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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
WINSTON CHAT.
Plans for the Roanoke and Southern
ShOps-Frce Mail Delivery.

Plans for the Roanoke and Southern
shops-Frce Mail Delivery.
WINSTON, N. c., June 1s.-[Spcciall-
The Winston-Salem Chamber of Com
merce this week took up the question of
free mail delivery for Winston and
appointed committee to wait on the
mayor and board of aldermen and insist
upon immediate and united action look
ing to the establishment of such con-
venience. The president of the cham
Der was instructed to appoint a COM
mittee of arrangements for the State
press convention which meets here next
month. Said committee was appointed
to-day and it is composed of men that
insures royal reception for the ncws-
paper men when they assemble here.
Chief Engineer Onderdonk is now
getting up plans for railroad shops to
be built for the Roanoke and Southern
road. 1t is pretty we'll understood that
they will be located in Roanoke.
Mr.. j. w. Il. Allemong, Of Salem, Va, ,
was in Winston few days ago to con-
fer with Colonel Fries relative to build
ing a branch of the Roanoke and South
crn road from Roanoke to Salem. The
question is now being considered by
the authorities.
An engineer of the Danville and East
Tennessee railroad has commenced to
make survey of the line from Mt
Airy to Danville. The first named
town will contribute literally if tho
road is built and the citizens there
think it will be.
The United Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church South, has decided to
build a handsome church edifce at an
early date in Winston.
Theodore Allen, the New York repre-
sentative of the American Tobacco
Trusts still in Winston trying to ''gob-
BILE up" several of big plug tobacco fac
tories. He refuses to talk with news
paper men as to what he proposes doing.
However, he has met with poor success
here yet.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
WHY MIR. HuppLEsroN LEFT.
There Was n Little Affair that Caused HI,
Resignation to be Asked For,

There Was N Little Affair that Caused His
Resignation to be Asked For.
John Huddleston, formerly train dis
patcher on Captain Bransford'a division
and secretary Of the Roanoke Division
Order Railway Telegrapherss left Roam
oke Wednesday night for good, and
Jacks many friends will not be likely
to see him very often in the future. The
cause which lead to his resignation as
train dispatcher is this:
Some time ago Mr.. McKeever, an
operator in the Western Union Tele-
graph Office, requested permission of Mr..
Huddlcston, who was then on duty, to
use the railroad wire to send message
to some point on the Shenandoah Valley,
which was granted. Tho message was
being sent, and was about concluded,
when the main telegraph office of the
Norfolk and Western broke in and re-
fused to allow the message to he
finished. The matter came TO the ears
of Superintendent Walstrum, who, after
an investigation, demanded that Mr..
Huddleston's resignation be asked for.
1t seems that Mr.. IIuddleston had, on
two previous occasions, rendered his
resignation, which had been declined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA.

THE TINES will publish on Sunday
morning large edition devoted to an
extensive write-up of Southside Vir-
ginia, taking in the counties along the
line of the Norfolk and Western rail
road, between Lynchburg and Peters
burg. This region has never received
the credit of its worth agriculturally,
or otherwise, and THE TINES believes
that it is doing public duty in calling
the attention of capitalists, stock
raisers, wool-growers and farmers,
throughout the North and West, to
this valuable country.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
Not to lie EiuTed.

Railroad Official CbrcalSing the news
gently to wife Of New York drummcr)
-Ahem! Madam, be calm Your h1s-
band has met with a slight-that is to
say, one of the drive wheels of pas
senger locomotive struck him ON the
cheek, and
Wife--Well, Sir, you needn't come
around here trying to collect damages.
You won't get cent from me. If yonr
company can't keep its property out Of
danger, it'll have to take the conse-
qucnces. You should have your engines
insured.-Harper's Bazar.:
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19

tooth comb could not find it. Expendi-
lures for June have already been over
SS,0t0,O00 in excess of the Governmental
revenues and the end Is not yet arrived.
The financial situation of the Federal
Treasury is becoming serious. The last
Congress appropriated over S1,000,O00,-
600.
One Of the principal issues in the COM
ing Presidential campaign is tolerably
certain to be the reduction Of public
expenditures. The Government is
spending too much money.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
Warranted Not to Fnde.

Proprietor (angrily)-now does it
happen, sir, that In all this rush you
have not made q sale this week?
Calico Clerk (repentantly)-It was
all owing TO looking after your inter-
ests, sir
NONSENSE"
cts true, sir. Every old lady, young
lady and schoolgirl who came to my
counter asked if our calico would
fade, and 1 swore up and down they
wouldn't"
"Wel?"
"Well, I've just found out they wanted
the stuff to color eggs. Good News.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
MIR. SouIe Is Popular,

All the foremen of the Machine
Works are much pleased with Mr..
Soule, the new superintendent, and
never get tired of speaking word in
his praise. They say he is thoroughly
business, and treats them all with due
courtesy. Everything is now moving
in good shape. Mr.. Soule visits all the
departments several times day, and
consults and advices with his foremen
in such away that he has won their
esteem and regard.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
THE ASPHALT SCHEME.

Information comes that an attem pit
will be made tonight to jam the asphalt
paving contract down the throats of the
City Council. If it is successful the
city may as we'll debit the amount of
the job up to profit and loss, for an
asphalt pavement is as far from what a
pavement should be to answer the needs
OF Roanoke as the hinges of Hades are
2 from the pearly gates Heaven. If the
job gets through, TIE TIMES will print
Il roster of those councilmcn who sup
ported it. 1t will do this to fulfill it's
duty as q newspaper.
Then, in the future. when livery
stableman, or other owner Of fine
horse. sees tho pot of his stable fall on
the greasy asphalt surface and bre Tx Il
the responsibility.
When the citizens of Roanoke look
upon an asf halt paved street and see it's
surface SCARED and broken for the lay
ing of water pipes, water mains, and
sewers, or the repa to any of these
they will know at whose door lies the
responsibility.
When the citizens of Roanoke, in the
course of few years, see this same
asphalt pavement rotting, breaking,
crumbling, and utterly worthless, they
will DO able to tell at whose door the
fault lies.
1t makes no difference who supports
this asphalt job, or whether his motives
are as as pure as sunlight or as base as
mud, he is equally responsible and will
be held equally responsible By his con-
Stituents.
One OF the arguments which will he
advanced tonight in favor of sheet
asphalt will be a series of communica-
tions and pseudo recommendations from
city engineers and prominent officials
in numerous cities, wherc sheet asphalt
has been laid 1t is as easy to get a re-
commentator for pavement as it is
to get signatures to Il petition for hang
ing horse thief. All such recon-
mendations should be taken with .
buShel OF salt. No sensible man should
be swayed in his judgment as to the
actual needs of Roanoke by barrel of
recommendations and endorsements.
When Boss Tweed was at the height
of power in New York city tho first step
adopted by him in working up sentiment
in favor Of the most fragrant jobbery
was the procuration of numerous sin
dorsements" in favor of that particular
job. So far as that matter goes the GER
tificate OF tho Angel Gabriel that the
streets of Heaven were paved with gold,
and that it made very good pavement,
will BIO entitled to no more weight in
Roanoke than an equally asseverated
document from his Satanic Majesty that
the plutonic realms were paved with
good intentions, and that for all ncccs-
sary purposes it worked very we'll.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
THE TREASURY SURPLUS.

The Treasury surplus, which has at
times been so large as to be a positive
menace to the business interests of the
country from tho fact that itrepresentcd
so much ready money locked up from
the channels Of trade, is no more. 1t
has disappeared SO thoroughly that .
combined financial microscope and fine
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
AL He Could Do,

"Your boy is simply a depravcd boy,
Mrs. Bronson" said the physician.
"Iou need n doctor of the soul, not one
of my profession"
81 don't know, DOCTOR" said the tired
little woman, but whnt You might
help me little with advice"
mo, madam, the only thing 1 can
prescribe for him is mixture of
strychnine and prussic acid" Jury.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
ROANOKE, VA, JUNE 10, 1891.

THE TIMES can be tound-regularly on
sale at the following places:
Roanoke--George Gravatt, Jr., M. L..
Smith $, Hotels Roanoke, Continental and
Ponce de Leon.
Bristol, Tenn.--W. A. Ward, Front
Street, Steiner Sc Mathis.
Bluefleld--Bluefield Inn.
Lynchburg--Norve Hotel
Pocahontas-Pocahon Inn.
Pulsski-Maple Shade Inn, Brown g.
Brown.
Radford--Radford Inn, Jenkins News
Depot, Norwood Street.
Salem--W. Taylor's Book Store.
Washington--Willard The Metropoli-
tan.
: Norfolk and Western trains
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19

Rowell's American Newspaper Direc-
tory for 1901 puts the circulation of THE
ROANOKE TIMES above that of any
other paper in Southwest Virginia, and at
more than that of all the other papers of
Roanoke combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
Tho Unmusical uorSn

Recent Investigations go to show that
the horse has no ear for music, and only
a slight understanding of time and mill
tary signals. The popular impression
that a trained horse can waltz in time
to music is unsupported by experience,
as in such cases the music is always
played to suit the step of the horse,
which is regulated by signs from the
trainer. -? I;S4.t 4
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
KEEP YOUR EYE
This Column and Find Out
Where the Bargains Are.

Seven rooms, Franklin road, an ele-
CANT bargain. First class in all respects,
SO, 500.
Twenty-Five feet on Robinson street
near Roanoke and Southern depot at
sacrifice. Don't fail to see this.
House of 6 rooms on Center street
near Park, So, 100, 900 cash balance on
easy terms.
Fifty feet on 9th ave. Something
handsome and cheap, Sl.SO0.
House and lot corner Jefferson and
4th ave. II. W., cheap, "see this"
25 feet on Commonwealth ave. next to
Bee Hive, % per cent. off If sold at once.
$4,000 will buy Salem ave. lot 5Ox2OO,
between eth and Sth streets.
13C feet within ono block of R. 81 S.
depot, SIS per front foot-improved.
Ask us to show YOU our houses on the
installment plan,S20 cash, balance easy.
VIII give some party with $500
chance to double his money in six
months in business property in New
Town.
The above is only partial list of the
many bargains we are now Offering.
F. w. CRAIG g. CO.,
No. 10 Salem Ave. $. W. (up stairs.)
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
Yes, We Did.
From the RichInoud Dispatch.

From the Richin0ad Dispatch.
The amount of gold in circulation in
the civilized world is now known to the
fraction of million.-R0ANoKE TINES.
The stock of gold coin approximately
in this country alone November /, 1890,
was 1929, 932,4i We suppose TIE
TINES did not intend to say Traction of
Il million"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
They got Home by breakfast.

There were several wrecks of car
riages on the way in from Hollins Wed
nesday night, but no serious casualties.
One young man, accompanied by a
young lady friend got lost on the way
in and brought up in Salem about three
o'clock in the morning.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
No, You Don't.

From the Winston Sentinel.
We we'll remember the state Of affairs
in Roanoke, Va, last summer-when
hundreds of people were wrestling with
malignant diseases and the dead and
dying were no few each day.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19

The largest and best selected stock of
Wall Papers in Philadelphia, which we
sell to the consumer at wholesale price.
Samples sent to all parts of the United
States free Send for samples and COM
pare our goods and prices with others.
CHAS. M. N. KILLEN, Ola S. Goth ST.,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. apr3O-3m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19

Entered at the PostoHice at Roanoke as soc
ond-class matter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
TELEPHONE NUMBER LA.

TIE TIMES Is delivered in Roanoke, Salem
and yinton every morning by carriers Tor 5o
cents per month.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19

In order that the public may have full
opportunity to Judge OF the merits of The
Times special telegraphic service. and of
The Times as n newspaper it will be sent
free to any address not already on our
books for one week
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19

Advertising rates MADE known on applica
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19

Items OF news. communications, ETC., should
be addressed to the Editor of THE TIMES.
Remittancce, by express, mOney-Order, reg
lstered letter, cheque, or draft. should be ad-
dressed and made payable to
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19

THE WEEKLY TIMES.
THE WEEKLY TIMES, containing the news of
tho week in a more condensed form, one year,
300 in advance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19

THE ROANOKE TIMES PUBLISHING CO
Roanoke, Virginia.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
THE ROANOKE TIMES.
yERMs, ny NAIL, Postage Prepaid.)

All papers sent out or the city must be paid
for invariably in advance.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-22
Mrs. HarrisOn's Doll.

Mrs. Harrison, the wife of President
Harrison, recently dressed doll for a
charity fair. She selected for the doll's
gown the only piece she possessed of
her inaugural ball gown. 1t was not
enough to "gown doll as large as
a two-year-old baby, but it was enough
for moderately-sized doll. 1t may be
remembered that the material for this
inaugural ball gown was woven ex-
pressly for the occasion by an American
manufacturer, and the pattern de-
signed by an American woman. The
gowns worn by Mrs. Morton and Mrs.
Mckee were woven at the same time
and were also of American design and
manufacture. The three gowns were,
even to the thread put in them, wholly
American; and the ladies were very
proud of them, as they might we'll be-
When those lovely brocades were taken
from the loom, the patterns were de-
stroyed; and not even the president
himself could afterward get another
scrap" at any price. The pattern Of
Mrs. Harrison's gown was the golden
rod, since chosen for the national flower
The pale yellow was laid on the richest
cream-tinted satin in brocaded texture
and was extremely beautiful.-EG.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-22
A Boy Hero.

In heartless Paris which to foreign eyes
Seems made of mirrors, gas.light and display
splendid buildings walls began to rise,
Ascending stone by stone from day to day.
High and more high the pile was bullded we'll
And scores of laborers were busy there,
When suddenly fragile staging fell
And two strong workmen swung aloft in air.
Suspended by their hands to slight hold,
That bent and .creaked beneath their sudden
weight
One worn with toll and growing gray and old;
one a mere boy, just reaching mans estate,
Yet with heros soul. Alone and young,
We're 1t not well to yield his single life,
On which no parent leaned, no children chung,
And save the other to his babes and wife7
He saw that ere deliverance could be brought,
The frail support they grasped must surely break,
And In that shudderlng moments fash OF thought
He chose to perish for his comrades sake.
With bravery such as heroes seldom know,
IT'S right" he said and loosng his strong grip,
Dropped like a stone upon the stones below.
And lay there dead, the smile still on his lip.
What though no laurels grow his grave above,
And DER his name scuptured shaft may rise?
To the sweet spirit of unsefsh love
Was not his life glorious sacrihce2
Elizabeth AkerS, in Horper's Young People.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-22

we try to learn from past blunders, re-
peated mistakes become fewer, and we
soon begin to feel that optimistic cour-
age which is the outcome of conscious
but few mistakes. A German aphorist
expressed this idea of development
from our plumbers a little differently,
but with the same courageous, hopeful
spirit: " Every one errs, but he is the
fool who loses himself in his Mistakes"
We may never live one day free from
blunder, but if we lose not our percep-
ton of what we have said, or do not
become bewildered in the maze of our
motives, or astray in the result of our
deeds, we have no need to be cast
down. When we can find ourselves
amid the debris which our mistakes
have pulled down and over us, we
know we are growing, and typifying
each time that spiritual resurrection
which is the hope of humanity; for
" men can build on stepping-stones of
their dead selves to higher things. p
agnes Bailey Ormsbee, in Hdrper's
Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-22

The frequency with which the aver
age mortal makes mistakes is so great
that when the moralist has on his blue
glasses he can see but little else. Mis-
takes loom up at every turn. From
those early days when we committed
the well-nigh immortal blunder of " get
ting out of bed wrong" to the latest
years of life, be they ever so long, the
pessimist sees mistake after mistake,
increasing in number, and self-increas-
ing like the children's snowbals made
from the soft, adhesive spring-time
snow. Mistakes of judgment, mistakes
of carelessness, mistakes of affection,
and mistakes of selfshness, each and
all, are continually knocking at human
ity's elbow, and even the wisest admit
first one and then another, until the
gamut of misfortune is repeated over
and over again. A famous journalist
and philosopher once replied to critic,
who had ferreted out an undeniable
blunder, " Yes, l know it's a mistake,
and ! made it; but l always make ne,o
mistakes" 1t is depressing to make
the same mistake repeatedly; but when
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-22
CLAARIIK. =, FoSTER,s ESTATE.

In Probate Court held at Montpelier ia said DIS.
trict. ON the 9Th day of April. A. ID. 1891:
clark j. Fnster az n pne Oh 'e s Sst1'9 n Si
triet. deceased presents his administration
account for examination and allowance, and
makes application for a decree OF dlstribu.
ton and partition of the estate of said de-
ceased. Whereupon, IL is ordered by said Court
that said account and said application be re-.
ferred TO session thereof, to be held at the
Probate ONCE. In said Montpelier. the sd day
of April, A. ID, 1891, for hearing and decision
thereon. And, IL Is further ordered, that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested by pubca.
ton OF the same three weeks successfully in the
Vermont Wdtchmdn q State Journal, a newspaper
publlshed AT Montpelier, previous to said time ap
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at said
time and place. and show cause, If any they may
have why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made. by the Court.-Attest
$3.50 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-22
Illegible Writing.

Illegible writing is considered by
many people one Of the marks of SUI
perior mind. The inference is that
those who are burdened with many and
great thoughts cannot be expected to
take time to put them into sensible,
everyday English, and afterward write
them out in clear, plain hand for the
benefit of the unfortunate person who
may have to decipher them. Such work
is too commonplace for noble intellects.
1t is not to be denied that illegible
writing has some advantages. 1t is a
great convenience to bad spelling. If
the words cannot be interpreted at all -,
no one on earth can say if they are
rightly or wrongly spelled. 1t is boon
to people who do not know their own
minds. There is no danger that any
body will discover the fact. If the
writing is done because of painful duty
or still more painful compliment owed
of which the sooner all trace is lost the
better, the illegible writing is proof that
the compliment or duty was paid, and
absolves the writer of all further re-
sponsibility. He cannot be bound by
words which no one is able to affirm he
ever wrote. But if the writer has been
taught to write and spell properly, if he
has intelligence enough to know what
he wants to say, and ability and energy
sufficient to say it, there seems to be
no good reason why he should not clothe
his ideas in such distinct fashion that
they can be understood at glance, and
by the most careless and indifferent
reader.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-22
A Funny Problem.

1t was warm, sleepy afternoon, and
the scholars in Miss Plummer's school
looked and acted as if they wished four
O'Clock would come quickly. The
class in mental arithmetic were lazily
droring through their lessons, when
Dea. Day popped his CHEEKY face in at
the door. All the children loved him,
and were glad when he came TO visit
the school. Perhaps he saw they needed
something to wake them up, so when
the class was through with the lesson
he gave them this problem: eff eighteen
cows we're going through narrow
gate where only one could pass at
time, which COW could look back and
say, There are eleven pairs of horns
behind me?'" The class thought bus
lily for minute; then up came Tommy
Tufts hand. Which one, Tommy"
asked the deacon. "The seventh"
emo" Another minute of study,
then Celia Brown put up her hand.
What do you think, Cellar" "I
think it might be the eighth, for when
the cow turned his head to look back
her own horns would be behind her,
wouldn't they?" "No, it isn't the
eighth" the deacon said. About the
same time little Johnny Hartshorn, on
the front seat, began to smoker.
What are you laughing at, johnny"
asked Miss Plummer. "Cows-can't-
talk" giggled Johnny. Dea. Day
laughed, too, then. Johnny has
answered it," he said. "None of the
COWS could do it, of course" Then all
the scholars laughed and woke up for
the rest of the day, and Dea. Day
bowed himself out.-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-22
A Sub.Treasury Girls Find.

An ancient Greek coin, valued at
about $40, was found in lot of fifty
cent pieces that arrived at the sub
treasury yesterday. The handsome
young lady who found the rarity was
to keep it by substituting fifty
cent piece out of her own pocket. This
is perfectly legitimate as Uncle Sam
has no time and no desire to make a
collection of rare coins. All he wants
is strict accounting of every penny
that is handled by the sub-treasury and
this he has always got. The coin
handlers under Captain Walters come
across many rare coin which dishonest
persons attempt to deceive the SUBJ
treasury into accepting. These rare
coins are never turned back to the per-
sons who sent them, but are the legiti-
mate prey of the one who detects the
profitable fraud.-Philadelphia Record.