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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
GLADSTO%E'S ILLNESS.

THE whole English speaking race
will watch with anxiety the course of
Gladstone's illness. which. although
not serious at present, may bring about
fatal results at the advanced age the
grand old man has reached
Mr.. Gladstone's career pre- sents one
OF tho few instances in history where a
rank, prejudiced, political party leader
has changed his front in the light OF
growing convictions, Once confirmed
Tory and now the forcm ost figure among
England's Liberals, he has champ
Toned and seen the successful adoption
OF most Of Britain's best measures for
years. The sudden fall of Parnell dam
aged the Irish cause OF Home Rule tenn.
porarily, but under the guiding hand of
Gladstone the fight seems as hopeful
as ever, and unless all signs fail, the
general elections two years hence will
see the accomplishment of the desired
end and the Salisbury ministry oustcd
1t is to be hoped that the great Lib
eral leader will be spared until this last
piece OF his life work has borne its
fruit.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
BOX $50, ia Commerce ST.
]. WINCH lid,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT.
n Commerce St.

Bargains for the week beginning May 10th 25x1oo feet
on Salem avenue, very cheap Lot sox15o West End
Boulevard east of Simmons house. price $4,000. 7room
house, all improvements on Campbell street $4,000.
lots 5oxI3o each in Lewis Addition splendid location,
price $125o each 100 of6ne farm land Bed
ford City for 800 60 feet on Salem avenue running
through to Ernest avenue, $780, Corner lot 5ox1 50
on the West END Boulevard for $500. good lots
5oN13o each on Center for $3.50 each $50 feet
Henry street for $50 per front foot 100 feet Henry
street for $45 per front foot Nice S-room dweng lot
5ox15o, in good part of the city, price $1,000 easy
terms Sroom house lot 5oxI3o, best residence location
Price $4,000 4oH feet Nelson street, with good
brick stores, best renting property i'll town. price
House rooms, Wells street, $4,000. House rooms,
East Campbell street, $3.50 lots Centre street, 5000
each II lots, Patton street. $3.50 each We have all Of
the West End property The best property in the South
part of the city
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

There was large attendance at the
funeral of the late Capt. Il. j. Tcaford
yesterday at the Presbyterian Church
Tributes were paid to the memory of
tho deceased by Rev. DR.. Campbell
Rev. j. NJ. frey and Capt. Il. Il. Moor
man. Prof Painter, OF Roanoke Col
lcge. Salem, assisted in the service at
the grave. The remains were inferred
in Fairvicw Cemetery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
WHAT THE CITY Is DOING.
The Progress ofthe Work on Streets and
Sewers.

Sewers.
Public improvements have not yet
begun in good earnest. Tho Council are
getting things in shape to do more work
in this line than Roanoke has ever
known. OF the work under construc-
ton the Jefferson street sewer is the
heaviest job. This sewer is about 50
feet long, and extends from Railroad
avenue to Campbell street. Every
twenty-five feet there is a branch sewer
on either side for draining the abbut-
ting properties. The sewer is twelve
inches in diameter, and is put about
seven feet under the ground, emptying
into Trout run. The work will be com
plcted in few days. At the intersec-
tions of Salem and Railroad avenues
there will be interceptors to catch the
large amount of surface water that
foods that locality during heavy rains.
The branch sewer of the East Roa-
noke system betw cen East and Fourth
avenues and east OF Fourth street is
being completed, nccessitating the lay
ing of 500 feet of six inch pipe. This
work will be completed in a short time.
j. NJ. Knight has a force Of hands
grading Gi'mcr street west Of Common
wealth avenue in order to place the side.
walks on level with the street.
Il. j. Deycrle, foreman of the chain
gang, is grading Lewis street so as to
cover TIE water mains which were laid
on top of the ground.
The Lick Run sewer has been aban-
Toned until the finance committee can
make arrangements to carry the work
on. In fact nearly all of the public
improvements which are under con-
temptation is still in the hands of the
council, bids for most Of the work
having already been advertised for.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
FINE BUSINESS BUILDINGS.
The Work On the Lee House ana Other
Fine Structures

Fine Structures
buildings now in course of construction
is progressing rapidly.
The Lee HOTEL corner of Salem
avenue and Commerce street, will add
greatly to tho appearance of thu por.
ton of the city. 1t is four-story
structure, with pressed brick fronts, and
will be handsomely finished inside and
out. There will be four large store
rooms on the first floor, two fronting on
Salem avenue and two on Commerce
street.
The next three stories will be used as
an European hotel, and will be made
tirst-class in every respect. The office
and dining room will be on the second
floor and will be reached by an inside
stairway from Commerce street. An
elevator will reach each floor. There
will be sixty bed roo MS in the hotel
The building and the ground will cost
500, 600. Tho walls are completed and
tho insid @ work is moving on rapidly
The building will be completed and
opened within ninety days.
The four-story business house going
up at the corner OF Salem avenue and
Roanoke street will be one of tie most
substantial business buildings in Roa-
noke. The Salem avenue front is of
pressed brick with brown stone trim
mings and the Roanoke street side is
also OF pressed brick. The building is
G0x00, and designed for an extensive
mercantile house. The front of the
first floor will be of plate glass, and .
large bay window will extend from the
second floor to the roof.
The walls are now up and the inside
work has been commenced. The build
ing will be occupied as soon as COM
pleted, and very important business
will be added to the present large num-
Der OF thriving establishments.
The threcstory brick building on
Campbell street, being erected by Post
master Asberry, will soon be ready for
one of the leading establishments of the
city. The walls are about completed
Two brick stores, one two stories and
one three stories, are being erected on
Commerce street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

A few complaints have been the sub
ject of street argument lately relative
10 what the complainers are pleased to
call the inertness and reprehensible in
activity OF the Councils committees,
both regular and special, in pushing
the public improvements, for which the
bond issues were voted by the tax-pay-
ers of Roanoke in March. The charge
is made that great amount Of valua-
bic time is being lost in useless ncgotia-
tions over the selection of plans, spcci-
fications and systems, which will he
cast aside and condemned anyway, and
that too, when the proper methods are
patent to the committees eyes.
This is about the substance of the com
plants, but it is a fact worth noticing
that the general trend of public senti-
ment does not uphold such a sweeping
view of affairs. 1t is an indisputable
feature OF the case that the best season
OF the year for carrying on street and
sewer work has fairly opened. That
much is automatic, but the citizens, who
are in the habit of airing their opinions
and raising protest against further de.
lay in awarding contracts, should not
lose sight of both clauses of the situa-
ton. From one standpoint it would he
desirable if work on paving and sewer
age could be begun at once and sent
along to completion with all possible
speed. But on the other hand there are
considerations which carry great deal
M ore of Importance with them, and
which must not be ieopardized by a
simple desire to improve without weigh.
ing matters as a whole.
In the first place Roanoke has never
before attempted on similar scale
what is now contemplated. There is
no precedent here to guide Councils,
and every source Of outside information
needs to be drained before definite steps
are taken. The members of the city's
tribunal are under strong moral and Of
fetal obligations TO see that the pro-
ceeds of the bond issues are expended
for the purposes they were intended
and in the manner best calculated for
municipal economy as we'll as proper
service. The committees have per-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

At tho regular monthly meeting of
st. Andrews Benevolent Society the fol-
lowing officers were elected and in
stalled; j. NJ. OBricn. president; j.
McGowan, vicc-prcsidcnt; Il. H. Don
nelly, recording secretary; A. Sautcr,
treasurer; a. OConnor, assistant sec
rotary; stewards, Mcssrs. Kennedy,
Sheridan and Maurice Monihan. w. 4.
Carr, j. McIowan and j. Shechan were
appointed IL committee on amuscmcnts.
MIR O'i;ricn was elected president for
the second term
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
.Joscph CarrnlIDend.

Joseph Carroll, aged 81 years, died
yesterday evening at 1890 at his res.
idencc of his brother, Charles Carroll.
No. Fourth street II. @. lie had been
i'll with pneumonia for quite while
but was thought to be improving TAX
ing relapse a fow days ago. he fingered
until yesterday. Deceased was native
OF BOtctOurt county,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

This is an increase since tho first of
January of over 20 per cent. in the num-
Der Of advertisements
The proportion of increase is even
more notable in the case of the small
advertisements, which, in particular,
give character and standing to news
paper. On the lst of January there
were sS advertisements in TIE TINES of
two inches or less in size. These have
steadily increased in number until on
the 10th of May there were 1G2 of this
class, an increase of over ST per cent.
Comment is unnecessary. TIE TIMES
is the leading newspaper in Southwest
Virginia.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

THE heir to the Russian throne is
getting fresh taste Of the experience
he is likely to have when he steps into
the Cars shoes. 1t is toss-up, though.
whether assassination by means of
dynamite bomb is not preferable to the
same article dished out from the poin.
Of sharp sword in the hands of Il
fanatical Jap.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

THERE is something seriously amiss
with the mental condition of Jerry
Simpson, the Kansas Alliance legisla-
tor, or his recent New York jaunt has
thrown his physical powers out of gear
The scekless solon now declares there
Will be TO strong third party movement
for years
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
ROANOKE, VA. MAY IA, 1891.

Rowelrs tAmcrican Newspaper Direc-
tory for 1891 puts the circulation of THE
ROANOKE TIMES above that of any
other paper in Southwest Virginia, and at
Roanoke combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
FIGURES OF INTEREST.

Among the surcst indications of popu-
lar appreciation OF newspaper are the
nature and extent of it's advertising
patronage. The public as whole is a
shrewd Judge; it seldom goes wrong
The advertisements in a newspaper are
in their own way news, just as much as
anything that is printed. They arc the
commercial news OF city, and are read
as closely, more closely even than any
other single class of news.
Business men and others advertise in
THE TIMES because they want the par
ticular news which hey have to impart
to reach the largest number of people
and the best constituency Of readers.
To show plainly how rapidly the adver-
Using patronage of THE TIMES has in
creased since the first of January the
following is printed, giving the whole
number of advertisements in TIE TINES
il
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
False Economy

Is practiced 10y many people, who buy
inferior articles Of food because cheaper
than standard goods. Surely infants
are entitled to the best food obtainablc.
1t is fact that the Gail Borden Eagle"
Brand Condensed Milk is the best in.
iant food. Your grocer and druggist
keep it. mvlG.sattt
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

There will be contest for debatcr's
medal given by the Adclphian Literary
Society, at Allegheny Institute, Friday
night, May 10, at 7:3O. All are cordially
invited TO attend.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
The First Ward Registration.

The number Of voters registered in
the First Ward was not correct in the
report yesterday morning. Capt. Banks
dale furnished a corrected list as fol-
lows: White, 1,297; colorcd, 27G;
total, 1873.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
TO MY HNKT.

a'"d bless You. dear. you re passed away.
% the Golden Shore forever stay:
zone To tn Land with Angels bright,
Ahd away from the wicket world and All blight.
ION on are but prize hive s:orcl away,
~. ~ nclpand assist me la my dying day
20 reach that Land which l ever crave
fars thee wei, fare thee well, my own sweet
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

hnthiccn, the only daughter of Mrs Hattie
lscc' uicd tuesday cv, ming at O'Clock, AGED
one year. eleven months and seventeen DAYS
funeral viii take place this afternoon nj .
otIoch. fricndS and acHualntances inyitcd to
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
Obituary.

Inc scenery from the Crystal Spring
property Is unsurpassed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

Entered at the Postofhce at Roanoke as sec
ond-class matter
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

Advertising rates MADE known on appca-
ton.
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THE ROANOKE TIMES.
TELEPHONE NUMBER laA

THE TIMES is delivered in Roaroke, Salem
and Vinton every morning by carriers for 30
cents per month.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14
KEEP YOUR EYE
This Column and Find Out
Where the Bargains Are.

Eight room house 9th ave. S. W., ali
modern improvements, $4,000
Seven rooms, Franklin road, an ele-
CANT bargain. First class in all respects,
$4,000.
Twenty-Five feet on Robinson street
near Roanoke and Southern depot al a
sacrifice. Don't fail to see this.
House of 6 rooms On Center street
near Park, 2,l00, 800 cash balance on
easy terms.
The prettiest lot on West Salem ave,
200 feet deep to Rorer ave, So. 300.
Fifty feet on 9th ave. Something
handsome and cheap, Sl.SOO.
Two Boulevard lots near corner of
"D' street. The pretticst in West End,
$3.50.
Two Trout ave. lots near l.. H. Pow
ellis residence. dirt cheap, ask us about
this.
House and lot corner jefferson and
4th ave n. W., cheap. ''see this
The above is only partial list of the
many bargains We are now Offering.
Call and SEQ us if you wish to invest
and we feel sure we can please you. Re-
spectful!y,
F. w. CRAIG g. CO.,
No. 10 Salem Ave. s. W. (up s.airs.)
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THE WEEKLY TIMES.
THE WEEKLY TINES containing the news Of
the week in a more condensed form, one year.
u.00 in advance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

Items Of nows. communications, ETC., should
be addressed to the Editor Of THE TIMES.
Remittances, by express. moncy-order. reg
dressed and made payable to
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-14

For all information, maps. reference books,
pamphlets. etc, descriptive OF the wonderful
mineral and agricultural resources of the
States of Virginia and West Virginia, apply to
agents OF the Norfolk and Western Railroad,
No. 2'0 Washington street. Boston; No. S03
broadway. New York; No. 1t3 Pennsylvania
avenue. Washington, ID. c.. No. 81 East State
street, Columbus, Ohio, or General Office. Roa-
nokc. Va. may:3:lm
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-03-07
HOW TO ELUDE THE DOCTOR.

A popular physician was recently
called on by friend, to whom, III the
course of conversation, he said There
are ten simple precautions which form
an excellent rule OF life, and if people
would but observe then | should have
to resort to some other means making
a livelihood, Then he enumerated the
following Don't read IN the street cars
or others jolting vehicles. Don't pick
the teeth with pins or other hard sub
stance. Don't neglect any opportunity
to insure variety OF food. Don't eat
or drink hot and cold things immed-
iatelty III succession. Don't pamper
the appetite with such variety Of food
that may lead to excess. Don't read,
write or do any delicate work unless
receiving hight from the left side. Don't
direct special mental or physical ener-
gies to more than eight hours work in
each day. Don't keep the parlor dark if
you value your own and your chlldren'S
health. Don't delude yourself into the
belief that you are an exception 50 far
as sleep is concerned; the nominal
average Of sleep IS eight hours Don't
endeavor to rest the mind by absolute
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-03-07
THE E-KNlFE.

Much has been said and written re-
garding the origin of the Bowie-knife.
The fact is that Rein P. Bowie, not
lanes, conceived the idea of the knife.
The invention was the result of an acct
dent, Colonel Rein P. Bowie was
planter in Opelousas, La. While
hunting wild cattle he attacked a young
steer, which in throwing up its head
struck his hunting-knife with its horn
in such a way as to knock it through
his hand, making an ugly cut between
the thumb and the forefinger. On re-
turning from the hunt, he repaired to
the blacksmith shop on his plantation,
determined to have a knife which
would be a protection against such
accidents. Picking up an old file, he
ordered the blacksmith to make knife
of it having a cross-piece betwix hilt
and blade, that it would be impossi-
bic to be entire driven through mans
hand. In this way did the Bowie knife
originate. and it was never intended
for other than a hunting-knife; but
James Bowie improved the S1ginal
weapon, and brought his own knife so
prominently into notice by the use he
made of it in personal encounters that
the improved weapon became known
as the Bowie knife.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-03-07
L0GAN'S GRAM MAR VS.. McCLURE'S

Once when John A. Logan was a
guest of the Clover Club, of Philadel-
phia, Col. Alexander S. Mcclure, a
prominent member, guyed him about
slip in grammar which the fighting
statesman had made in public speech.
"Black Jack" was furious and as he began
reply it looked for moment or two
as if the festiYity of the occasion would
be ended, but as he went on speaking
he gained command OF his temper, and
gave the famous editor of The Philadel-
phia Times AIeck"-
such roasting as ne has seldom had
II must plead guilty." SAID Logan, "to
incorrect grammar at times when 1 am
carried away by the excitement of pub
lie speaking. But do We not all feel
that grammar is trivial thing in COM
parison with the thought that is express.
edo Do you not all, gentlemen, what
ever your profession may be, however
long life you may have spent in per-
tecting yourself in it, turn to the edi-
toral columns of the Times, knowing
that there you will find your highest
achievements critised in the most afro
clous grammar The editor will tell
you physicians how to treat disease,
you authors how to write books, you
ctors how to play, as he used to tell
us in the army how to fight our battles.
And we pardon him for his ignorence
OF his own trade because of the fact
that he knows the business of every
other living man better than that man
will be able TO learn it if he lives through
untold ages"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-03-07

the performance in came the cook
know whether she should stew or bak,
the chicken. She caught me fairly,
and, standing before me with arms
akimbo, she exclaimed:
And he's been walking all over YOU
again Mrs, Bowser, why don't you
appeal to the police? If you say so
I'll 90 right out now and call the patrol
wagon.
That evening after supper Mr.. Bow
ser laid down his paper and said:
Come, let's have game of euchre.
Bat yOu-You-.
On, I'm not much of player, but
III do the best | can.
was in dread of an explosion when
| won the first game, and l noticed
that cook had posted herself in the
back hall, to be on hand in case foul
play was attempted, but Mr.. Bowser in
dulged in hearty laugh and said:
You were too many for me that time,
old girl.
10 my surprise as we played on, he
did not contend that the queen of
hearts was higher than the ace OF spa
DIES as an off or that the jack of hearts
could take the jack of diamonds when
clubs were trump.
He even let me take his right bower
with the Joker without calling me a
fraud, and when l had won five straight
games he pushed back with a laugh
and said:
First time we have an hour to spare
I'll have you teach me how to play eu-
chre. Better arrange to have a little
card party some night this week. They
are very pleasant fairs, and I'll do all
l can make things 60 pleasantly.
That was three days ago, and Mr..
BowSer hasn't backslid yet. On the
contrary, he is growing better and bet
ter every day. The cook came up
stairs this morning to say to me:
I'll tell you just what it is, ma'am.
The whole coboodle of 'em goes by
fits and starts. One day they walk on
you, and the next day you can pull
their noses. He's just got one of his
good fits on, but you look out. l ex-
pect nothing less than to hear him
breaking up the furniture the first thing
in the mornlug.-Dehoi Free Press.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-03-07

about it. 1t is not possible. Has
he died and gone to paradise? How
can such a change have been ac'
complished? He went to bed cold
and shivering, with snowbanks
twenty feet deep, with the thermome,
ter out OF sight below zero, and with
the gale bowling in his ears. He
awakes TO see-what ?
Nature in her most charming
mood. Far as the eye can see the
swelling SUBMITS and slopes OF the
hills are carpeted with the loveliest
green. Myriads of flowers deck the
sward, while the foliage of tree and
shrub sparkles in the morning sun
like diamonds as the rays catch the
pendant drops of moisture. Here
and there are orchards white and
pink and red, with their burden Of
promise of an abundant truitage
the hillsides are green with the
young foliage of the vine, the door
yards are mass of roses, pinks and
all manner of bloom.
THE FLOWER PERFUMED AIR
To obtain a better view the be-
wildered tourist throws up the win
dow. The balmy, invigorating air
pours in laden with the perfume OF
millions Of flowers. The scent OF
the earth is in the atmosphere, the
pulse quickens, and there is an ire
sistable desire to fling ones self from
the car and roll down yonder grassy
slope, decked with flowers of bright
est hue.
Just then the door opens and a
brakeman sings out Newcastle !"
The traveller takes advantage of the
stoppage to go outside and glance
about him. Down in the hollow
yonder is sight which attracts his
notice. There are several acres OF
graceful, dark foliaeed trees, which
are blaze OF gold as the sun strikes
them. "What under the sun are
those?" he asks. And bystander,
following the direction of the
glance, responds Huh, them's
oranges. Lots O. them around
here"
And, sure enough, so they are.
Was ever a prettier sight than a ma
ture orange grove laden with the
golden fruitage? Certainly the tray
eler thinks not, for he looks at
nothing else until the train swings
around curve and the grove is lost
to view, though others follow in
quick succession, intermingled with
all manner of other growth, VIII oh
testihes to the kindly character OF
the climate.
And this is the first introduction
of hundreds to California. To sleep
at night in the most Arctic sort of
winter that can be imagined, and
awake in the early morning amid
scenes which the Garden OF Eden
could scarcely have surpassed. The
depth of an Arctic winter at night
fall and the midst of semi.tropic
spring at early dawn.-.San Fran
cisco Chronicle