest of the Woman Who
Is Supersensitive.
amber" in Chicago Herald
How can q woman make herself over 90
as not to take things hardf don't refer to
the easy going women. who come into life
we'll buttered, like hot biscuit. and with q
dab of honey to help 'em along refer to
nervous eager, impulsive women, whose
blood has pepper in it. and whom destiny
serves with mustard and caper sauce, in.
stead of honey. How can snch a woman
train herself to a serene poise of mind
wherein the bese.ting cares of life affect
her no more than shadows affect the hills
over which they fyf There's many and
many a woman to-day. whom her neig h bOrs
call a scoid, or a slattern, or altogether un-
lovely, whose life has gone to wreck on the
rocks. just through her fatal facility to take
things hard. The frets and worriments
of life are the snags In the
channel that make dreary wreck
of teeth-cutting. when no other baby
ever had so perilous a time down to the
welcome hour when death stands knocking
at the outer gate, these women always
have hard time of it, disappointment
that to q less sensitive nature causes but
transient panR. to them brings hopeless
despair. domestic tiff means eternal dis
ruption; an ordinary headache is conges-
ton; a summer shower brings the deluge,
and every cloud foretells tempest These
unfortunates find no rest and yield none.
They are always vibrating like the chords
of harp rudely smitten. They are stabbed
a dozen times a day by idle words that were
not meat to wound. They are sighted and
insulted and snubbed according to their
morbid notion when nobody ever intended
To modest them. They go through life like
q lobster without its she'll. Their skin is
thinner than rice paper; their heart is
pinned upon their sleeve. Every breeze
Bullets them every task drives them with
a whip of many thongs. every vulture of
care has its beak in their heart, and, l
think. at last the cool touch of death upon
their brow must be like the soft hand OF
mother upOn the fevered forehead that
finds no surcease from pains delirium.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-02
Association Notes.

The WestIndianapolis Saving and Loan
ASSOCIATION. which has gone out of BUSH
ness, Is transferring it's loans to other So
cieties fast arrangements can be
made. A few loans only remain to be placed.
The Hoosier wins business constantly by
starting frequent series. A new one that
promises to be well patroniZed will have
It's first pay night tomorrow. The society
meets at the corner of Mississippi and Yer
mont streets.
ton. one of the best known societies in the
city. issued q new series yesterday, the
stock In which was largely taken. Shares
In this society are 500. and weekly dues So
cents. Martin Mann is president of the
society. Its headquarters are at No. 81 East
Washington street
The Mutual Home association is one of
the largest societies in the State. and has
been made so largely through its liberal
methods towards borrowers. charging as it
does but y cents per week for the use of
each 500. but allowing the prepayment of
as much more as may be desired. Divi-
dends are allowed sem-annually upOn
payments of stock. and loans may be laid
OFF at any time. The place of meeting Is
No. ~ East Market street.
The Center will start q new series under
its new and attractive plan to morrow
evening at the place of meeting No. 50
East Market street. shares under the new
plan will he issued IN amounts of 500. 500,
$500 and 800. with weekly dues upon each
series of 80 cents. The 500 shares are ex-
pected 10 mature in about three years, the
500 series in between five and six years,
the $500 amounts viii become payable III
trlfe over seven years. while the 500 GER
tificates will take about ten years TO run
out
The Equitable association has always
been remarkably prosperous. but since the
opening of a permanent office down town
its already large business has shown graf
ifyingly heavy increase. The Equitable is
constantly Heseh hing into the other towns of
the State. although it makes no loans out
side of Marion county. This is greatly TO
the profit of Indianapolis. as il causes q
supply of money to come into the city with
ont corresponding outflow. IL has appli
cation for double the amount il ever has to
loan. although it's collections will run each
week considerably into the thousands of
dollars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-02
Wedding Rings for Men.

Illustrated American
An invariable custom prevailing among
Creole women is 10 insist that at the mar
riage the bridegroom shall receive "a mar
row plain gold wedding ring, which he IS
obligated never to put from the third finger
of his left hand until death parts them
TWAIN. To be without this seSl of wedlock
is held shameful in a wife. but now, for the
positive demands upon a fair exchange in
the matter. These latter-day brides give
their liege lords no costly ornament for the
hand TO attract admirng attention. but
severely simple jewels of heavy polished
accepted symbolically, and tie peculiar
style may publish them TO the world as
benedic lets.
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all well-bred people should at least be
guilty of few forms that have not at least
one of the various authorities on their side.
THE NEWEST TONsORIAL FAD.
Young Men Who Like TO Have Their Hair
sprinkled with Gray.

Young Men Who Like 60 Have Their Half
sprinkled with Gray.
New York World.
"Black and white are opposites. and
the other" said Charlie Jost. the tonsorial
expert at Thirteenth street and Broadway,
who boasts that he has trimmed and dyed
more beard than any other man In the busl-
ness. THE time was when men wanted
their hair black, and dyeing was right in it.
hair sprinkled with gray around the temples.
1t gives man a distinguished look and the
women like the effect. This process of
bleaching is, of course, gradual After three
skilful applications the lobis complete.
Sporting men get gray early enough and it
seems strange that they are the very ones
that have started this artificial method.
"A few actors have also begun the fad. and it
is not improbable that in time 1T will be
the ccepted fashion. Men powdered their
hair once. Fashionables. as well as sports
and actors. may soon begin to bleach.
when dyeinR was fashionable BARRIERS
made money. Every gambler had rich
mustache that was always kept q glistenlng
coal black. During the war l worked for
Phelan, who, old New Workers will remem-
spot is now occupied by the Western Union
Building.
1T was the best shop in the city. Sports
from the gaming houses. then on Ann
street, patTOniZcu IL HDtIaliy. len, LOO,
John G. Heenan kept q place not far away.
on Broadway. and the Heenanites all dyed.
There was an endless OutpOur of blackened
boards and mustaches-
During the first ear of the war this line
of business took a gigantic jump. Men of
fifty would get well dyed and come out
looking no older than thirty. They got
good bOunties.
$50 popular was dyeing then that Phelan
had room exclusively devoted to it.
have seen twenty men waiting their turn.
They paid from SO to S. head. The men
in the shop received 90 per cent. of the
well.
Few mustaches are dyed now. think
that this bleaching of mems hair will catch
on very largely. already have five regu-
lar bleachers"