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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-04
PRESIDENT KIMBALL HERE.

An Encouraging Talk About the Present
Situation and Outlook.
President Kimball and party arrived
in Roanoke yesterday In special train,
composed of the private cars of Presi-
dent Kimball and Vice President Sands
and 4 combina lion car. In the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fleming,
Miss EIindmarsh, Mr.. Alex. S. Hay and
L. ii. M. Dick, of London; Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Kennedy Todd, Miss King,
James G. Parish, V. Morawitz, of New
York, and Charles Ii. Mellon, of Phila-
delphia.
They will leave to-day on trip up
the road, in which they will go over the
entire system west Of Roanoke, return
ing here either Friday night or Satur-
day. President Kim ball is in excellent
health and spirits and talked in most
gratifying tone to TINES representa-
tive.
You have been going said he,
Through severe period of depression
in Southwest Virginia during the past
twelve months, but you may congratu-
late yourselves that that period is be-
hind you and not ahead of you. Every
year points to year of great prosperity
and progress. In Europe the financial
conditions have greatly improved with
in few months, and matters have re-
sumed their normal condition.
southwest Virginia may expect to
receive large accessionS of capital pro-
vided nothing is done to disturb invest
ments. On this point tho new legisla-
ture ought to conduct itself with pru-
dence and conservatism. | should re-
gard, for instance, the creation of a
railroad commission as almost suicidal
to the interests of this section. Outside
capitalists will not invest in railroad
enterprises if those investments are to
be jeopordized by legislation which
would not he endured if applied to pri-
vate business, such as that of mer-
chant
There arc many matters in which
legislative reform is necessary. There
| are over one million people in the State
of Virginia and yet the banking capital
of the State is only about 81 / 900, 600.
The little State of Connecticut, with
only 100000 people, has over $40, OOO,-
600 of banking capital. Utmost States
man can borrow plenty of money with
good security. In Virginia it FREQ ucntly
happens that no matter how good
security is offered, money cannot be
had, for the simple reason that money is
not in the State to be had.
This is, in no small degree, due to
the restrictive legislation which at
tempts to limit the rate of interest
Money is always worth what it will
bring, and while trust companies in the
State ignore or avoid the law outside
investors are unwilling to take the
risksand, of course, will not invest
money in Virginia at 6 per cent. when
they can got per cent. at homo.
This is one of many reforms which
are needed to promote the infleX Of
capital. regard the enormous amount
of building which has been going on in
Roanoke during the past year, and is at
present in progress, as one of the most
remarkable evidences of it's solidity."
The Roanoke Machine Works Band
rendered President Kimball and party
a very enjoyable serenade at Hotel
Roanoke last night. The visitors were
delighted with the excellent music,
and declared that Roanoke has one OF
the finest bands in the South
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-04
The Pleasant Valley Land Company.

At a meeting of the Pleasant Valley
Land Company yesterday f. NJ. Will
liams was elected president, w. X.
Andrews vice president, and +. M. Will
liams, w. X. Andrews, j. b. Jamison,
G. L. Markley and Jno. Engleby, d.
rectors; G. c. Coles. secretary, and Carey
Moomaw, treasurer. The affairs of the
company are in excellent condition, and
a very satisfacto y report was made to
the stOckhOlderS
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-04
Election Day Court.

Mayor Evans had light docket to
dispose of yesterday morning. All of
tho cases were dismissed for good and
nate who happened to be drunk and down
was dismissed because he was sick.
The disposition of the docket required
only fifteen minutes.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-04
no lilac stroet Committea.

There is fence built across John
street in two places, one at Grove street
and the other at Seventh. The people
in that locality have long been wonder
ing why the thoroughfare is bio cked up.
1t is source OF q eat inconvenience,
and is respec fully referred to Council.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-04

WE desire torAcnange an unimproved
business lot in Roanoke for improved or
unimproved residence property. Will
be at Felix Eotsl Wodnc, day. Novem-
Der 4. BURNLEY & LETERMAN,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-04
Machinery for the Hardware Plant.

A carload of machinery arrived here
yesterday for the Lock Hardware plant.
The engines and boilers were shipped
last e,k and will he here in few
day. Work will he commenced to-day
on the foundations for the engines and
boilers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13

Hands are divided into three different
kinds: those with round-pointed fingers,
those with square tips, and those that
are spade shaped, with pods of flesh at
each side OF the nail. The first type
with round-pointed fngers-belong to
characters with perceptions extra Sc ISL
tive, to very pious people, to contem-
plative minds, to the impulsive, and to
all poets aud artists who have ideality
as a prominent trait. The square
shaped belong to scientific people, sensi-
bic, self-contained characters, and to
the class of professional men who are
neither Missionary nor altogether sordid.
The spade-shapped type, with pods of
flesh at the side of the nail. indicates
teople whose interests and instincts are
mostly material. Each finger, no mat
ter what kind of a hand it is joined to,
has a joint representing each OF those
types. The division of the finger that
is nearest the palm stands for the body,
the middle division represents mind,
and the highest joint spirit or soul. If
the top joint is longer than the others it
denotes a character weakened with q
too abundant imagination. great idealitv
and II leaning towards the theoretical
rather than tile practical. When the
midd Q joint of the finger is long, it
: promises a logical mind, and when the
lowest joint is longest. it indicates a
nature that clings more to the Injuries
than to the retinements OF life. II they
are nearly alike, it indicates a we'll
balanced mind, especially if The length
Of the fingers equals the length of the
palm.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13
~ Rsps siow,y Dyinx.I

The latest trustworthy news Rboui
Pope Leo Kill, who again has been
Represented rs In 9 dying condition BY
recent dispatches, Is to be found 10 the
Secolo XIX, . Milan paper, to which It's
Rome correspondent wrote Dec. %.
1890:
The strength of the pope Is daily de-
creasing. Not that he can be said to be
suffering from any definite illness; still
his life ts ebbfng away, slowly and In
sensibly. What keeps him up, nor
than anything else, is his energy and
his will, still sufficiently strong and Wig
orous. But those who approach him are
sadly struck with all the symptoms
of q speedy bodily dissolution.
The. pope's voice has become thin-so
thin; his body, already lean and angu-
lar, has become almost transparent; the
eyes only are still viyacious and brill
liant. He looks like a shadow, sun
'ombra," o spirit, mournful and sad,
wandering through the grand and SUI
perb solitude of the vatican. Perhaps
he is suffering over the idea that he has
not done for the church as much as he
could OF would have done. He had
grand conceptions, vast schemes; and he
had the mind and the heart to realize
them. But circumstances were stronger
than he. These later years of his pom
tificate have not correspondent to all the
hopes which he entertained in 1873; he
| feels it himself and is grieved at it.
Still, it vas less through his fault than
through those Of others that his plans
did not succeed.
At any rate he continues his receptions.
He always has on his lips his habitual
smile; he does not miss a single cere-
mony, nd fulflls all the duties of his
high Office. He wants to prove to others
that he is still vigorous; and perhaps he
wants to prove it to himself. But no.
body in the vatican entertains any illu-
sion In that respect. Extremely feeble
are tho ties which bind him to life, and
no great force will be necessary o cut
them off. Perhaps n morning, when
nobody expects 1t, the pope may be found
dead. Or perhaps, during one of the
ceremonies which he will attend, the old
man will be seen dropping his head,
never to lift it up again, upon the arm of
his holy chair, the sssedia gestatoria."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13

and reflective he reseunbled Won,
DAZZLING, and thst is why I have always
preferred yon i others. Be careful not
to boast Of It,
Her wrinkied hnnd fondled my hnir
and neck, and her cold mouth brushed
my forehead with p kiss. I was, as
ever, pleased, ana yet impatient OF this
habitnal caressing, which, too often for
my taste, interrupted the stories that
she told me.
Slipping from her embrace I brought
her hack to the subject.
Welt you did not detest him simply
because he did not resemble you,
grandma. There was something else.
What was it? Tell me-
Yes. there was something else. This
little gentleman was never in harmony
with the rest of his cousins (and there
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13
Sure About One Thing.

G. W. Couldock, the veteran actor,
talking one day to q couple of friends Of
some experience IN the rond, told this
story: A number of persons wera
standing in the bar-room of ahotel
when a typical frontier cowboy, in red
shirt and sombrero, with dapper boots,
entered and in>olently demanded a
glass of beer. The bartender, a quiet,
inoffensive looking fellow, filled the
glass and set it before him.
Taking it up with 8 staggering howl
he dashed it in the bartender's face and
remarked:
II want you to understand that I am
q blankety-blank son-of-a-gun from
Texas"
The bartender picked up q towel and,
viii 9 he was slowly wiping his face,
answered:
Il knew what you were, but I didn't
know where you were from."-New
York Press.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13
FILTRATION BY wH,srLlNo.
Sad Fate Of q Baltimore m Giyen
to Music.

Sad FATE Of q Baltimore Drummer Given
to Music.
He had read his papers and didn't
know what to do with himself. He had
been over the route so many times the
scenery and brazen signs on the road did
not interest him, but the pretty girl with
q music roll and natty travelling dress
did. lie caught a CLINT OF her merry
blue. eyes as she looked up at him once
in Indifferent curiosity, and he had
studied the dainty coil Of brown hair
until he had an impulse to run his pencil
through the seductive little curl that
strayed over the back Of the seat as she
Struggled her head into q comfortable
position to sleep, if she wished to. The
owner of the curl, however, was apparent
ly obliyious of his presence. Presently he
took his paper and under q pretence OF
reading softly whistled "She's as Pretty
as a Picture"
This made no evident impression on
the young lady, who was looking dream
lily at the fleeting landscape.
Not discouraged, the importunate f1irt
started off with more ~insinuating in
donations, ooh, Eyes so Blue and Ten
DER"
The maiden fair moved a tri1e uneas-
fly and pressed her face against the win
dow pane. ga Sweet Face at the Win
dow" readily whistled the quick-witted
tormenter. There was no installing the
personal allusion in the whistle, and an
ominous silence following this move, she
settled down to ponder and to dream.
sob, Speak to Me, Speak," whispered
the musical dend with fine infections, as
dramatic as q whistler can make them.
Baltimore the mex station" an
nounced the conductor.
Glow Can I Bear to Leave Thee" be-
gan the whistler, telling the cheerful
fact that Baltimore was his des, nation.
The young lady sat up with a more in
terested expression upon her heretofore
sphinx countenance.
''Would I Ne'r Had Met Thee" whis-
tied the young man as he drew on his
| overcoat, and striking into Farewell
Forever" as he disappeared. The train
stopped, he passed the window and
caught a glimpse Of a bonny face, ra-
diant with smiles OF appreciative mis-
chief. 1t was almost his undoing. He
had an impulse to spring on the train
and go to Washington, but already the
train was whistling past. With u fare
we'll wave Of his hand he logged along
whistling Her Bright Smile Haunts Me
Still"
Fact.
Let no one give a long negative, con.
trary whistle OF unbelief.-NeW Iorl
Herald.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13

Mrs. Sarah NJ. Black Of Seneca.
Mo-, during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia Of the
Head, Stomach and Womb, and
writes: My food did not seem to
strengthen me at all and my appe
tite was very variable. Ny face
was yellow, my head dull and Ihad5
such pains in my left side. IN the
morning when I got up I would
have a flow of 1nucus in the mouth,
and a bad, bitter taste. Sometimes
my breath became short, and / had
such queer, tumbling, palpitating
sensations around the heart. Iached
all day under the shoulder blades,
in the left side, and down the back
Of mylimbs. It seemed to be worse
in the wet, cold weather Of Winter
and Spring; and whenevert the spells
came on, my feet and hands would
turn cold, and I could get no sleep
at all. tried everywhere, and got
no relief before using August Flower
Then the change came. It has done
me a wonderful deal of good during
the time Ihave taken it and is work
ing a complete cure" o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury., NJ.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13
Enr,iah Art of ro.dav.

In future years, when we walk
through the rooms devoted to the Eng
lish painters in the National Gal .erv,
we shall sum up the history of the art
of the century in a few broad sentences,
writes Theodore Chi d in. Harper's
Magazine. We shall find that the
mass OF the English painters have re-
lied simply upon nature, and persist
emily consented themse YES portraiture,
the sentimental drama of daily life, end
the patient transcription of the phe-
nomena of sea, sky and ianpscape. At
the beginning OF the century we shall
notice that some painters named Barry.
Fnese!i, West and Hayden Q
haunted by poetic ambition, and inn
agined that it was possible TO begin
where Raphael and Michaelango had
left of, and so continue to interest
mankind by the Encouragement of life
less formule and worn out conventions.
The productions of thee men, re-.
main, however, mere historical curiosi-
ties.
Then we shall observe a change in
the current ideals of art and the appro-
prlation of new stores of poetry and ro-
nance, of National legend and universal
myth. But amidst the Loading expo
nents of the new ideals we shall not
distinguish common qualities other
than evidences of wide literary culture,
a tendency to dreaminess, symbolism,
and deini eness of sensible imagery, and
a parti pris of initiative admiration OF the
works of the intense and complicated
artists OF the fifteenth century, like
Botticelli, Mantegua aud Memling.
Among the artists of this category
two will be found to stand out with all
tue force of their poe ical and ultra-re.
fined personalities, Dante Gabriel Ros.
setti and Edward Burne-Jones, the
former the more original of the two,
and the latter the more assimilative,
being content in much of his work wi b
variations Upon or studies from the
masters of the fifteenth century above
Iuantioned.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13
How Cubans Work.

Cuban workmen are so addicted to.
conversation and gesture that, ii left to
themselves, they would lose half their
working hours in social intercourse. To
prevent this loss, according to a long
established custom the cigar workers
employ a l%ector, or reader, who. from
his desk in the center of the work.room.
entertains his employers with the latest
Havana newspapers in the morning and
with Spanish novels and ballads IN the
latter part of the day. Although pay
ment is voluntary and come. in the form
of a small present of money from each
operator ut the end of the week, it i,
seldom evaded and makes up a very
good salary for the reader. The owners
do not object to this plan, ard some
times eyen provide a platform and real
ing desk for the purpose.-New York
Ted0py
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13
A River. nv order Of the Colonel.

Captain Charles @. King tells the
following neat military anecdote:
"There was a subordinate officer, ia-
clined to hair-splitting, who had re-
ceiyed orders from his Colonel to put
his battalion in camp on the other side
of the river, facing east, and he did not.
Presently the Colonel saw that his or
ders were not being carried out, and
not being in a mood for direct inaction,
he pat spurs to his borse, dashed through
the stream, and reiened up alongside Of
his victim with, Didu't I order you, sir,
to put your battalion in camp along
the river. facing eastT Yes, sir; but
this amt a river, it's only a creek
Greek be hanged, sir; it's o rivera
river from this time forth, by order, sir.
Now, do as I tell yon.' There was no
further DELAY"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13

not furnish even poor arguments when
one Is really 10 the wrolg.@szs
So I could not give the answer. and
blushing, with tears flowing from my
eyes, I stammered out: You must have
q grudge against me. Octave?'
No. 1 haven't
eyes. you have
st was all over.
aThen he gave me such q look. so,
good, SO tender, 80 new, that my head
reeled and 1 grew faint. II was in his
arms that ] beard these words which
made me wild, wild with Joy:
Since we have detested each other
80 long, is not this the time to love one
anotherg
aThat's the way it came about
D'ABRI, Trans.
From The French.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-13
Thr Three Fir.t Mon.

There are few stories of O Legendary
nature that are not related in several
different FORMS. A correspondent, who
has read the Indian legend of the crea-
ton, sends this excellent version of the
same story:
When the Great Spirit created the
world, he first made three men, all of
the same color. Then he led them to a
pool of water and babe them jump in
and battle. One Of them obeying st
once, leaped in advance of his fellows,
and came out clean and white.
the others he>itated, but one soon
followed the first. When he went in
the water had become somewhat stained,
and he came out unprecedented.
Then the third man went in. By that
time the water of the pool had become
black, and he was consequently black
when he had bathed.
Thus it happens that there are white
men, red men, and black men in the
world.
Then the Great Spirit laid down three
packages before the three men, which
contained their future fac. Out of pity
for the black man, he permitted him to
have his first chuice of the parce 8.
Tie black man, without hesitation,
took the largest-of the parcels; the red
man, whose turn was hext, took the
next largest parcel, and the white man
got the remaining one, which was very
small.
Then the men opened their packages.
That of the black was found to contain
shovels and other implements of labor
the red mans contained bows and ar
rows, and the white mans small parcel
constituted of pens, ink, aud tools for
fine, light work.
From that time on, each man made
use of the tools he had chosen.
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\ MipWiNTER soNo.
3 Aosa xrlzAsrTn cLEvaIAxD.

fHdsHa
or, xhsred DO you thtnk, my Beauty.
Where q lyon think 1'haye b ent
5 B. y yoass ;b e az 9 ssss Es ny n ! '.ssa
Al ~ he midwinter weather,
While the wild west wind was blowing.
And the snow n the II was showing.
Weavtng, with gossnu1er tether,
Heaven and Earth IN one.
vent, 70 the forest. my Beauty,
ADD I climbed b forest hill
Where wrink1ed old cedars were blowing.
4 think much against their will;
Allpowdered with snow and rufied
And bewiggeh with powdered curls.
scrapdnR lik giant old dandies
To o lot Of dowGger girls
AL under the sky like sapph'res
Mingle with monstrous pearls;
p b pearls all ablnsh In the center
With the gaze Of the sun in the west,
Pearls like the bed of my Beauty
When her lovely form is nj rest.
Downy w1thodorOus Wilderness.
"A roseleaf dropt In tho nestt
Under such sky stood the forest,
Within the forest, I.
And the forest sounds TO II were At
For q lHdy's lullaby.
The wind, In minor monotone,
Its wild note did supply.
And the gurgle Mouth ice OF the streamleS
And the woodchopper's chop, and its echo
Beat in tho basso plain;
And the woodpeck's steady tap, tap, tap,
Stuck in n secundo strain;
And the rustic Of last. years leafet,
4 eping a shivering tryst
VITA all things ghostly, whispered
Whatever notes they visit.
And another note l fancied
l heard. Was the fancy wfong2
One could never be sure by guessing.
And telling would take too long.
But n little frc. Is BLESSING
This brain whore fancies throng;
When l went out I was signing my Beauty.
But i came home singing a song.
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SHIL0n'S
CONSUM M PTI0N
CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure d
without a parallel in the history Of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos.
tive guarantee, atest that no other cure can sue
c~esstully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormcu expense, are
placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
a Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for
it will cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief
is sure. If YOU dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for
SE.iLOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, so cts. and
$I.oo. If your Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price IS CT.
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rAarDl

+.
Your loved yoice I shall hear once more;
But we sENl never rec the land,
The plea ant land we knew OF yore;
Never, on any Sun1mer day,
Hear the low music OF its streams,
On wander down the leafy way -
That leadeth to the land Of dreams.
Still borne upon the scented air.
The songs OF birds rise clear and sweet,
AS when gathered roses there,
And heaped their glories at YOU feet;
And still the golden pathway lies
teye across the western sea,
AND lovers dream beneath those skies,
Which shine no more for you n me.
No more. ali, nevermorel and yet
They seem so near, those summer days,
When hope was like q jewel set
To shine ,adown Times misty avs.
I sometimes dream that mornings light
VIII bring them back to us once more,
And that tits but one long dark night
Since we two parted by the shore.
We parted with soft words and low,
And Farewell till tomorrow" said:
From sea and sky and sunsets glow
A golden halo round you shed;
Then as you went I heard you sing,
Haste thee, sweet morrow Parting thus,
How could we dream that life would bring
Not any morrow there for usy
We parted, and that last farewell
Its shadow on our liIe-path cast:
And Times relentless barriers fell
us and our happy past;
And now we meet when cares and tears
Have dulled the parting pain,
But never can the weary years
Bring back our golden dreams again.
-Dem0rest's Monthly.