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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10
NARY AN ARMY WORM.
The Old Farmer Was No Raw Recruit If
IIe Was HOMEGROWN

The Old Farmer Was No Raw Recruit If
Ho Was HOMEGROWN.
lie was gay young officer and I'm
Gle Sam was in great luck to have such
nice hired man, says the New York
Evening World. The car was crowded
and he had to set his bright, new uni
form right down beside 4 dingy, old
farmer looking chap.
well, my avuncular relative, said he,
speaking up so that tho passongcra
might have . chance to Join in tho
lnugh, "wlat promise docs he Of whom
one touch makes us all akin hold forth
touching the particular of farinaccoua
cereals2"
Tho passengers Chose who unter-
stood him and those who didn't snick-
cred.
'How's the whoat crop, eh?r replied
the dingy parsonage "FusJ rate, fu.s
rate"
as that which fell alike by the way
side, into barren places and upon good
ground completely subtcrrancan?"
The passengers all laughed.
as the seed all under ground, ch?"
said the countryman. ''Surc; all the
scetin's done and things are sproutin'. -
iiaS your rctinu been impressed by
any members of the advanced guard of
the cantharis vittata?"
The passengers gigg!ed.
Seen any potato bugs, ch?" said the
rustic. you bet; seen lots of potato
bugs but nary an army worm
"No?' said the gay young officer,
hastily, heading off an incipicnt laugh,
land why is the army worm no longer
with your
"Wcll," said the old professor from
the PodunlS agricultural college, ~
heard that most of em had been jagged
for duplicating their pay accounts
The passengers roared.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10
HISTORIC BRITISH HOMES.

Mansion Three Centuries Old to Which
misunderstanding Took His Bride.
Violation Hall, Lord NIiddleton's seat
in Motifs, where Sir William and Lady
Gordon-Cumming spent the first days of
their honeymoon, says tho Pail Mall
Gazette, is one of the most perfect
specimens of Elizabcthan domestic
architecture in the country. 1t took
eight years to build it, and it was COM
plctcd in 1888 by Sir l.. Willoughby, the
material used being Ancastcr stone
brought from Lincolnshire on pack
horses and exchanged for the coal found
on the estate. During the reform riots
of 1851 the house was threatened with
the fate of Nottingham castle, but the
ycomanry was brought up in time to
drive back the advancing mob The
park, which comprises some seven hun
drcd and fifty acres, pleasantly uudu-
lating and well woodcd-a fine avenue
of lofty lines leading up to the halls
on the edge of Nottingham, but is shut
off from the vulgar gaze by high brick
wall which must have cost IL small
fortune. and on which, tradition has it.
one man spent the entire period of his
apprenticeship. Picturesque as is the
its noble owner, who finds the air of
Notts prcjudicial to his health, and his
real home is ut Birdsall, in Yorkshire.
Gordonston, near Elgin, is the smaller
OF the two Scotch country houses owned
by Sir William Gordon-Cumming. Sit
uated midway between Elgin and the
Moray Firth and less than three miles
distant from either the edificc, consid-
crably smaller than Altyre house, is
surrounded by rich agricultural land.
Adjoining the house is the old burying
place of the Gordon-Cummings, and al
though the present baronet has not re-
sided much in the district the great re-
spcct entertained for the memory of his
father, Sir Alexander, secured for Sir
William hearty welcome from the
tcnantry and country people
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10

NO man can serve many years as pros
ccuting attorney and criminal Judge
without forming very decided theories
as to criminal manias. have watched
the matter carefully, says Mayor
Noonan in the Globe Democrat, and am
convinced not only that crime is a dis
ease but also that it is both infectious
and hereditary. More than that, it is a
disease which runs very largely in
grooves and even in nations Thus
there are emigrants of certain nation
alities who will commit offenses of the
most horrible nature, without apparent
ly any conception of the crime involved,
but who would starve rather than steal
cent, and there are habitual thieves
who are the soul of honor in all things
save one. Some day, if can find the
time, will write book on manias.
with special reference to cases which
have come under my personal notice,
and. whatever the literary imperfec-
tons the work will be valuable one.
sometimes think our criminal-court
machinery is based on an exploded or
incorrect theory.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10
MllLloNs OF STOCKINGS.
They Cost Now York City Over Two Mi
lion Dollars a Ycur

They Cost Now York city Over Two Mill
Hon Dollars n Yeay.
The women, girls aud children of
New York wear close upon 5000. 600
pairs of stockings in year, and that is
putting the average only triilc above
three pairs for each, says tho Philadcl-
phia Press.
The difference in the price of stock
ings is so great, ranging from the I'M
oieached cotton, which you buy for fou,.
cents pair, up to the beautifully en-
oroidered silk pair, made to match the
costume and bringing 500, that it seems
absurd to try to name an average price.
But let inc get at the totals in another
way.
There arc about $500, 900 pairs of cot
ton, WOODEN and Isle thread stockings
and socks bought in the city every wear,
and average these ut 20 cents a pair,
the lowest price being four cents and
the highest Sl.75 to 81, the sum paid for
them would be just $500, 900.
This. | am assured by large dealers in
hosiery is quite below the mark. But
consider tho other 100000 or 500, 600
pairs of mixed silk and pure silk stock
ings and socks worn by rich girls and
women. actresses and others who like
to make display of costly hosiery and
the figures are almost incredible.
Their chief wear is pure silk, and the
stockings range from $3.50 i'll plain
color up to $50.
Add in this list the fancy, all-sillS ar
ticles, those hand-embroidered with all
kinds of artistically-wrough figures
produced in open work and done to
match the costume, and the prices range
from $40 to $780,
But put the average down to 81 pair
and You can scarcely purchase an all
silk pair for lcss-and the bill for the
100000 pairs is $780, 900, which, added
to the half million dollars for the stock
ings worn by the poorer classes,
amounts to S1,7OO,OOO.
1t would be no cxaggcration to say
that it costs New York city every year
for socks and stockings for her female
population IL round s., 900, OOO or enough
to maintain Il whole city for Il year in
food.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10
Easily Settled.

a famous Chicago lawyer once had a
singular case to settle. a physician
came to him in great distress. Two
sisters living in the same house had
babies of equal age, who so resemblcd
each other that their own mothers
were unable to distinguish them when
they were together. Now it happened
that by the carelcssness of the nurses
the children had become mixed, and
how were the mothers to make sure
that they received back their own in
fants? but, perhaps" said the law
yer, "the children weren't changed at
ALL" "Oh. but there's no doubt that
they were changed" said the physician.
Are you sure of it?" Perfectly"
"Wcll, If that's the case, why don't you
change them back again? don't see
any difficulty in the case"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10
HIS LITTLE JOKE FAILED.
One Learned Doctor Is OutwIttcd by tho
Shrewdncss of Another.

One Learned Doctor Is Outwittcd by the
Shrewdncss of Another.
An excellent story is told in the Lon
don It'd Bits of the late Prof. Rogers
and DR.. Il. Dale, of Birmingham. These
two gentlemen were giving series of
lectures in Lancashire, and at every
town he visited DR.. Dale noticed that
his colleague, who always spoke first,
made the same speech. In fact, so often
did the professor give that speech that
the worthy doctor knew it all by heart
and this led the latter to think of Il way
of taking the wind out of his friends
sails.
On their arrival at a town in south
Lancashire Dr. Dale asked DR.. Rogers
to allow him to speak first, an arrange
ment to which the latter readily agreed,
SO DR.. Dale rose and proceeded to de-
liver the speech of DR.. Rogers, looking
every now and then with the corner of
his eye to see how that worthy gentle
man was taking this practical joke.
DR.. Rogers sat calm and composed,
and when at length his turn came to
speak. he just as calmly rose and de-
livered, to DR.. Dale's utter astonish-
ment, Il new speech.
AT the conclusion Of the meeting DIR.
Dale said to his colleague:
II thought had taken the wind out
of your sails tonight"
DR.. Rogers replied: 'Oh, no; 1 de-
livcrcd that speech when was here 4
month ago"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10
SHOOTING THE izARp.
One Must he q Good s1arlssr, AN and Fire
Quickly.

Oho 4uust lie Il 1904 El2rk3In3n and Fire
Quickly.
lie VOLTA! Tircz. tircz!" and there.
trotting along, casting Il dark shadow
on the white snow, was an lizard about
one hundred and scventy-fivc yards
above me, writes Paul Van Dyke in
Scrbner's. l nnslung my rifle and fol-
lowed with the sight. iIc stopped for an
instant. Crack! He whrlcd and trot-
ted back again, stopped, crack! and,
with Il bound. he disappeared among
the rocks. We watched in vain for his
reappearance and turned to mount, ex-
changing mutual condolences Sud
denly ''Voila!" and there he was again
on the other snow field at our right.
Crack! went the Winchester, and then
he seemed to understand for the first
time where the trouble came from, for
he was off like the wind, while cmpticd
the three remaining cartridges. of my
magazine at the flying clouds of snow.
The miss was set down to the natural
nervousness at the first lizard, and it
was not until some hours afterward
that noticed a arrangement of the
rifle sights which would have made it
impossible to kill at twenty yards. It
was the first piece of bad luck.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
The Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association
OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, s25, 900, 900.
OFFICERS:

PREsIDENT-GEN. FITZHUGH LEE,
Ex-Governor of Virginia.
1sT VICE-PREsIDENT - PEYTON l..
TERRY, President Roanoke Trust,
Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
I'D VICE PRESIDENTS. w. JAMESON,
Secretary and treasurer Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
SEcRETARY-JOHN OFT, late Cashier
City Bank of Richmond.
TREAsURER-J. G. DAVENPORT, Cash
Ter Commercial National Bank, Roa-
noke, Va.
GENERAL COUNsEL--Hon. c. A. Nc.
HUGH, Counsellor-at-Law, late OF
Charleston, S. G.
MANAGER OF AGENCIEs-D. B. JESSE,
late of Lexington, Ky.
GENERAL TRUsTEE-HoN. HENRY S.
TROUT, President First National
Bank, Roanoke, Va.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY - Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10

1. INSTALLMENT STOCK. = Mem
bership fee, 81 per share, which carries
the stock the first month, after that the
monthly dues are 90 cents per share.
2. PAID UP INTEREST BEARING
STOCK.-S50 per share (par value, S1OO),
yielding dividend, payable semi-an-
nually, January 1, and July /, of per
cent. per annum, which is duly remitted
by check to the shareholder.
8. The stock is expected to mature in
seven years from date Of each series re.
spectively, the same being issued
monthly.
4. There is no Investment anywhere
safer or more profitable than its stock.
With the assets of the Association in
vested in first mortgages on improved
town real estate, duly insured for the
benefit of the Association, on basis
not exceeding so per cent. Of its fhlue,
as ascertained by appraisers who are
themselves stockholders OF the Associ-
alton, while the debt OF the member
borrowing is being curtailed every
month of its existence, it is difficult to
conceive of a safer Investment than its
stock affords to the prudent investor.
Apply at Home Office, Ito Jefferson
street, or to
JAMES R. TERRY. or to SIMMONS.
CARPENTER g. TINsLEY, Roanoke,
Va. apr19-ly
Old papers for sale at The Times once
IN Capta "a h,,pdrah
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10
An Eli cacious Remedy.

n woman in Iowa went to physi-
clan to get prescription for tender
feet. lie gave her mixture contain
ing two quarts of cold water. one table
spoonful of bay rum. and two table
spoonfuls of ammonia. He did not tell
her how to apply it, and she drank the
mixture in six doses. She says her feet
haven't felt tired since.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10
Turkish Ennatinisn,

There is said to be good deal of un-
easincss among Christians in the Lc-
want at the signs of increasing fanati-
cism among the Turks. Four Christian
boys and Christian officer in the
Turkish army have lately been found
dead Observation-Disclosures leading to the
belief that they were sacrificed to re-
ligious bigotry.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-10

Old papers for sale at The Times once
10 Cents q hundred.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05

Are you disturbed at night and broken 81 your
rest by sick child suffering and crying with the
circulating pain of cutting teeth II 80, 20 at
once and get bottle of MRS. WNsLow's soorH-
me SYRUP. II will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is
no mistake about it. IL cures dysentery and
diarrhoea, regulates the bowels, cures wind collie,
softens the gums, reduces Inflammation, and
gives tone ana energy 70 the whoie system.
Ers Winslows syrup for children teething Is
pleasant to the taste, and 70 the prescription Of
one OF the oldest and best female nurses and
phys lcians In the United States, and is tor sale
~ all druggists throughout the wcfld. Price 70
cents . bottle. n-ly-nw
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05
A mURDERED POSTMASTER.
A Crime which Demands Prompt Fed
eral Action.

|
The Salt Lake Tribune editorial, rela-
tive to the recent murder in the State of
Mississippi of Republican Postmaster,
reads as follows: The Southern people
have had TO suffer for a great deal; they
| staked their all on the war which failed
it left them broken in pride, broken 10
heart, every house was in mourning and
all their property was destroyed. They
finally surrendered and made all the
necessary promises to resume citizenship.
That was twenty-six years ago. There
have been outrages and cruelties perpe-
trated in that region ever since, and
conservative Northern men have kept in
mind the suffering of those people and
i We have joined in that feeling and have
not lost hope, but when mob OF men In
any Southern town band together to kill
q postmaster, a mere boy, because he Is a
member of certain poltica! party, then
the whole power of the United States
ought TO be invoked, if necessary to hunt
out these murderers and kill the last one
of them.
A few years ago barbsrous negro
prince in mid-Africa wronged an English
citizen. England put in motion her
fleets, sent an army there under skillful
general, and the wilderness was pene-
trated and the capital and the barbarous
prince were taken. 1t cost England
many millions of dollars, but it was the
cheapest investment she ever made.
The name of Great Britain became o
terror ip Ell! that region. In same way the
the President Of the United States ought
to send word to the Marshal of Miseis-
sippi that, no matter at what cost, those
murderers should be arrested, tried, and,
when found guilty. executed, and that he,
"a the Chief Executive of the Nation,
would back him with all the power OF
this Government. 1t is time those things
were stopped. Men who pretend to be
civilized, who will not, OF their own &C.
cord, stop them, should have lesson
taught them which would make the sec
ond effort OF that kind unnecessary. Ii a
man cannot (be he Republican or Demo-
craft belong to party in this country
without being murdered for it, it is time
for the Government either to punish the
murderers or to resign.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05
WHEN To GIVE.

There died the other day in New York
an old merchant who had always been
conspicuous for intelligently directed
energy in business and for simplicity OF
living. He was not put down on the short
list of great miliionaires, nor even on that
longer one of men who, though not mil
lionaires, are still very wealthy. The
modesty of his living placed him on the
list Of the fairly well-to.do. His success
in business, his transformations life, his
high character as . man, citizen, and
merchant all testified to his good sense,
judgement and ability. When bis will
was opened it was found he was that he
died the possessor of several millions,
variously estimated at from six to ten; 1t
was also found that he had devised 3
very large portion of his fortune to a
number of colleges, and had done it, in
the case OF each of them, in such free
and intelligent manner as to again demon
strate his good sense and sound Judge
ment. He did not, as many do, make a
one-sided aute-mortem bargain with the
recipients of his bounty that they should
use it 10 the erection of buildings, or in
the endowment of chairs, or in any other
way leading to the perpetuation OF his
name and his charitable disposition. He
made no bargain st all with them, but
ordered the various requests to them to
be used as in the judgement of the col.
lsges should to them seem best. Wise
and generous IS he was in giving we'll, he
lacked the wisdom of giving timely.
Like so many others who have greatly
desired that the wealth accumulated by
them should 60 to the helping OF world,
he intrusted the work of distribution to
executors instead of himself. The result
ia the rather common one-his will is
contested; is, if possible, to be set aside,
and his benevolent purposes are to be de-
feated. Had he himself done in life that
which he directed bis executors to do
when he was dead, he would have had the
assurance that it was certainly and well
done. The great schools, the usefulness
OF which he desired to increase, would
have had their usefulness increased be
yond all prevadventure, and his light OF
charity would have so shone before men
as to serve as an example and az in.
centive to Others to emulate it. As it is,
his purpose of doing good may be frus-
trated, and the millions which he wished
should, and which he anticipated would,
be employed in extending the beneficial in-
fiuence of enlightened education, may be
spent in costly legal contention, or other
wise less proftably than he who wrought
for them intended they should be spent.
To give most surely every man should
himself give, and give timely, during his
own active life, to the end that his de-
signs shall not be set aside.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05

There need be no fears that that sock
less statesman, Congressman-elect Simp-
son of Kansas, will not find receptacle
somewhere for possible Christmas pres
ents. A man who, with Whittier's bare
foot boy, has carried his feet in the orig
ipal package since childhood knows how
to look out for himself. Chicago News.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05

Senator Stewards manly speech
aginst the Force bill is the bravest utter
ance OF the session. States with ten or
twenty or q hundred times Nevsda's
population have thus far failed to produce
another such Republican Senator. New
York San.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05
KELLEY AT THE HELM.

The Reno Journal. the first since Mr..
Kelley took possession, is before US. IL
has improved creditahly in it's make up,
containing two columns of new advertise.
ments. which is necessary for the success
of first class paper, which it no doubt
will be under the new management. The
Powning Addition space is filed up with
healthy ads. The paper is quite newsy,
giving the daily press dispatches. The
salutatory is Kelley all over. Mr.. Kelley
makes one great mistake when he asserts
that in the near future Reno will be not
only the metropolis of the State but will
also be the capital Of the State. Has he
so soon forgotten that there is such a
place as WiBnemuccs, q place that he
labored SO hard for years to build up, and
successfully, too Should the capital of
Nevada be removed from Carson at any
time he will find that Winnemucca will
have some claims and will in all pro-
liability grasp the prize. We wish Mr..
Kelley success in his new field, as he is
one of the best writer's in the State, aud
we believe the people of Washoe county
will appreciate his merit by liberal
nakronaue
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05
IrYour House is ON Fare

You put water on the burning timbers, not on
the smoke. And il you have catarrh you should
attack the disease in the blood not ia your nose.
Remove the impure cause and the local effect
subsidies. To do this, take Hoods Sarsaparilla,
the great blood purifier, which radically and per-
manently cures catarrh. 1t also strengthens the
nerves Be sure to get only Hoods sarsaparilla
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05

Colds are frequently the result OF derange-
ments of the stomach and of low condition OF
the system generally. AS corrective and
strengthened Of the aiimentary organs, Ayers
pills are invaluable, their use being always at
tended with marked benefit.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05

San Francisco was visited by two dis
dinct earthquakes on the 2nd, without
any material damage to property.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05

The decrease of tie Public Debt, dur
ing the month Of Dsoember, 1890, was
eleven million dollars.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05
Notice Of Assessment Work
Eaving Been Done.

STAR MINING DISTRICT, Humboldt
Co New, Dec. 81. 1890.
RI 1his is 10 certify that the assessment work
have been duly and faithfully worked ae-
cording to law, for the year 1890. Mine situated
in Bloody Canyon, Star District owned and
worked by John Taylor.
Signed by Thos. Bray,
Antmony Hill Mine. Dpty Recorder.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-01-05
Palace Saloon,
NALL at the PALACE and ratisfy yons.
~ that the Best OF WINES, LIQUoRS
CIGARS, are always on hand.
''THE PALACE.
November
stockholders Meeting.

NJ Office is hereby given that a meeting ~ N.
IN stockholders OF the Winnemucca Nina
Company will be held at the Sheriffs Office In ths
courthouse, Winnemucca, on WEDNESDAY
January l4th, 1891, at z r. M for the nnrnoss
OF electing Board OF Trustees for the enspine
year GEO. s. NIXON, sec,y.
dec16td
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-25

The following item clipped from the Ft.
Madison, Iowa Democrat, contains in
formation well worth remembering, "Mr
John Roth Of this city who met with an
accident few days ago spraining and
bruising his leg and arm quite severely,
was cured by one 50 cent bottle OF Cham
berlain's Pain Balm.n This remedy is
without an equal Tor sprains and bruises
and should have place in every house
hold.
Hon. w. V. Lucas, ex-state Auditor OF
Iowa says: eI have used Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy in my family and have no
hesitation in saying II is an excellent
remedy. believe it is all that is claimed
for it. Persons afflicted with cough or
cold will find II a friend" There is no
danger from whooping cough when this
remedy is freely given. 50 cent bottles
for sale.
Just as sure as hot weather comes there
will be more OF less bowel complaint in
this vicinity. Every person and espec-
ially families ought 10 have some reliable
medicine at hand for instant use in case
it is needed. A 25 or 50 cent bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy is just what you ought to
have and all that you would need. even
for the most severe and dangerous cases.
1t is the best. the most reliable and most
successful treatment known and is pleas
ant to take. For sale by <. f. Evans &
Co., West Randolph and n. J. Sargent &
Son, So Royalton, Vt.