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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
it WAS RAINING.
Now Story Which Illustrates tho limbs
cilfty of Some People.

Now Story Which Illustrates tho limbo
cility of Some People.
Many Of our everyday remarks, said
Eli Perkins. when analysed philosoph.
ically, arc very absurd, but still they
have humorous side. The other morn
ing, while the rain was pouring down
and everybody's umbrella was triclSling
over everybody else. two old friends met
ut the post office.
Raining, isn't ftp" inquired Mr..
Johnson.
"What say?" asked Thompson. who
was hard of hearing.
81 shy it's raining"
81 don't quite catch what you say"
said Thompson, putting his hand to his
car. q
II say" roarcd johnson, with full
force, ''it's raining-rainy day!"
Thompson's face colorcd with sup.
pressed rage as he passed on Then,
turning suddenly, he looked ut his
friend and shouted:
johnson, step into this doorway mo-
ment."
AS the two men stood there gesticu-
lating wildly, heard this dialogue,
only interrupted by rain drops and
CLEANS of lightning;
Mr.. Johnson" said Mr.. Thompson,
earnestly, you have known me for
many years?"
Eyes"
"I'm generally rated u pretty shrcwd
business man, amt II"
YES; you are rated high"
swell, you sec the rain running off
this umbrella. don't you?"
"Of course"
"Your own feet are wct?"
"Ycs"
"Now, don't carry this umbrella to
keep the sun off, do ~"
"Why, no."
81 carry it to keep off the rnia, don't
-"
''Of course"
"Well. then, it rains. You know it
rains. Everybody knows it rains Poo
pie arc not idiots. Now, what Internal
design have you got in pushing aside
my umbrella and saying: Raining, isn't
it?'"
but But"
Nov, that's all. You just let it rain.
She knows her business. You lust at
tend to your own affairs and let the
weather alone. If you don't know
enough to know when it's raining, don't
ask me. Good day, sir!'
And then Mr.. Thompson shook the
rain off his umbrella, stepped into his
bank and commenced cutting off his
coupons
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS.

To TIE EDITOR OF TIE TIMES: The
times seem to warrant an earnest effort
on the part of the citizens Of Roanoke TO
some unity of action by which tho in
terests of the place can be advanced
Such unity of action can best be reached
by meeting together, intcrchanging
views and reaching conclus ms.
To aid in this result the Commercial
Association has determined to inaugu-
rate series of weekly meetings at its
rooms for the reading of appropriate
papers and having a discussion thereon.
In addition to its mem bcrs, all citizens
interested in tho subject are cordially
invited to be present and take part.
The meeting will be held each Satur-
day night at p. m. The following SUBJ
jects have been selCc ted for the accom-.
panying dates:
Saturday, September 5, Tho Business
Outlook"
Saturday. September 1s, "Strects and
Street Paving"
Saturday, September &c, "Boulovards
and Parks"
saturday, October 3, Municipal Ta:.-
alton"
Saturday, October 10, Reform in tho
City Charter"
Saturday, October II, Railroad Cor
pora,ions and the Public"
Saturday, DC ODER o5, County Roads
Around Roanoke"
EDMUND c. PEcInS,
President.
CHARLES f. KEEL
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
Tho Grave of Miles standIsh.

The place where Capt. Miles Standish.
the warrior chicftnin OF the early set
tiers ut Plymouth, Mass, was buried is
believed to havo been established be-
You'd doubt. According to tradition, he
was laid ut rest in an old burial ground.
between the bodies of his daughter
Lora and his daughter-in-lawM Mary STAN
dish, the grave being marked by two
triangular pyramidal stones. A grave
answering this description was recently
opened at DuXbury, Mass. by the local
rural society and found to contain the
bones of an old and powerfully built
man. In graves at either side were tho
bones of two young women, and further
along in the row were the graves of two
children, supposed to be Miles Standish's
sons, who died in boyhood.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
NOTHING LIKE SUCCESS.

The business men OF Roanoke always
grasp a good thing. They know a good
thing when they see it. They are
quick at conclusions. When they have
had the object of THE TINES Business
Directory on the fifth page explained
they have readily agreed and thought
it good way of advertising. Now is
the time to add your name to the Direc-
tory whore your business will be kept
before the public daily. If represen-
tative fails to call upon you telephone
or call at the office and place card in
the Directory at once.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
STRANGE WEDDING PRESENTS.
Anything from Lizard to IN Elephant
Serves In Sumatra.

Anything from n Lizard to m Elephant
Serves In Sumatra.
Among Kubus of Sumatra the tender
passion is most prosaically dealt with.
1t would soem that delicate susceptible
tiles have but slight chance of develop
ment among so untidy, SO thriftlcss n
people. Their lives are seldom marked
by progress; they seem content to go on
their ways exactly as their forefathcrs
and foremothcrs have Travelled.
Very simple indeed is the marriage
ceremony. A Kubu youth, having set
tied in his own mind his choice inter-
views the parents of the maiden, men
tioning what he can offer in return. If
late bargains with tho itinerant yender
have been gratifying, he may have in
hand n knife, n spear, or some strips
OF gay cloth-possibly money. if he has
acted as guide or burden-bearer to
travellers There may also be dammar
and beeswax, rare fruits and favoritc
animals for food "a dainty snake or
nimblc lizar(l), NIL most acceptable in
tho eyes of the father and house-moth-
er. Should this queer endowment fund
be satisfactorily large, neighbors are
called together, who are seated with
due formality under tree. The father
of the maiden then publicly announces
his consent to the bctrothal, shows the
presents received from the young man,
and expresses his pleasure.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE.
IN Roanoke Va

Complete preparation for business.
Young men and women admitted to any
department of the college. The com
pletc course embraces bookkeeping,
pcnmanship, business calculations,
forms, correspondence mercantile law,
shorthand, typewriting, etc.
preliminary department has been
added to tho college, and will admit
boys and misses between the ages of IL
and Is years, according to qualifications.
The course of study will embrace the
primary branches and first principles of
business education. For particulars
call at the college or address NATIONAL
BUSINESS COLLEGE, Roanoke. Va.
aug2l-tf
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
WITNESSES OF THE PAST.
Many Statues of Bonapnrte Erected In


Many Statues of Bonapnrte Erected In
Corsica.
One cannot fail to be struck by the
fact that the influence, might almost
say the presence, of the Bonaparte fam
lily is everywhere apparent in the
"Green Island" says writer in the
New York Sun. AT hjaccio on tho
market place the woman curtsy before
the statue of the first consul, on an
other square he towers amid his broth
ers in the garb of Roman emperor.
Behind the citadel il the cathedral
they show the basin that held the water
for his baptism, and in the old house
the hard sofa on which he was born,
md the trap door leading to the sub
terrancan passage by which he escaped
to the harbor one night when he dis
covered that he was tracked by spies.
Where nc himself is not the members
Of his family are. Their portraits are
in the museums, their works in the
libraries. His mother is buried in the
Bonapartc chapel with the simple cpl
taph, Mater Rcgum. Ills father stands
erect at the Hotel dc Vile in a red,
gold-laced coat
There also are his brothers-Joseph
in royal mantle, Louis in gray uni
form, Jerome on n ship. Lucien abb
stractly dreaming under tree. BY a
tragical antithesis the bust of the king
of Rome faces the mask of Napoleon
dead, and the contrast between these
silent witnesses Of distant past is
painfully accented by the busy, cheer
full hum of the bright adjoining thor
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
THE BOND MARKET.

In another column THE TINES prints
clear statement of the sale of Roam.
oke city bonds for public improvements.
Enough have tbeen sold to provide for
immediate uses and the public genor-
ally will be able, from the statement
t. clearly understand the situation.
The TIMES is strongly of the opinion
that no moro bonds should he sold at
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
BIG CHANCES!

If sold IMMEDIATELY. will sell nv
property. No. ISL Campbell street S. W.,
improved by two.story and basement
house, for the sum of So 600.
This property has q frontage Of 81 feet
on Campbell street, running lack to
Patterson avenue 146 feet.
IT purchaser wishes to buy, must APP
ply AT ONCE to
BUSINESS"
aug22toseptl TIMES flee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
An ANNIVERSARY EDITION.


THE TIMES has been reacng the
signs. 1t has porcd over huge array
of facts 1t has studied tho situation.
And it has arrived at unanimous YER
Dict backed by all the evidence, that
Roanoke and Southwest Virginia are at
tho threshold, we'll within the doorway,
of long period of active, solid develop
ment and marked prosperity.
There will be an aggregate of enor-
nous sums Of money sent in for invest
ment. 1t will be moro evenly distri-
buted than in previous years, and for
that we may all be thankful. 1t will be
more conservative. Instead Of starting
more new towns it will be content to
enter towns and cities which have al
ready demonstrated their financial
solidity
Instead of nine-tenths going into
land the investor will buy up second
and third payment trust notes at profit
able discounts. He will purchase stocks
and bonds in safe enterprises from over
loaded holders and divide the profits
He will build moro railroad tracks, cars
and locomotives. New industries will
start into life. Tho older ones which
have proven profitable will increase and
extend.
Vast sums will GO into building
houses and business blocks, into estab-
fishing lines OF trade, into developing
the field of municipal improvements.
The city and section will grow from the
i'll proportions and ungainliness of
youth ard new developments into sym
metry and an even ful'ness.
Seeing these things clearly, The TIMES
is about to undertake an importan Mt
task-a duty. One year ago the 10th OF
September TIE TINES appeared for the
first time as an eight-page daily paper.
1t has had year of phenomenal prog
ress, increase and lr)sperity. In cele
bration Of its anniversary The TINES
will print on Monday, September 20, an
ANNIVERSARY EDITION of $4,000 copies,
which will be in every respect the most
notable edition ever published in tho
State of Virginia-and TIE TIMES al
ways does what it promises it will
This edition will contain history of
TIE TIMES, w-ite-up of Roanoke and
i, of Southwest Virginia. 1t will set forth
in graphic manner tho forces which
have made the city and the section thu
marvels Of decade. 1t will contain
probably twenty-four pages of descrip-
ton and illustration and may run to
tbirty-two.
The TINES ANN.vERsARY EDIrIoN
will be wors OF typographical and il
Illustrative art. 1t will be placed in the
hands of every man who has invested a
dollar in Roanoke or Southwest Vir-
giDia. and their names arc Legion. 1t
will le circulated al over the civilized
world wherever blow can be struck
for the good OF this section.
The whole staff of THE TIMES will at
cnce enter upon tho task of preparing
the edition with cnth lsiasm, energy
and an enlightened understanding.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
ROANOKE, VA, SEP TENDER l, 1891

Rowell's American Newspaper Direc-
tory for 1891 puts the circulation of THE
ROANOKE TIMES above That of any
other paper in Southwest Virginia, and at
more than thnt Of all the other papers of
Roanoke combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
EDUCATIONAL.
SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES
l AND GIRLS.

Mrs. M. c. Massio will open school
for young ladies and girls the 2Ist of
September. Thorough instruction in
all branches from primary to higher
English, Mathematics, Latin and Mod
ern Languages. Efficient teachers in
Music, Art aud Embroidery are secured
Write to or call en- her at her residence
on Seventh avenue, head OF Commerce
street, for any information regarding
terms, etc. Scpt1-1m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
T AW SCHOOL RICHMOND, VA.

thorough, practical course in law
at Richmond College open Sept. "a,
1891. School endowed and rates low.
Junior class $40. Junior and senior $40.
No better place than Richmond to
study law. Nine courts, large libraries,
the State offices, the legislature and
opportunity for wide acquaintance.
Write to PROF. ROGER GREGORY,
Lester Manor. Va, or for catalogue,
chairman of faculty, Richmond College,
Richmond, Va. aug2S-wfsu3wks.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
Secretary.
SllecInI.

Will offer from this date until sold
seven upright and square pianos, and
ilftcen organs, some new and others
slightly used, all at special bargains,
either for cash or on time, though cash
will buy them at almost cost. Hobbie
Music Co., 157 Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
WASHINGTON AND LEE

University, Lexington, Va. Acadcmic;
Law; Engineering. For Catalogue nd
dress, e. w. c. LEE. President.
LAW SCHOOL
Washington and Lee University, Lex
ington, Va, C. A. Graves, Prof. Com.
and Stat. Law. j. Randolph Tucker,
Prof. Equity and Const'i Law. etc. Opens
Sept. 10. For Catalogue address,
aug13 In c. w. Z. LEE, President
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
CT. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY
FOR YOUNG LADIES.
Conducted by the Sisters Of Charity,
Near Emmitsburg, Md.

Terms: Board and Tuition, per AGA
demic Year, including Bed and Bedding,
Washing, Mending and Doctors Fec,
5000.
Letters of inquiry directed to the
aug2Gto oct1 MOTHER SUPERIOR.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01

A LLEGHANY INSTITUTE, ROAM
~ oke, Va, u first class academy for
boys and young men. Full CORPS Of ex-
perienced teachers. Students prepared
for college and university, and for bust
ness life. Ninety students enrolled last
session Health and order unsurpassed.
Send for catalogue to REV. G. L.
JAMES. Principal, Roanoke, Va.
julyl2 2m
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01

Miss WHlTElIURorS SCHOOL
IH1 for girls will reopen the lath of
September. Primary, int rmcdiatc add
vanced. Boys under twelve admitted
She will be assisted by Mrs. S. w. Sell
lers. teacher Of successful experience.
Apply for circular To MISS WHITE
HURST, 500 Campbell street, Roanoke,
va. aug5- wed &sun-l 10
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
CONDENSED rArEMEsr-JASuAnY /. 1871.

the oon0 and mortgage investments totals
81 "" are e uu'"S INC year
the cns Se
families % Oeno their
M sayns mat securities
d and mortgages and that
concern felt the holders
e as os ssr , M 1880
invested o.c n, for
the protection of policies ~ ~ "s'' assets hc" ior
0 el Inc h9pa Off possible
nn es % a%s In the lines
GoMrkS S easily 'e"0n=c tA"' THE
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ARR M %HpHss &c OF NEW Fd%T
AAF FSEE IL KIT nGTEi HE
hea y. lnI%" a nhdis policy a
oaSED AND MORTGAGE secured
this showing ohy ~ ~ that Equals
WIFI afFf 5E
viii
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YoR nsS sGs pas ,S op H WASi
Wt and oThans Friend Agency one
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L. ALFREND West Virginia Carolina
Age mt EonokcV Va
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
7'HE ROANOKE TIMES.
EVERY MORNING. EXCEPT MONDAY.
ROANOKE TIMES PUBLISHING CO.,
Publishers and Proprictors.
TIMES BUILDING.
Third avenue and First street Southwest
TERMS, BY NAIL, postage rrcpaid9
TELEPHONE NUMBER 1874.

THE TINES is delivered in Roanoke. Salem and
vjnton every morning by carriers for 50 cents per
month.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
ROANOKE COLLEGE : :::s 7ss Y

Healthful Mountain Climate. Choice
OF Courses for Degrees; Commercial De-
partment; Library II, 900 volumes; work.
ing Laboratory; good morals; FIVE
churches. Expenses for months S154
to S204 (board, fees, &C., Increasing pat
ronage from many States, Indian Terri
tory, MoXico, and Japan. Next session
begins September 10th. Illustrated Cat
aloguo and illustrated book about Salem
free. Address.
JULIUS D. DREHER,
july21-eod to sept2o. President.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01

M USIC TUITION.-DR II. II. HAAS
1f1 formerly OF Hollins Institute. Va :,
lately of Wooster University, Ohio.) will
give vocal and instrumental lessons
after September the first. Terms: So5
per term of twelve weeks. or go per
course OF thirtY-six weeks. Early aprli-
cations solicited. Address DR.. II. H.
ii AAS, Salem, Va. aug9-saw5wkS,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01

VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTI-
v tute. Lexington, Va. sad year
State Military, Scientific and Technical
School. Thorough courses in general
and applied Chemistry and in Engi-
neering. Confers degree of graduate in
Academic Course; also degrees Of Bache-
lor of Science and Civil Engineer in
Technical Courses. All expenses, in
GLIDING clothing and incidentals, pro-
vided at rate CT $1,000 per month, as an
average for the four years, exclusive of
outfit. GEN. SCOTT SHIPP, Supt.
july16 Gwks,w
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
TIE WEEKLY TIMES

TnR WEEKLY TINES. containing the news OF
the week In more condensed form, one year,
Sl0O In advance
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01

Advertising rates made known on applica.
ton.
Items of news, communications. etc, should
be addressed to the Editor of THE TIMES.
RcnittaIccs. by express, moncy-0rdcr, regis
tered letter. check, or draft, should be addressed
and made payable to
TIE ROANOKE TINES PUBLISHING CO..
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Entered a. the rostoGice at Roanoke az second
class matter
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-25

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-25
Law and Public Sentiment.

DR.. Theodore L. Cuyler, writing in
the New York Christian Advocate, says
/ expect to live and die thorough
prohibitionist; but my conviction is
clear that fatal mistake was made
when legislation to suppress liquor-sell.
ing was made paramount to moral eff
forts to suppress liquor-drinking. God
never intended that the pulpit and the
church and the press and paternal in.
fluence should give place, in any great
moral conflict for reform, to the baton
of the policeman. Human law and
heavens gospel must go together.
Brethren and sisters, it is useless to at,
tempt to throw barrier of prohibition
across this terrible Niagara while we
are not doing more to check the ire,
mendous flow Of the drinking uSages
We must work farther back up the
stream as the early reformers did. We
must strike at the bottle wherever found
as well as at the dram-shop. And the
church of Jesus Christ will be Grim,
soned with guilt if it leaves this great
Christian reform to become the foot
ball of the politicians!
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-25
Mloral ano Religious.
A Scotchman on Miracles.

"Well, you may say what you please"
said Smith. 81, for my part, can not
believe that God would first impose
laws on nature, and then go to violate
his own laws. What would be the use
of making them if they are to be so
readily set aside ?"
81 dinna ken, SIR" said uncle, very
reverently, "what God may do, or
what he Wilma do but l don't regard
miracle to be a violation o. the laws o.
nature. There's ma violation o. the
laws O. nature, or rather laws o. God,
that 1 ken o., save the wicked actions
o. wicked man"
And what, them" asked Smith, " do
you make miracle to be 2"
81 regard it," said uncle, "to be
merely such an interference wiz the es-
tablished course o. things, as infallibly
shows us the presence and the action o.
the supernatural power. What O'Clock
is it wi you, sir, if you please?"
It's half-past twelve exactly-Green-
witch time" replied Smith.
"Well, SIR" said uncle, pulling a
huge old time-piece from his pocket,
" it's one O'Clock with me; l generally
keep my watch a bittie forrit Ga little
forward). But may haze a special rea-
son the moo, for setting my watch by
the railway; and so, we see, Pm turn
ing the hands OF around. Moo wad We
say that l had violated the laws o. a
watch?
"True, l have done what watchdom
VII a. its laws couldna have done for
itself, but / have done violence to name
o. its laws. My action is only the in
reference O superior intelligence
for suitable end, but hae suspended
nae law. Well, then, instead o. the
watch, say the universe; instead O.
moving the hands, say God acting
worthily O. himself, and we haze a. that
l contend for miracle; that is, the
unquestionable presence of an AL
mighty hand working the divine will.
And if he sees fit to work miracles,
what can hinder him? He has done it
oftener than once or twice already; and
who daur say he'll not get leave to do
It again. "-Egchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-25
The Shooting Commenced Then.

Robert r. Parham, one of the oldest
travelling men for drugs who ever went
out from Leavenworth, tells many a
story like those credited to Mulhatton
the modern Munchausen. He relates
his experience during the civil war as
a private in North Carolina confeder-
ate regiment, and, as he says, the first
time he was ever " stumped." 81 was
out on picket and got to yelping at a
Yank, and we became quite sociable
and friendly. l gave him tobacco and
he gave me coffee and ration of sugar.
But our amicable relations were sud-
denly disturbed. He asked me what
regiment belonged to, and / said the
Fourteenth North Carolina, and then l
said, 'Yank, what regiment do you be-
long tor and be said, The One
Hundred Fourteenth Rhode Island
You're liar,' said l, there are not
that many men in your state And
picket firing then began, and became so
extensive along the line that the gen.
eral engagement known as the Red
Tavern battle was brought on. l lie
awake at nights and modify reflect
that am the innocent cause of the
slaughter of several thousands of
American citizens. st. Louis Globe
Democrat,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-25
GUARANTEED CURE FOR LA GRIP

GUARANTEED CURE FOR LA GRIPPE.
We authorize our advertised druggist
to sell you DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
upon this condition: If you are af-
flcted with la grippe and will use this
remedy according to directions, giving
it fair trial, and experience no benefit,
you may return the bottle and have
your money refunded. We make this
offer because of the wonderful success
of DR.. Kings New Discovery during
last seasons epidemic. Have heard of
no case in which it failed. Try it.
Trial bottles free at G. Blakely's drug
store, Montpelier, Vt. Large sizes fifty
cents and 81.