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THE ROANOKE TIMES. THURSDAY. AUGUSTA 1891.

punsters. He is q very accomplished
amateur photographer, and his mega
tives" do not produce huff as much
havoc as those of tho secretary.
knew Secretary Window we'll for
thirty years, but never know him to
play game Of any sort don't believe
he ever did IIe would get up his horses
and drive them out once in awhile, but
he seemed to do even that perfunctorily
"a duty drive" he used to call it, for
health rather than for pleasure.
Secretary Foster Is famous whist
player. Gen Ncttleton, assistant Sec
rotary, one of the finest looking and
most popular members of the admins
tratiOn, puts in what little time he can
get at social and literary gatherings.
lie is so fond of books and pleasant con-
versntion that have fancy that no
doesn't know whether two pnir are
technically inferior or superior to three
of q kind.
Gen. Noble was recently asked what
was his chief recreation out of office
Getting my hair cut" he answered.
"What2 don't understand" said hts
tnterlocutoY.
Having my hair cut" repeated the
secretary. at Is quite an achievement
when get time to go and have my hair
cut The tendency of the hair Of q
secretary of the interior Is to grow
long"
His questioner then recalled the fact
that Carl Schurz and Teller both wore
long hair when they were ct the head
of this incongruous congeries of bureaus;
,for 7 MIC,
pendagc heightened till he was a per
feet sight, and that even Gen. Villas,
neat and trim in his personal habits,
surrendered to the temptation and grew
n hirsute thntch that would have de-
lighted Piegan-
YES " said the secretary, with n sigh,
they had no time to get their huir cut
during the winter"
Conversation and reading arc the
chief aInusements of the Noble house
hold-readlng good books and convers-
ing ON literary and philosophical
topics. Among the frequent and wei
come visitors arc such men as the En-
ersonian Mystic, Prof. Harris, chief Of
the education bureau, and such invent
ors and scientists as Langley, of the
Smithsonian, and Powell, Of the geoS-
raphical survey.
Secretary Tracy Is temperate il the
example he sets to the navy. He plays
mono of the technical amusement games
lie drives moderately. lie smokes about
one cigar q day. lie dimes abstem-
iously and hopes TO live good many
years yet lie Is sober-minded man,
and the tragedy which darlScned tho
first months of the administration has
thrown permanent shadow on his life,
Gen. Proctor, secretary of war, is in
spired with rare passion for whist An
evening rubber is his frequent amusc-
ment, with Senators Cameron, Edmunds
md perhaps Huwley around the other
sides of the table. His ambition is to
make gatling gun of his long suit
Then he has n combination pool table
ut his house, and tumbles the worries
with considerable skill. But his chief
fun is with horses. LIE loves the whole
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and he was about to be shot, but his
reputation as Il hoodoO saved his life.
His companions in arms testified that
they believed he had been actuatcd by
PURE patriotism, and that his flight had
given them moro confidence than ten
regiments of reinforceIncntS His eld-
est son, my father, is the man who
ruined the ship-building industry in
Maine by engaging in it soon after the
war of the rebellion.
AS for my mothers family. their ALI
hnce with my fathers Is sufficient proof
that there must have been something
wrong with their luck.
My early years were unhappy, es-
pccially for those who had to take care
OF Inc. had the humps twice and the
scarlet fever three times, and the doc
Tor said could have either of them as
many times more as wanted to. When
asked him why he gave me an alb.
struse scientific explanation which,
! boiled down tn solid facts, simply meant
that some people were born that way,
and was one OF them. ] have reduced
all other theories of bad luck to the
same general terms.
paid my way through college by re.
framing, for consideration, from bet
ting or our various athletic teams when
they were about to engage in important
contests. 1t was discovered III the fresh.
man year that this was the only way to
give our boys II chance. once attempted
TO break through this restraint by bet.
ting on the class races My friends had
by this time noted my popularity and
were willing to give any odds against
me. Taking advantage of my rcputa-
tion as Il hoOdoo, secretly laid bets on
all the crews in such way that which.
ever won I should make about two hun.
drcd dollars. On the night before the
race II coal schooner sank croSswisc in
the narruwest part of the course, and
the river was entirely DISTRACTED for n
week. Not desiring to intl;ct further
damage upon navigation. l withdrew
my bets.
+ After leaving NY alma mater, still
retained deep interest in her affairs,
aad occasionally SD far forgot myself lis
TO bnck her athletes. Anybody who
has noted Iiarvard's luck during the
last ten years will be able to guess
where I obtained the vast and varied
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a IIappy Fellow.

did Wit:icus have serious attack
Of the grip?"
"Oh! no; he never takes any thing scri-
ously. you kaow.'-Judge.
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FINANCIAL.
JOSEPH I. ENGLEBY, C. a. MooMAw,
President. v. President
J.V. JAMESON. Secretary.
The FIDELITY LOAN and TRUST
COMPANY,
OF ROANOKE, VA.

Statement at close of business, June
3Oth, 1891:
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Jersey homestead. had been told that
it was comfortable place, and while
l had no i'll will against it's owner I
could not help rejecting that he was
over seventy years old, and In feeble
health. However, he lived pcrsistently
during the years while I waited for
his estate. But one day went over
and looked at the place where l had
agreed to abide when my rclntivc
should have left it for q better. From
that moment l prayed that ho might
live to be hundred or even more IL
it should be necessary. Anything was
preferable to living in the desolate
wilderness where he had made his
home.
From the day when this change OF
sentiment took place in my mind my
relatives health rapidly declined, and
within three weeks he had passed to his
reward.
The will was read, and nothing re-
manned for me but to take possession of
my New Jersey estate. l boarded the
boat with Il heart so heavy TINT the cap
tain had to shift his ballast whenever L
moved from one side TO the other.
why, IiiouSnt !, SnOulU calmly
submit to this. The Hudson rolls be-
meath me, calm and cool, and yellow. a
plunge and all is over. l shall incon-
veniencc nobody, for they never stop u
fcrryboat for such little mattex as u
man overheard"
Il stood by the rail rejecting deeply.
Slowly drew nickel from my pocket
and prepared to make my final decision.
Tails, watcry grave; heads New DER
scy. turned the nickel over and over
in my hands, and finally laid it on the
rail. The suspense was awful Slowly
removed my hand. and cast my eyes
upon the coin. Just my Internal luck
again. Heads, New Jersey.
The really important portion Of the
manuscript ends here, was much af-
fected by it. 1t bears every evidence of
authenticity, including the crest of the
lioodoo family which bears the device
Of {; horse harncsscd to wagon with
his head toward the dashboard hope
this may come under the eye of the So
cicty for Psychcial Research 1t will
be as valuable as any document in It's
archives. HOWARD FIELDING.
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Wanamaker's.
PHILApELPHIA, April 90, 1891.

PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 1891.
Last week marked eXacttltif-yi
a year since l6randenburg'
Is ass d traffic name of cotton
Dress Goods was first printed
in this column. Success at
once claimed the trademark
as its own. The quality of
the stuff, the beauty of the
printing, and the cheapness,
a trio ofreasons, commanded
the result.
This therefore is second
Brandenburg season, but al
ready, before the anniver-
sary OF the first opening the
sales were greater than all
last year. The patterns count
hundreds, the variety is al
ways fresh. They come, they
go, no stagnation, nothing
among them old. The progress
is cumulative.
The miles of Ginghams at
CSC are lessening. Soon they
will all be passed and then,
what? Some other bargain
we suppose, but not this. 40
cents worth of Ginghams for
IS cents comes only once in
five years.
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Prettier than eyer this sea-
son $50 the ladies' te1Tus)
! GCttter than anywhere else
Come and see for yourself.
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dering the modes OF uavel in thos e
days by stage, packet, service
over short stretches of water con-
veyance, wagon, saddle. horse, shall
lop, &c.-was laborious and fatleu
ing beyond anything that can be re-
allied TN our day. 1t was begun on
the 3Ist of May, 1917, as already
noted, and kept the President on the
90 all the time until early Septem-
ber-more than three months. The
distance traversed probably reached
twenty five hundred miles.
Happily President Harrison has no
such pressing occasion for making a
prolonged journey of military in
spection of our coast and Canadian
frontier lines of defence-although
the "bluenoses" get occasionally
bellicose; and although Rudini ct aL
on the Mediterranean are hurting
about sending over to New Orleans
the Dan dolo, Duilio and others OF
Italy's big ships. He has only the
incentive of natural and laudable
desire to see the country and its
people-and perhaps an equally
natural desire that his country shall
see him. Either way or both ways
good will result-certainly in con
firming the broad views already in
the mind OF the President-and i'll
stimulating patriotic sentim ents and
kindly personal feeling on the part
of the people towards their Chief
Magistrate. 1t is clear enough that
the more they see of him personally
the better they like him.
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The Merchant Tailoring
stock salutes you with a trio
of specialties.
Elegant Homespuns in light
colors, Mems Suits to measure
S22.5o.
English Diagonal, wool fin
ished, Mems Coat and Vest to
measure, $40.
Imported Cheviots and
Thibets in the best London
styles. Mems Suits to meas
ure. SIS.
And all this is for fine Tail
oring. The day of fancy
prices tor Tailoring has moved
toward ancient history.
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Lawn Grass Seeds: 20 cents

Lawn Grass Seeds; 20 cents
Tor a quart box OF the Boston
Mixture. They say it's the
best. Sowed right, on proper
ground and clipped with care,
and a velvety Lawn is as GER
tain as sunrise.
Flower and Vegetable
Seeds are close by. Three
cents a Package for either.
Assured as to price when you
think what such packets usu-
ally bring! Every Vegetable
you care for. Se0cHU-kA1~ec
sorts OF Flowers.
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ORDER MI.

william ST. J. I.angdon and We VS. CHARLES T,
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O the b
July " 1891 This
name and address contest
Inc lana must be just
ereSed persons BEFORE within ysafer planting
g. Inc hills lima ~
Only one crop from planting will
" low" u HIS or other subteru will be
s SOUND marketable potatoes of notaos
T. " SCOTT FERTILIZER Co.'S SURE GROWTH be used to GROW
"ne1e manufactured by bu manure be nsed
Is 0N
GATE OF the harvest Der
o. Inc harvesting must be
TIE 5CTT FERTILIZER CO.
e." ELKTON MARYLAND
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ELKTON. APRIL %, 1891,
OPPORTUNITY.

Master OF human desunleS ami
Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait
Cities and fields walk; penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing by
Howell and mart and palace, soon or late
knock unbidden once at every gate
If sleeping, wake, if feasting rise before
turn away. 1t is the hour Of fate,
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore,
| answer not, AID l return no more.
JOHN J. INGALLS,.
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Spring is not really here
and the robins have not COM
menced their songs, but the
prudent man prepares for it in
advance by looking in on us
and seeing our goods. We
have the tables groaning under
the weight of the Spring fabrics
we have lately put in. Come
now while the lines are COM
plete, for there's no telling
how soon pieces will be used
up. A personal inspection of
our stock is much better than
tor us to name the styles and
fabrics, and is much more sat
lstactory to you.
In a few weeks Spring Over
coats will be seen on the
streets, and if you intend hav-
lng one we can show you
goods and styles that can dis
count anything in this vicinity.
Prices: Well, you know our
reputation for reli-
lble goods at modest prices.
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The Senate of Delaware on Mon
day passed the House Chapman
Game bill 1t prohibits, under pen
atty OF S fine, the shipment out of
the State of any quail, partridge,
robin, English or Wilson snipe, or
wild rabbit. Non resident sports
men are prohibited from taking such
game from one county into another
1t is to be hoped that no grave
inter state complications may arise,
should a risky Delaware rabbit
ignoring its limited home range,
stray over the line into Maryland.
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ADVERTISING RATES:

Local matter Ten Cents Lie for single insertion.
Marriage and Death Notices inserted grGtuitousiy.
Obituaries tciH be charged tat the usual rat Of
transient local matter
Transient rGteS--E Eight GEMS line TOR one, and
-Four cents a line for eveIy additional Insertion.
One inch Of space counted TTeire lines. one
column, fiUe Dollars per inch, one year -Four
changes GHolced TO yearly advertisers lohou add
tional charge.
The circulation Of The Hhig being among the mos
intelligent classes Of cecil county and the ADJOINING
counties Of Maryland, Pennsylvania and DeiGlcare,
proprietor confidently recommends ii TO Business
Men as a most desirable medium tor remunerdtire
advertising. To psdtatGsa its high standard as a
family journal no offensive Objectionable Hdver-
ttsements piH be admitted at any price.
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QTRAWBRIDGE
y & C1orHIER
PHILADELPHIA
BLACK DRESS GOODS
PHILADELPHIA.

The warm weather of the
past week has started all the
thinner fabrics into increased
activity, and the heavier stufs
of early Spring have had to
make way for the legion of new
things that have been arriving.
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aeVHE* WHIaS.

Permanently vGtuGOe Tor MS Local as 7eH as Cen
eraI intelligence Ne,cs Communications are respect
fully solicited from Gil sections Of the County, IN
addition to the Ueekiy contributions Of ITS regular
corps OF correspondents. anonymous commHnica'
ions wiH receive no attention, the name OF the
Iysi,er being required al guarantee Of
odo tain
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Dedication.

The new Free Methodist Chapel, on
West High street, Elkton, will be dedi
Gated tomorrow. The services during
the day will be as follows:-Love Feast
at o'clock a. m. preaching at 1870 a.
M, by Rev. Geo Eakins; dedicatory
sermon at $50 p. m, by Rev. j. 7.
Michael, Chairman of Philadelphia Dis
trIct; preaching at 7.45 p. m. Several
other ministers are expected to be pre-
sent
Come and help in the good work.
J. w. TAMBLYN, Pastor.
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Grenadines in black with
colored figures are in the front
rank of style. Just read this
little list. 1t is an invitation
to the riches of the Novelty
Dress Goods counter. These
quiet Grenadines are III bril-
liant company, but the con-
trast hurts neither.
Black Grenadine with colored Pin
Stripes of silk, 45 inch, 81 80.
Black Grenadine with Silk Chain
Stripes of colors, 40 inch, 81.
Black Grenadine with clusters OF
Colored Silk Stripes. 40 inch, So 80
aud So
Black Grenadine with Cnlored Rib
bon borders, 46 inch, 81
B ack Grenadine with o tomau Bor-
der and silk beading, 46 inch So 80.
Black Grenadine with Go ored Polka
Dots of silk and Silk border, 62
inch, 50.
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We start the new Retrigera-
tor season with the Puritan
further to the fore than ever.
There are other good Re-
frigerators, but in the whole
list we do not know any two
that together show as MANY
valuable points as the Puritan.
1t is 4 common sense Re-
frigerator. The dullest mind
has grasp enough to keep it in
order. Get a Puritan into
your service, feed it with ice
Cts a wonderfully small ice
eater as Refrigerators go)
empty the drip pan now and
then, and there's the end of
worry.
There are no corners that
can't be got at, there are no
complicated fixtures that a
trained engineer mnst look
after. All is simple, plain,
open.
Pure, cold, dry air all the
time moving is the Puritan
theory-cold air dropping
from the ice to the storage
space; warm air rising from
the chilling chamber to the
ice. Nature manages it all.
You know how a Puritan
Refrigerator is put together
zinc Hnin.g. charcoal uourou-
ducto1; thorough work. There
isn't ghost of chance tor
foul smells or disease germ to
hang about such a Refrigera-
tor if you do your part.
Upright, $3.50 to 500.
Sideboard, SII to S45.
Drip Pans, SO and 9oc.
Tin Nursery Retrigerators,
S4.25 to S5.25.
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LIS ACRES,

Ninety OF which are under cultivation, and the
balance in Chestnut aud oak Timber.
The improvements consist of a Modern .s.SSS
Two and A hall Story BRICK HOUSE, 1nV
81 by 49, and TwO-stOry Frame Kitchen W
Is by IS, and containing in all rooms -
cellar; Frame Barn, Stone Stable Carriage
House. 20 by 20, with Corn Crib and Granary
attached: also a Straw House and Wagon House.
Trees Pear Cherries, Grapes, Berries. sc. The
land is Of excellent quality, with southerly ex-
pOsure, and under good fence, principally post
through the place. Convenient to railro ada
churches, mills and schools.
ar-This is a fine grazing farm.
TERMS OF SALE, prescribed by the mort
gage cash but more favorable terms may be
made fdesired by the purchaser.
Cost of deed to be paid by the purchaser.
JOHN :. WRIT
Aprlsts Attorney named In Mortgage.
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y uSpSCllOu by the AOilSlI-
tut. Commander in Chief of the
armed forces of the United States.
it had been clearly developed by the
men recent war with Great Britain
that the )rthern frontier OF the
United States and the whole coast
line among the Atlantic seaboard
were open to the incursions Of the
late enemy if they saw fit to make
them, and that it was exceedingly
desirable to protect the frontier and
coast line by posts and batteries, and
by the selection OF points available
for the speedy concentration of
troops, in case there should be &C.
casion tor it. 1t was the supposed
urgent necessity for such actual per
sonal examination of more than two
thousand miles of shore line and
frontier that gave rise to that first
great Journey and tour ola President
of the United States
Mr. Monroe started from Wash
ington on the last day OF Nav, 1877,
passing near the assailable shore
lines of Maryland, Delaware, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Massachusetts,, New
Hampshire and visiting dur.
ing this portion of the journey Balti-
more, Philadelphia, Trenton, New
York, Newport, New London, Bos
ton, Portsmouth, Portland and other
chief cities and towns in the States
mentioned. From Portland he tur-
ned westward, passing through Yer
mont, examining the fortified works
at Plattsburg-thence, penetrating
the forest, he travelled through it
towards the St. Lawrence river.
Reaching that river, he embarked
upon one of the rude craft of that
day fer Lake Ontario, where he
visited Sackett's Harbor, Fort
Niagara and other places, which
were then exceedingly remote, but
which are now the almost hourly OBJ
jective points of multtudes of pleas
ure travellers. Going thence up to
Buffalo, he sailed across Lake Erie,
landing ultimately at Detroit, which
was his point of destination, and
was then sort of Ultima Thule of
Northwestern c viIization-the routes
westward being mostly the trails by
Indians and pioneers.
On the return trip, having no fur
Their occasion to track the national
boundary, he struck a route through
the forests of Michigan and OHIO to
the Pennsylvania line - pack
horse" wagon and saddle horse
travel-and thence through'Maryland
back to Washington. That journey,
besides its enormous length, consi-
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A Wanamaker Lawn Mower
10 to IS inches, SIS to 81
will put silk finish on any
turf.
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For nearly half a century Ayers Cherry
Pectoral has been the most popular cough
remedy in the world. The constantly in
creasing demand for this remedy proves it
to be the very best specific for colds,
coughs, and all diseases of the thr oat ard
lungs.
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All Wool ChalIies-

Among them are the finest imported
stuffs, and the prices are very mod
erate-50, Ga. 70 ST., 81 90, 81 %
and 81 so per Yard.
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WooI CHaWcs, French and
German BahStcS, Uo0I Yell
ines and -4lbatroSS Cloths, Eng
HM W0Hal1-S and almost num-
berless different weaves in
GrenadlNcS are all here again,
some Of them more popular
than ever, and all tried favorites
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Fine Enqlish Mohairs

Nothirg is better snitcd to Summer
uavel Do not muss, nor spot with
water. Ours are the product of the
best English makers-50, 70. 81 90
and 81. % per yard.
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French and German Batiste-

Strictly all wool, and especially
suited to the hot .,ummer months
50, 65, IS, $100 aud 81 90 per Yard.
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The Presid ent's Trip.

WHATEVER may be its political
results so far as President Harrison 5
probable candidacy tor renomina-
ton in 1892 are concerned, it is GER
tainly true, that h has every reason
to be gratified with the cordially OF
his reception during his extended
southern trip. He has been met
every where by candid and outspo-
ken evidences of friendly ho- pitality,
and the President will not disturb
the pleasurable experiences of his
visit to the south, by disagreeable
speculation as to whether the popu
lar greetings he has received, have
been accorded, to the office or the
y L
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GIWIoS0, E-curh UOOlC1ebeS
Tamise Cloth, CameES Hair
Greuadlnes, W00I CmmeAte,
Charlotte, etc., etc., etc., are all
represented in this wonderful
collection of Black Dress
Goods, as we'll as hundreds of
other stuffs-all contributing to
the greatest exhibit of Dress
Fabrics in America.
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Now for the
thirty-first and
greatest Spring busi-
ness in the Old
Corners h istoru.
That's what
WauauaKER & DR1A.1
are after DOW.

Why not?
If ever masters in the manufacturing and
retailing Clothing
The stock of Spring Clothing is magnificent Thousands
of Mems Everyday suits thousands OF Dress suits thou
sands of Spring Overcoas; thousands and thou, ands H
Trousers.
Just generous supply for the Boys of every size
Everything the be- in quality and make Our guaran-
tee good Treasury No mauer how low the
price you're safe against mistakes and sure Of good moneys
worth No in the Land underscl Sixth & Market
All our advantages yours The mills OF the world
know and bring their lest goods Do buy big lots
little lowero Down goes the price to You. Our work
people know how careful and do their best work
Our whole scheme for charging business sell tn
best that can be made and ask low fair price for it.
Come early and get the pick Of the stock.