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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-03
CRACKED CIRCULAR SAWS.
AN English Operator Tells How They May
30 Repaired.

AN English Operator Tells How They May
30 Repaired.
The following is method of repairing
cracked circular saws which is given by
an English operator. lie says that
cracks in circular saws may arise from
variety of causes, such as too hard
temper striking n nail, saw binding, or
improper shape of tooth for the wood.
Teeth with angular outlets are more
liable to crack Mt the roots than those
with rounded outlets, more especially
If the outlets are not sufficiently large
and deep to allow n ready escape for
the saw-dust. If the crack is only a
short one, two or three inches in large
saws, it may usually be stopped from
extending by drilling a small hole at
the extremity of the crack. To do this
drill of the hardest possible temper
will be required. The drill must be
run very slowly and be well fabricated.
The hole should be slightly countcrsunk
on either side. For saws up to feet in
diameter a hole about 4 inch in dame
ter will generally be suitable; for saws
above 3 feet in diameter about a q
hole. If the saw is of large diameter
and the crack extends too far into
the blade to allow it to run safe
ly with only stop-holc drilled as
above described, saw-malIcrs drill out
the plate and fit in one or more yokes,
according TO the length of the crack.
The best method of doing this is ms
follows: First of all, the stop hole is
drilled at the end of the crack and care
fully plugged, and afterward the saw is
bored to enable n small yoke or clip to
be fitted in. This yoke is fiat and of
the same thickness as the saw. Its
ends are rounded, and it's middle is
narrower than the ends arc, that the
saw may be firmly held. The diameter
of the ends should be about one-eighth
of an inch wider than the middle of the
yoke. which center is parallel and
straight. The holes at either end of the
yoke and the intermediate metal are
drilled out and cut away. The saw
plate must next be carefully counter
sunk on both sides, and piece of steel
accurately fitted into the opening and
riveted into its place. The yoke should
then be ground down until it is of cx-
actly the same gauge rs the rest of the
saw and perfectly smooth, SO that when
the saw is set to work there should not
be undue friction at this point If the
saw is very large one and the fracture
extensive. two Jokes will probably be
required. 1t will not pay to repair
small saws in this manner.
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Electric Isitters.

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POPULAR SCIENCE.
, ANCHORAGE OF BUILDINGS.
Extracts from an Essay by Henry "A.
GOetz, of New Albany. Ind.

Extracts from an Essay by Henry A.
Goetz, of New Albany, Ind.
The owner of new structure usually
trusts its entire construction to IN
architect, or else to builder. He does
not understand the details nor does he
consider it necessary to bother about
such matters, leaving it entirely in tho
hands of those who understand the bust
ness. Many times the ignorance of tho
owner is taken advantage of and often
necessary expenditure to the safety of
the building is cut down to save on the
total cost, so as to make it appear that
the architect or else the builder was
carefully watching the owners inter-
ests. In the smaller cities no architect
is employed, but in the larger ones he is
absolutely needed. In such large cities
building or fire ordinance is usually In
force. The object Of this ordinance is
generally misunderstood, many owners
thinking that it is nuisance, that
it is not needed, that it is a
hardship, that it retards building, and
finally that it was framed by lot of
politicians whose aim it was to impose
an additional tax with lot of fees at
tached, but such is not the object.
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cut on angle as shown In tho cuts, so
that the joist can fall without damage

cut on angle as shown In tho cuts, so
that the joist can fall without damage
to the wall, but this is counteracted by
the iron strap or tie rs it is now being
used. Joist anchors or ties can be
divided into two classes, Fig. being
fastened to ioist and reaching through
the wall, while Fig. reaches only to
the face brick; the latter being mostly
used to enhance the looks of the
exterior wall, as the washer or star
used with Fig. disfgurcs it. Figs. 8
to IL illustrate all the various kinds
now in use in different parts of the
country. Each one has the serious
fault of tearing the wall down, if in
case of fire tho joist should burn
through; this is clearly shown in Figs.
IL and Is. Some builders think
that corbel or ledge built
out from the wall is to DO
preferred, but in either case
the damage is done by the anchors, no
matter if the joist rest in the wall or on
ledge; therefore all methods of an
choring that have tendency of pulling
down the walls should be condemned.
The method of anchoring especially
recommended by the National Associa-
ton OF Fire Engineers consists of q
cast iron dove-tail formed box built into
the wall, Fig. IA, into which the joist to
be anchored is fitted over an upwardly
projecting lug in the bottom of the box,
thereby forming the tie between op-
poslte walls; in case of fire the falling
joist will free their anchorage and have
no tendency to pull the walls down.
No fire can pass through the wall, no
joist can be ignited by defective hue,
and the wall is not weakened by the
space left in the wall. Wherever the
walls are liable to become damp the
box is provided with air spaces rs shown
in Fig. 10; these spaces provide air
around the end of joist and prevent dry
rot, to which our partly seasoned timber
is subject when scaled into the wall
From an Essay read by Henry A. Goetz,
before National Association of Fire En-
ginecrS.
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GEe prime objects of all ordinances
OF this kind are to prevent the spread of
fire and the erection of unsafe struc-
lures. This may seem unreasonable,
lat such is nevertheless the case. The
average person is not aware that the
average loss by fire each year to each
person is $780, not counting the cost of
the fire department. This tax is paid
to the insurance companies, who retain
over So per cent. of it for expenses and
return about Sl.2O of it to tho individual
ny indemnity.
In the estimates Of one of the largest
insurance companies they show that so
per cent of all fires are eXting,lished at
loss of less than S1.O0, while the great
losses are confined to 90 per cent and
these great losses usually occur in the
thiclSly settled districts Just where
brick houses and walls of brick are sup
posed to prevent the spread of fire. 1t
is admitted that nothing can prevent
the spread of fire so well as standing
brick wall, but nevertheless the falling
OF walls is of such frequent occurrence
that 1t is considered as a matter not to
be prevented. Each year many people
are killed at fires and many fircmen
have been buried under falling walls,
while in the discharge of their duties.
The object therefore of this article is to
call attention to the principal cause for
falling walls and to suggest n remedy.
The National fire engineers at their
conventions have been discussing this
subject and we copy these drawings
from their seventeenth official report.
This report read by Henry a. Goctz, of
New Albany, Ind, asserts that the
faulty anchorage of the joists to the
wall, by which the joists are fixed to
the wall so that in case of fire they
can not fall without damage to the
wall, is the chief cause for largo con-
hagrations and the loss of life. The
report goes Oh to say that usage and
common sense require the joist to be
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a Wonder Worker.

Mr.. Frank Huffman, young man OF
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They pronounced his case to be Con-
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USES OF THUNDER.
Electricity Restores Oxygen to It's Vital
State for Breathing.

state for Breathing.
writer in the Speaker explains how
the familiar weather expression that
thunder clears the air" is justified.
The experiments of DIR. Il. w. Richard
son have made us acquainted with the
TACT that although the DEMONSTRATING
element in the composition of the COM
mon air is oxygen, animals are unable
to liye in oxygen which has become de-
eitaliZcd-that is, after passing repeat
edly through the lungs of warm bloodcd
animals. However much such oxygen
might be purified from carbonic acid,
watcry vapor and ammonia, it was in
capable Of sustaining life unless SUBJ
]ectcd to electricity. by passing through
the devitalizcd oxygen currents Of
electricity from n set of brushes con-
nected with the positive pole of fric-
tional machine, DR.. Richardson succeed
ed i'll restoring the vital energy of the
gas, and animals again lived in it with
customary bnoyancy and vigor.
Thus it was found that electricity re-
stores to its vital state oxygen which
has been rendered noxious by passing
through the lungs of animals, and what
is true in the case of laboratory expert.
mcnts is also true in regard to the entire
economy of nature. Before n thunder
storm every thing has been so still for
days that the oxygen in the air has been
20 some extent deprived of its lifc-sus-
tanning power, and a feeling of drowsi-
ness comes over all. In fact, the air
has become partly dcvitalizcd, and is
not capable of producing in man to the
same degree the usua. vitalizing Elects.
but the lightning flashes restore the
lost energy to the oxygen. and in place
Of the murlSy turgid temperature there
IS an odor of ozone which cxerts an cx-
hilarating and buoyant influence on all
animated nature
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TRUSTEE'S SALE--Dy virtue of a deed of
4 trust executed to me by Z. y. Murray,
dntol December 81, 1SS). and OF record in the
clerks office of the Hastings Court for tho
city Of Roanoke, Virginia, In deed book u,
pages ~, to secure to- j. Thomas Gibson tho
payment OF the sum OF three hundred and
thirty three dollars and thrty-threc and ono
thiri cents, evidenced by two certain nego-
table notes dated December 81, 1889, and pay
noic In one and two years respectively from
tho sum OF ono hundred and slxty-six dollars
and sixty six and twO-thirrls cents with inter-.
est from date until paid, and default having
been made in tho payment OF tho first OF said
IS.o. ana being required so to do by L.. l..
Powell assignee of j. Thomas Gibson, shall
sell ut public auction to the highest bidder
upon the property in the city of Roanoke, Va,
SAruRDAf, III Urii OF MAY, AT IL M.
the following described lot of land, to wit: Be-
ginning at II point $50 feet east from the
northeast corner OF Grove and Elm Streets
thence l3O feet north to an alley, thence with
said alley east 90 foot To point, thence south
lW feet 70 Elm, street, thence so fcot to place
OF beginning, known as lot No. II or section i,
or the map OF the Lewis addition to said city.
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay costs OF
executing this trust aud to discharge tho
amount OF money then due and payable upon
hundred and eighty dollars; the first payment
to fall due and payable on the 3lst of Dccem-
bcr. 1871 and to be for an amount sufficient to
pay OH tho second OF the above notes for one
hundred and siNty-six dollars and sixty-slN
anu two thirds cents with interest thereon
from December 2l, 1870, and tho balance paya-
able in two annual inStalmonts with interest
thereon Mt the rate OF q per cent. per aunum
IN one ana two years from day OF sale. All
deferred payments to be evidenced by nego-
til bic notes of the pun chaser and secured by
deed of trust.
apr;O ;iudys j. C. DAVENPORT, Trustee.
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PRODUCE AND MERCHANDISE.

CHICAGO, May a.-lSpeciall Cash
quotations Flour firm unchanged.
No. spring wheat, 1.O41s@1 O5; No. .
red, 05@1.07. No. . corn, as. No .
oats, sax. Mess pork, 1855; lard
6.65; short ribs, 6.2O@G.35; dry salted
shoulders. 5.20@5.25; short clear, Cos
O6.75. Whiskey III.
New YORK, May 2.-[Spcciall-
Southern flour dull week. Wheat
lower, fairly active, chiefly exports:
No. red, l15A elevator. Options rang
ed at weak prices, all through day and
closed steady "a to 4 decline; No. ,
May, 1l5&; July, liz; Corn dull steady;
No :. 81 elevator; options Y to y down
weak, with few buying orders. May
754: July, 20.
Oats dull, unchanged; options dull,
irregular; May, 90; July, 5715. Spot
59@63. Hops quiet, firm; Pacific coast,
25@3a%. Coffee options opened barely
steady, closed steady. 1920 down; MAY,
1880; July, 1900 i7.7O. Spot rio quiet,
firm. Sugar raw, dull, steady. Refined
quiet. Molasses foreign quiet, firm;
New Orleans steady, quiet.
Rice quiet. firm. Petroleum firm,
quiet; refined, 6.o5@7.2O; in bulk, 4.55
94.60. Cotton seed oil strong; crude,
off grade, 25@20 Resin steady, quiet:
strained, common to good, 650 20.
Turpcntine dull; 80. Wool dull, steady.
Pork quiet.
Peanuts firm; fancy hand picked, Az
farmers, 2L@394. beef and products
quiet, firm. Lard dull. easier: Western
steam, 6.07N; city, $40; May, 694:
July, ZIG bid. Freights quiet, irreg-
ular. Cotton, sold; grain, I'd.
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LEMON ELIXIR.
Pleasant, Elegant, Reliable.

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Lemon Elixir.
For feyers, chills and malaria, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness, nervousness and
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For indigestion and foul stomach.
take Lemon Elixir.
For all sick and nervous headaches,
take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies, for natural and thorough or
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DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir will not
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soc and 81 per bottle, at druggists.
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Weekly Bnnk Statement

NEW York, May 2.-lSpcciall Tho
Weekly bank statement shows: Reserve,
increase, Si6S,l76; loans, decrease
Sl,553, 100; specie, decrease, 81, 800, 800;
legal tenders, increase, 81, 03O, 900; de-
posits, decrease, ST, 0s6, 800; circulation,
decrease, 81, 500 The banks now hold
7,442, 400 in excess of the requirements
of the % per cent. rule
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TRUSTEES SALES.

J'RUSTEE'S SAI.E.-By virtue of deed of
trust executed To me by Ellen ~ Perry
ana J.. ). Perry her husband, dated 25th No.
ycmbcr, ISIS, and of record in tho Office OF the
Clerk of the Hastings Court, for the city of
Roanoke, Virginia, in deed book a. page 81. to
secure TO r. ii. Rorcr, guardian for Nclio and
I,lanche horcr, tho payment OF the sum of
Two Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy
Five Dollars evidenced 10y two notes dated
18th November, 1883, and due and payable in
one ana two years from date, each OF which
SAID notes Is for Ono Thousand Two Hundred
and Thirty Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents with
interest from date; and default having boon
made in the payment or both OF said notes as
well as OF the interest thereon due, and being
required so to do by tho benciiciurics under
s'iiI deed, will sell at public auction tn the
highest bidder thereof, In front OF the Corr,
House at NOanOke, Virginia. on TUES
DAY, MAY 8, 1871, AT Il O'CLOCK NJ, the
following described lot of land with tho build
inHS thereon, tO-wit:
All that lot OF land beginning Mt point on the
southside or Campbell street Is feet east OF a
stone on the Taylor line, thence south q min
MtcS, west fp,.iO feet 10 Il point; thence north
'3 degrees 30 minutes west Sj.5 feet to a
point: THENCE north 10 degrees east Ill feet to
point; thence north degree 10 minutes
west iOo.3 feet to the line of Campbell street:
thence with snid street north 81 degrees &c
minutes 'o2u feet to tho place OF beginning.
TERMS-Thirty- seven hundred dollars cash.
siX hundred and twenty-five dollars and
thirty eight cents, with interest thereon from
2oth November lSS9, payable on 18th November
1871 anu tho balalice, il any such thore be-
payable in two equal successive annual in
staimcnts, to be evidenced by tho negotiable
notes or the purchaser or purchasers TO he
secured by deed OF trust OF the property
buildings to be insured, and policy assigned.
l.. IL. COOKE, Trustee.
~ H.. am requested to- state that Mrs
Ellen n. Perry has sold the above described
property, and that her nCJcs where assumed
by the purchaser. l., C.
uDr1-5utlS
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JNRUSTEE'S SALE-Hy virtue OF a decd of
trust dated the End OF March, 1890. and re-
corded in the clerks Office OF the Hastings
Court OF the city OF Roanoke, In dood book 3D.
having been made III the terms OF the said q eed
OF trust, and having beeu requested by tho
auction in front OF the court house, in the city
Of Koanoko, ut IL NJ. ON SATURDAY, THE
BOTH DAY OF MAY, 1891 the following de-
BEGINNING ut point on the west side OF Nell
son street 10 feet north OF Bullet street,
Icy, thence same north 10 degrees east 10 feet
To point; thence south ~ degrees east l5O feet
to Nelson street; Themes with tho same south
I'D degrees west 10 Ieet to tho beginning.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash, a. to tho costs OF
SALE and the sum OF three hundred dollars with
interest from the s!nl day OF March, 1893 and
the remainder in one and two years with in
tcrcst from the date OF SALE to DO secured by
deed OF trust. LUCIEN H. COCK
may law-iwkS Trustee
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1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
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You are In "A Bad Fix.

But we will euro you if you will pay
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Nashville, Tenn. They guarantee a
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

NEW York, May a.-Ispeoiall-Ex-
change quiet and steady at 4s6@40O.
Commercial bills, 4s4@4S7N. Money
easy at 3@4, closing offered at 1.
Sub-trcasury balances Sl33,e5s,-
900: currency, S0,624, 900. Government
bonds dull and steadY-4s, 1907; AIS,
10l. State bonds neglected.
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Try VIRTUE OLA DEED oETRUsT Elk
- ecutod TO me by Rosa L.. Gilbert, dated
October L. 1870. and of record in tho Clerka
Oiiico OF the Hastings Court, OF tho city of
Roan0ke, virginia to secure to L. l.. Bandy
Son, a certain amonnt OF money therein
set forth; and, whereas, default In tho pay
ment or portion OF said money having been
made, and therefore being requested to do so
by the bcnelciaries In said deed. will offer
FOR sale, on tho promises, at public auction to
the highest bidder, on SATURDAY. MAY Q,
ISL; at O'CLOCK. p. NJ, tho following de.
scribed property, to wit:
beginning at point on north side of Center
street l2O feet east OF Third street, us shown
by map OF Rogers, Fairfax and Houston addi-
ton To the city of Roanoke, VA, thence in
northcrly direction lJ feet TO the alley, thence
with said alley in an caStorly direction 10 feet
70 point thence i'll II SOutherly direction l.0
feet To Center street. thence with said street in
westerly direction I'D feet to the place OF
beginning, together with aiiappurtanccs there
to belonging. consisting OF good Broom house
AMI other outside buildings.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash sufficient to pay
tho expenses OF this sale and the amount Of
money now in default. say about 1--we hundred
and twenty five dollars: about eight hundred
and thirty dollars due the Iron Belt Building
and Loan Association. payable In monthly in
stallmcntS OF sixteen dollars and by tho fur
thcr assumption OF note OF fifty dollars duo
SmonthS after date, and 80 notes OF seventeen
dollars and thirty-threc cents each due monthly
from 4 to III months after dato; balance made
known on day OF sale. L. 5. Men tMEE,
aprl0tds Trustee.
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Guaranteed Cure for La Grippe.

We authorize our advertised drug
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LEMON HOT DROPS

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Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrhage
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