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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
tho particular narration of the rapid
increase in ground and taxable values
OF the towns and cities OF Southwest
Virginia and Shenandoah Valley.
UNJUST TAXATION.

The Norfolk Landmark is urging upon
the city council of Norfolk the aboli-
ton of taxation upon invisible personal
property, stocks, bonds, money, etc
and placing o uniform license tax on
merchants.
The abolition of the personal property
tax would be true reform, but the
Landmarks remedy is worse than the
disease it proposes to euro. Virginia is
a Democratic State, but the system of
license taxation imposed in many
cities is most undemocrat.c and
oppressive. 1t is SO in Roanoke.
Thousands of dollars arc spent in
advertising the resources and advanta-
ges of Virginia and inviting, capital and
immigration, Yet no sooner does capt.
tai come than we set about devising
some scheme of exacting tribute from it.
Even physicians are made to pay an
exorbitant license for the privilege Of
attending the sick. 1t may be undesir-
able to complicate tho coming munich
pal campaign with this issue. but when
the people of Roanoke awake to realiz-
ing sense of the way they are trcbly
taxed by the action of licenses they will
rise up and wipe them off the city or
dinances
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
THE SPECIAL MEETING.

The special meeting of the Council to
be held tonight will receive several i'm
portant reports and recommendations
from special committees and boards.
The way is open now for good, solid,
effective work.
The city wants its improvements
carried on as speedily as is consistent
with good work. 1t wants the work
done in way that will insure its stay
ing done. 1t is in the hands of this
Council and it's successor to determine
whether Roanoke is to look like an
overgrown village or become city.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
TO ORGANIZE THE ELKS.
Committees Appointed at n Preliminary
Meeting OF the Applicants.

Committees Appointed at n Preliminary
Meeting OF the Applicants.
A preliminary meeting of the appli-
cants to join the Elks was held in Car
penters' Hall Sunday afternoon. C. S.
Thompson was made chairman; C. j.
Ormsby, secretary
Tho following committees were APP
pointed to make arrangements for the
institution Of the new lodge.
Finance-R. A. Levy, John Young,
Joseph Frank, Harry Gallagher and c.
j. Ormsby.
Rcception-Jas. McFall, II. c. Gems
Ter, ii. NJ. Hooker, A. Al bcrtoli, E. r.
Woodward, r. j. Eckloif, r. NJ. Mosley,
L. Oppenhcim, w. A. Hellman, II. Is.
LaskeY, ID. B. Jesse and A. l.. Kayton
Badges-H. G. Gensler.
Messrs. Thompson and trimmer wore
added to ali committees.
1t has no. yet been decided where the
banquet will be held.
j. w. Lobby, of Richmond, district
deputy, will institute the new lodge.
The following lodges were specially
invited to be present: Richmond, Nor
folk, Portsmouth, Washington, Balti-
more and Reading.
The institution will take place April
18TH
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
MARIE ANTOiNETTE.
How She Made Pcacock's Feathers Popy
lar Throughout Europe.

How She Made Pcacock's Feathers Popu-
lar Throughout Europe.
Marie Antoinctte had as much in
huencc upon the fashions of her time as
any woman who ever lived, writes
Tom Mason in IN exchange. When
she entered Paris in 17To she waved her
hand to milliner-one Mile. Berlin
who made hor fortune by it. This
Queen was one day making her toilet,
when she discovered some peacock's
feathers which had been placed on her
dressing table by accident Mechanic
ally she picked one up and put it in her
hair. The effect was so pleasing that
she added another She called for
more, and on leaving her drcssing-room
astonishcd every one by the originality
OF her head dress. The King admired,
all Europe applaudcd, end thus the Gus
tom of wearing feathers spread.
In ITS she was one day dressed in q
material of brown lustcring, when the
King observed, in happy moment,
that it looked to him like hcas. I'm
mcdiately the color of feas became
fashionable, and such was the rage that
the different shades between old and
young flcas were separated and the
whole gamut Of fleadom was run.
Finally the vendors of silk presented u
new set of samples to the Queen, of q
gray color, and the King this time re-
marked of one that it was the color of
the Queens hair. This color quickly
superseded all others, and in order to
get the exact shade some of her Majes-
tvs hair was obtained through bribery
and sent to Gobelins, Lyons and other
places where the silks were made.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
Lacking In Common Sense.

At IN informal reception held after
MIR. Henry SANKEY'S lecture in Scran-
ton the other evening, says the boston
Post, gentleman remarked to the OK
plorcr: Zone of the things inyour book,
In Darkest Africa that interested me
most was your vivid account of the
sufFcrings of your party in Starvation
Camp but one thing never could I'M
dcrstand When your men were dying
for want of food, why didn't they fish,
since they were so near the rivcr?" Mr..
Stanlcy's face was study. He looked
at his qucstioncr as if dazcd by blow.
"Why, he exclaimed, and then hcsitatcd
in evident surprise and CONSERVATION
for several moments, "why, don't be-
licvc any one ever thought of it!' His
questioncr thcreupon suggested that
the next time he formed an exploring
party he should take Yankee with
him.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have; in
fact you must have it to fully enjoy
life Thousands arc searching for it
daily and mourning because they find
1t not. Thousands upon thousands of
dollars arc spent annually by our pcoulo
in the hopo that they may attain this
boon And yet is may DO had by all.
We guarantee that Electric Bittcrs, If
used according to directions and the
use persisted in, will bring you good
digestion and GUST the demon dyspepsia
and install instead eupepsy. We recon-
mend Electric Bittcrs for dyspepsia and
all diseases Of liver, stomach and kid
neys. Sold at soc. and 81 per bottle.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
AN OLD-TIME NICKNAME.
Tho Name of Puritan Was Used RS q Teri
OF Rcproach.

Tho Name of Puritan Was Used rs q Term
OF Rcproach.
''The name of Puritan was itself
originally nickname" says writer
in the New York Times, neither ac-
copied nor acceptable to those to whom
it was applied, but first devised by
Sanders, the Jesuit, to cast IL reproach
upon the persons and ways of reform
ers, to render them suspicious and
odious to the State
81 give this on the authority of one Of
the most eminent of the early emigrants
to Massachusetts, where he Joined the
elder Winthrop and shared with him
that distrust if not hatred, of dcmoc-
racy which was and Is the tombstone
of the real, original and only genuine
New-England Puritan, as l must call
him, although in those days the name
had not been accepted. l refer to John
Cotton, Bachelor in Divinity and
Teacher of the Church of Christ at Bos-
ton, in New England
ut was very near the middle of the
seventeenth century when this con-
spicuous divine, rescnting the applica-
ton of the name to himself and his rs
sociatcs by Roger Williams, significant
~ added to the account given above Of
the history of the nickname Puritan,
that the righteous hand of the
Lord struck him with madness who in
vented the namc-nor doth he delight
In them that delight to take up q re-
proach against the innocent"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
THE FIRST pAeY.
Usun1y . Tyrennlcal Belpg. with the Troo-
dom Of the House.

dom Of the House,
Tho first baby In family is usually
privileged and tyrannical being, for
whom the entire house, from attic to
collar, Is nm open CONAN, and tho In
habitants thereof humble and willing
slaves; but when his or hor brothers
and sisters arrive 20 share these rights
and honors, those long suffering elders
rise in mutiny against n trio or quar-
tcttc of infantilc rulers, and declare
their authority and influence are to be
respected only within the limited bounds
of n certain room known as the nursery,
says writer in the Illustrated Amcri-
can.
Now, in the average American home,
where mothers arc confronted with the
necessity of providing n playground
and sanctum in which to accommodate
her accommodating family of little ones,
her choice is, in nine cases out of ten,
for that apartment for which she feels
she has the least need for other pur-
poses. The back room, perhaps, it will
be, of the second or third floor, that
looks out on unattractivc back courts
and white, board divisions, between
paved yards, where melancholy displays
of the weeks washing flap in the
breeze, and where the sun is not too
generous of his rays Then, if she be
On industrious mother and capable
housekecper, whose adherence is dust
and disorder. she rclegatcs to the so.called
nursery certain tables, chairs curtains
and carpet that have been banishcd
from the other rooms, and by reason of
their faded colors and battered varnish
are regarded as sufficiently serviceablc
to enjoy Il miserable old age at the
mercy of the children. Now, into such
bare, colorless and unattractivc apart
ment, babies, with their nurses, and
loud-lungcd, strong-limbcd little boys
and girls arc required to spend three
fourths of their infantilc days. There
they play, and perhaps have n larger
part of their meals seven days out of
each week, and the mother vaguely
wonders why it is that, after awhile,
as the babies grow Older, they prefer
any other room in the house to their
nursery; that there are wry faces and
impatient words when they are told to
run and stay in their own room; and,
for that matter, the children themselves
could not explain this preference.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31

FrOm tho washington Post.
Every printer in Washington, and
many who have not the good fortune to
be printers, will remember "Jim" Car
roll, for a long time foreman of The
Post composing room. Jim" is now
boss of the typcsetters on THE TIMES
the lively and enterprising newspaper
which Messrs. Browne & Grandy arc
running in Roanoke, Va. He is also a
dominating force in Typographical
Union, No 60, of that city and has been
chosen to represent it in the Inter
national body, which convcnes in
Boston next June. His friends here
rejoice at this striking token of his pop
ularity.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
ss5OUTHwEST VIRGINIA AND SHENAN-
DOAH VALLEY"

Southwest Virginia and Shcnan-
doah Valley" is the title OF a neat
octave volume of $50 pages from the
press of the j. l.. Hill Publishing Com
pany, Richmond. Its author is Mr..
Thomas Bruce, of Roanoke. The work
is as set forth on the title page, IAN in
quiry into the causes of the rapid
growth and wonderful development of
Southwest Virginia and Shenandoah
Valley, with history of the Norfolk
and Western and Shenandoah railroads;
and sketches OF the principal cities and
towns instrumental in the progress of
these sections"
This is a magnificent field for histori-
cal work, with the vast advantage that
the history is recent, ever present and
constantly making. The writer is ptr-
haps at his best in describing the topo-
graphy Of the country and the career of
ats early settlers. Their primitive life
and struggles with the Wilderness and
Indians are:told with graphic direct
ness which charms the fancy Tho
of the country, the nature of it's soil, it's
geologic formations and it's natural
resources.
Chapter III is devoted to careful
analysis of the institution of slavery,
and the1 author points out with a
courageous and unerring accuracy it's
retarding influence upon the develop
ment of the State. This, though short,
is one of the strong chapters of tho
book.
Chapter w deals with the building of
the New River railroad and gives some
inside facts which, as Unclo Solon
Chase used to say, make mighty inter
esting reading" The statements are
backed up by formidable array of
documents. Then follow chapters upon
the Norfolk and Western railroad and
Its influence upon the development of
the section. The treatment of that
corporation is fair to an extreme and
candid to fault.
The effect of joint stock companies in
aiding development is favorably dis
cussed in chapter VII, and in chapter
VIII the first OF the city articles is taken
up in sketch of Lynchburg. Roanoke,
Salem, Radford, Pulaski City and
Wytheville are given scpara to chapters.
Part III is devoted to Shenandoah
Valley, in which the same general out.
line is followed as in Part /, with a his
tory of the railroad and pen sketches of
the various towns which have sprung IN
recently.
AS whole, the work is a success. 1t
is marred by several errors of figures
and names, but the author has
evidently been hampcrcd by the very
rapidly of the growth of which he
writes. This is noticeable particularly
in the Roanoke chapter. A second cdi-
ton will see these corrected
The book is compact and compressed.
There is not a dull page in it. We dc.
sire to encourage its author to more cx-
tended labors in the same direction.
The mine developments and coal opera.
ticns arc worthy of greater detail. and
separate chapter should be devoted to
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
ROANOKE. VA, MARCH 81, 1891.

THE TIMES can be found regularly on
sale at the following places:
Roanoke--George Gravatt, Jr.; M. L.
Smiths. Hotels Roam oke. Continental and
Ponce De Leon.
Radford, Radford Inn, Jenkins News
Depot, Norwood Street.
Pulaski--Maple Shade Inn.
Observation-Disclosures Inn.
Pocahontas-Pocahont Inn.
Norfolk and Western and Shenandoah
Valley trains.
Bristol, Tenn.-W. A. Ward, Front
street.
Washington--Will The Metropoli-
an.
Lypchburg- -Norvell-Arlington Hotel.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
AN EASTER SURPRISE.
a Pleasant Gathering at the House of Rev
w. L. Schooley.

"A Pleasant Gathering at the House of Rev.
w. L. Schooley.
A surprise party was given last night
at the residence of Rev. w. Z. Schooley,
10 Third avenue n. c., in honor of
Miss Ella Brady, of West Virginia, who
is visiting Mr. Schooley's fnmily.
Parlor games were INDUCED in until
late hour. Refreshments were served
at 1890. 1t was an enjoyable occasion,
and everybody had an enjoyable time.
Among those present were the follow
ing young ladies and gentlemen.
Misses Mollie Ward, Floria Roberts,
Minnie Roberts, Lizzie Roberts. Mamie
Show. Fannie Airhcart. Ida Talifore,
Eliza Coke, Mamie Camper. Pheba Wag-
goner, Myrtle Nycum, Nora Nycum,
Jimmie Hart, Hattie Sisler, Emily Sny-
der, Minnie Snyder and Aggie Rich
mond.
Mcssrs. A. j. Airhart, ]. B Muntz,
James Oilcr. James Norman, Mr.. Poin-
dexter, A. Atkinson, John Fayman,
Elem Hurt, William Snyder, Charles
Sister, George Myers. Harry Ward,
Robert Sublett, Ira Schooley and John
Simmons.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31

The TIMES has the largest
circulation of any paper print
ed in Southwest Virginia.
Press room, mailing list and
subscription books open to the
inspection of advertisers.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31

THE WEEKLY TIMES, containing the news OF
the week in a more condensed form, one year.
n. 90 in advance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
THE ROANOKE TIMES.
avERy MORNING. EXCEPT MONDAY
TELEPHONE NUMBER LA

TEE TIMES is delivered in Roar oke, Salem
and Vinton every morning by carriers for 90
cents per month.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31

Entered Mt the PostofHce at Roanoke as sec
Dnd-class matter.
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The Tuesday Evening Club VIII Not Meet

Owing to the illness of Mrs. Wilbur
S. Pole the meeting of tho Tuesday
Evening Club. which was to have been
hold at the residence of her sister, Mrs
Is. l.. Greider, has been indefinitely
pOStDOncd
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
TERMS, by MAIL, postage Prepaid)
THE WEEKLY TIMES.

All papers sent out OF the city must be paid
for Invariably in advance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31

Advertising rates MADE known on applica-
don,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31

Items Of news, communications, etc., should
be addressed to the Editor Of THE TIMES.
Remittances, by express, moncy-Order, reg
fstered letter, cheque, draft, should be ad-
dressed and made payable to
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31

THE ROANOKE TIMES PUBLISHING CO.
Roanoke, Virginia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-08
BITTEN BY A KITTEN.
Death Yves Imminent, But tse Patient
Nay \ ow Recover.
from the Netr York IYorl.

FROM inc 4NetC OfH " ora.
CAMDEN, n. j., Sept. 3l.-Mrs. George c.
Bigler, wife of a well-known organist and
former compositor on Phladelphia mora
ing paper, came near dying from lcckjaw
caused by the bite of cat. She is not yet
entirely out of danger and has suffered un-
told agony.
Mrs Bigler was playing with a small
kitten on Aug. II, and one of its tiny teeth
was fastened In the forefnger Of her right
hand. As the wound was but a small one
agd healed very rapidly Mrs. Bigler thought
nothing about it, but went on with her
household duties.
In about four weeks, however, symptoms
of blood poisoning set in and Mrs. Bigler'S
hnger and hand became swollen ana in
famed. Size consulted DR.. T. &. Robinson,
and was at first unable t. account for the
trouble. Then she happened to thiok of the
cat bite, and VIII an she suggested that as a
cause DR.. Robinson was alarmed, and or
dered Mrs. BIgler home aud began assidu>
GUS efforts 10 arrest the disease, which had
already assumed u threatening aspect.
Mrs. Bigler's hand and arm swe!led rap
idly in spite Of the vigorous efforts of her
physician. The Inflammation was great
and the pain excruciatiug. She was unable
10 sleep, but lay tossing on her bed crying
out in agony hour after hour.
Twice the dread symptoms of lock jaw
appea ed. There was stiffening of the
glands OK the neck, partial locking of the
jaws aud the sufferers friends were fearful
hat death would onsue Her ysician
stayed the progress of this malady and the
unfortunate woman's life was saved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-08
vAMoosE ANXIOUS TO RACE.
She Offers a Fve-mile Handicap &c
Other Steam Yachts.
From the PHILADELPHIA Record.

OeLOA O>O1h4 ehS-bTs
From the PHILADELPHIA Record.
NEW YORK, Oc& 3-The strange acct
dent which disabled the Norwood on Friday
morning while on her way to take part in
her much-talked-of race with the Vamoose,
and the astonishing course steered by her
pilot, Collin S. Eaves, was the talk of the
town to-day. The members of the Ameri-
can \ acht Club, which had gone to so much
trouble in arranging the race, were dis
gusted and so lie of them went 20 far as to
declare that Mr.. Munro did not really want
the race to come off. =
Boatmen and pilots were consumed with
merrIment when they worked out on
the chart the course which Eaves steered in
trying TO get from New York 10 New Lon
oon, and declared that the pilot must be the
veriest novice, little familiar with the
course, and totally unfit to steer so much as
a canal boat.
The great disappointment felt over the
failure or the Vamoose aud Norwood to
race down Long Island sound has been
allayed somewhat by the promise of a con-
test next Saturday. 1t IS now expected that
the race will COME of at that time. The
only thing to prevent would be Munro's ina
bility to repair the Norwood's propeller in a
week
At Norman Munro office this morning
~ W us sbll by IullOE u. "A OdEt hueil ludb
the Norwood would be fitted with tenn
porary propeller and brought back TO this
city. II would then take a least two weeks
to make the necessary re airs for the race
'At the end of two weeks" Mr.. Abarbanell
said, I'VE will force the Vamoose to meet
tho Nor wood"
Mr.. Hearst is dead set on a race. He
sent the following telegram TO Engineer
Hebron of the Vamoose:
Give Munro every possible opportunity.
Place yourself entirely in the hands OF the
American Yacht Club, and express willing
nesl to wait any length of time they con-
slider re as ]nable.
Moreover, say that we are willing to
make this proportion, if it will induce other
entries aud insure race, namely: To give
the SUilletto. Javelin. Now Then, or any
other yacht HerreshoH has ever built. five
miles over the course. | want a race"
the Vamoose left at Ii O'clock and
steamed lelsuroly down to New York city.
The American Yacht Club asked her cap
tain to speed her down the course, but he
refused to do so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-08
A LION CIR ABB.
The Unique Curiosity on ship Just In
From China and Japan.
Ur-o,, ,J.o To,,;o par,,bl;c

The Unique Curiosity on a ship Just In
From china and Japan.
From the st. Louis Republic
New YORK, Oct. 2.-The most distin.
guished of Capt. James Edwards ship COM
pany on the British steamer Euphrates, just
in with $500 tons Of new teas picked up IN
China and Japan, is a lion crab. The crab
was bought at Hakodate, Yezzo. He was
killed and stuffed as peace measure, and
he is now his own monument, wired to q
big oaken panel with a japanese epitaph
over his bead. The epItaph looks like
death struggle between two huge desert
ostriches, bu5 Koruna, @ black Lila Jap
who cooks for Capt. Edwards, said it meant
~ thousand miles in thousa I'd minutes,"
who is equivalent to lit takes the biscuit''
in the United States. Koruna said the
crab was probably 80 years Old. 1t is
IA inches wide and l6 inches long.
A tape measure in the hands of Mate
Storey demonstrated that the crabs
forward legs were each 81 inches
inches. the first joint 81 inches.
the second or elbow s inches and
the third joint was p iuches. 1t
was 9 inches from shoulder to shout
der through a wilderness of creepy
looking feelers, making the crab reach from
claw 10 Cav just ten feet eleven inches
long. When he navigated the japanese
seas at the speed of a mile a minute Mr..
Crab was a pretty green in color and dined
on shrimps and other small fish. Now be
is a delicious blush pink. His eyes are To-
Gated at the outer ends Of projections one
fourth of an inch wide and one inch long,
and his mouth see ms TO occupy the whole
front of his not very reassuring counte-
nance. Capt Edwards says he is worth $3.50
aud is intond d for the London Zoo.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-08

Of the dead Gaiety girl, that distinguished
lawyer says: II know nothing OF anv att
tempt to suppress testimony. No motive
for the girls suicide has transpired, EXCEPT
ing that she was highly strung and subject
to ITS OF depression. She had previously
threatened to commit suicide
There was no suggestion at the inquest
that Lord Charles Montagu was not the real
person Involved. The girls relatives were
very angry, and if there had been any one
behind Lord Montagu they would have eli
cited the fact"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-08
ROsrON's D LESS RaFORM.
Only Two aides Are aavl1g the Rainy
Weather Costumes Made.
From the PiitSburq DISPATCH

Weather costumes Made.
From the PiitSburg Dispatch
Boston, Oct. 3.-Had it rained to-day
two women. not 200 as had bee said. would
have donred dresses, the like of which have
never before been worn by civilized " men,
ana sauntered across streets without fear of
muddy skirts. The alleged leader in the So
called dress eform movement is a very re-
firing woman who had little desire for
such prominence as has beea forced upon
her. Her name is Mrs. Evelyn Shaw lnger-
soil.
This reform talk is utterly absurd" said
she to-day II have not spoken word to
convert any one to my way Of thinking. |
am having a costume made of water proof
cloth with which l shall wear stout alking
boots, with long tops like a riding boot.
When the suit is ready shall wear it. bu
have no intention of keeping it for rainy
weather alone, es il will be much toe PRETTY.
One of my friends is having made suit
ike mine, but l know Of nobody else who
S doug So"