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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10

Shc-For my rart, like to strive for
o thing end win it. end not have it drop
in my lap Don't you agree with nc.
Mr.. Dobson?
lie fc-ycs-ua!css 1t Is The Cirl that
| Am courti.l,. -Nlu:u,sy's EooEly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10

You've GOULD j. go rg to get up a
stable of race-h ": es and try the track.
Howling dcrvishcs, what Il chance to
GetcYen.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10

40 you want your wifc's poctrait in
oil?"
Grocer lcs, ! THINK i; wor.il bc tho
best: particularly II on gee tho oil Mt
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10
lilo road WIS AZ rlr,1

Mamma You ought To hc ashamed
Tommy, tn divr youI bread on that nico
clean t.ihtt-rIuth. and butter side down
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10

The TIMES has the largest
Giro 'latiou of any paper print
ed i'll Southwest Virginia.
Press room, mailing list and
subs ,ription books open to the
inspection Of advertisers.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10
Ovnr-Sc,lsitivo.

Cohen (thc clothicr)-Vot makes you
look SO black. Isaac?
Lowen5tein ttho pawnbrol1cr)-I vas
shoost boon insultcd apout my pcez-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10
Cn--fIow vas dot?

I-owenstoin-V w, dot fellow Harris
asked nn to step round to der club und
play a drcc-tal game NIT hint Puck.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10
OVERCOMING n DIFFICULTY.

Browcrly. who has to use both hands
in riding. invonts measure OF polite
ness.-Judgc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10
MINERALS A SPECIALITY.

Al persons having l. inn.al farm or
tinib"r lands are rqu' sued - list them
with Il, for sale. The long * ,eric.-ce
OF our senior, Mr.. J. a. Daily. l.. mining
ard sale OF real estate warrant MS in as
suilnS our patrons that their interests
wili ne properly guard,d in The sale of
Tx II property. and all muncy coming
into their hands Will he promptly paid
ever. Owners may. if preferred, employ
their spt cial agent or Il ,torncys.
Persons, in sending descriptive list of
property. are spi cially cautioned against
giving ovcrdrawn descriptions, as it
lessons chances of sale Vie also advise
against giving options on mineral
properties, they often interfere with
sales and lead to litigation
We shall do legitimate commission
business.
Active, reliable agents wanted in
every county in Southwest Virginia.
All city property listed With us viii
have prompt attention, and sold to best
advantage.
We have booked for sale \ list Of i'm
proved and uhimproved property, bust
ness and dwelling houses in different
sections of the city.
Persons wishing to buy or sell are
rcspo ctfully invited to cali on MS.
Office, Room 8, Moomaw building,
Jefferson street.
Rcf'r to First National ;ank of Roa
nokc, Virginia.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10

Weary Raggs-What you doing wild on
umbrella, yer dude?
Blcary Waggs-Dude be dernedl 1
was afraid I'd get washed wild the rain.
-Munsoy's Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10

NOTICE.
HUNTER ST. JOHN. NJ. y.
Office, Jefferson street, next to Gale
building.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10

Tommy-rhc bread i. al, nrn,. nam
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10
gIlE ROANOKE TIMES.
TELEPHONE NUMBER ls4.

THs TIMES WI ,,u delivered in Roanoke, Sa-
ZEN, and vlntun very morning 10y carriers Tor
'f ,..nta per m, tfh.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-10
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09
COURT YOUR WIFE.

Oh middlc-aged man, I've word with YOU
As YOU sit in your office this morn;
Has the worry Of life, with its folly and strlie,
Pierced your heart like fostering thorn!
Does the touch of your gold feel too clammy ana
cold,
Are you weary of fiattery's scorn:
Alas, for the days when the passions of youth
Burn low in the dcsolate heart!
When the laughter and tears OF our innocent
years
Never more from the sympathies start,
AND the hidcOus mien Of indulgence is seen
Meath the fattering mantle Of art
Perhaps you've tried Friendship, and only have
found
Deception and selfshness rife;
Perhaps you have poured to the needy your
hoard.
To be pricEed by ingratitude's knife;
Ana perhaps you have been through the whole
round of sin
Did you ever try counting your wife:
No? Then take my advice and think you will
find
IT'S pleasure as charming as new.
Follow memory's track till at last you are back
TO the days when you swOrc TO be true
Yea dream more and more till she seems as OF
yOre
To be watching and signing for you.
And when you 20 home tonight buy bouquet
or the flowers she used to admire.
Put thcsn into her hand when before her yor
stand,
With a lover like kiss of desire
And oh! Watch her eyes when they opc will
SURPRISE
And flame up from Il smoldering fire!
EThcn al the long evening be tender and kind,
Hover near her with eager delight;
I,nr and '.SwePt - the old titles
repeat
Till her face is with happiness bright
Try it, world wearied man, It's an excellent
plan,
Guauourting your dear wife tonight
-Goorge Horton. in Chicag0 uerald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09
SLEIGHS OF STATE.
The Splendid Equipagcs in Which Royalty
Rides.

During the recent visit of William ii.
at the court of st. Petersburg the En-
peror of Russia presented his imperial
guest with a troika, the national three
finland of the northern empire. The
carriage itself resembles a sort OF phac-
ton, lacquered blue and lined gray. OF
the three horses. which, run side by
side. the middle one is the strongest,
and placed in thill shaft while the
outsiders go in ordinary braces. The
harness is covered with silver plaques
interspersed with small crowns OF gold
in conspicuous places A band of small
bells is placed round the neck of each
horse. The coachman. who is clad in
the national blue caftan, and wears d
stiff velvet barrett drives without a
whip. and holds the reins with extended
arms.
Two sleighs of state have recently
been completed for the Emperor and
Empress of China at the Royal Carriage
factory in Charlottenburg. Both are of
the same design, and constructed to
| seat one person. In shape they resem-
BILE large sedan chairs placed on run
ners, and supported by iron scroll work
of renaissance design, silvered sn parts
and gilt in others. The outside panels
are decorated with Chinese devises, car
ried out in gold on a ground of red
! lacquer amongst them the imperial
| dragon with five claws. On the corners
of the top are four dragons of bronze
holding large pendant tassels of yellow
silk. Another dragon rises between the
runners in front. The interior is uphol-
stored in yellow silk, and in the front
part is an arrangement to contain a
clock, looking glass, flagons and other
toilet utensils. The sleigh is eventually
to be drawn by two or more manderins.
| CHICAGO Globe,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09
PRISON DISCIPLINE.
Thu TreadmIlI and Its Early Uses In This
Country.


Country.
Somewhere about the year 1922 the
treadmill was introduced into England.
1t was recommended by the Society fer
the Improvement of Prison Discipline"
1t was the invention of Mr.. Cubitt, Of
Ipswich, in England, and probably at
that time, or ssnn after, it was used in
this country. The last one known of in
the United States was in the Massachu-
sets State Prison, at Charlestown.
Cubitts first discipline mill was erected
in the House of Correction at Brixton,
Surrey, England. The power was used
in olden times for grinding corn and
wheat and latterly for running all kinds
Of machinery used in prisons. On this
circular, endless flight of steps the
prisoners gradually advanced from the
end at which they mounted toward the
opposite end of the wheel, from whence
tho first man, taking his turn, descends
for rest, another prisoner Immediately
mounting as before to fill up the num-
Der required, without stopping the ma
chine.
At Brooklyn, Conn, Miss Prudence
Crandall was confined in Jail, in 1929, for
teaching colored children to read and
write. EARLY in the present century
sailors we're frequently whipped for
various offenses. They were tied to
grating made for the purpose and lashed
according to the nature of the offense
charged against the unfortunate Jack
tar. In the army the offender was tied
to the tripod. In 1924 John F. Trueman
q I'd Almoram Holmes, licensed inn
holders in Boston, were fined Sc. &c and
costs of prosecution for entertaining
two boston gentlemen on tho Lords
Day. The inhabitants, not being trav-
elers, strangers or dodgers, it was
against the law to entertain them in q
public house on Sunday.
Perhaps the strangest and most uu
natural arrests for debt ever made were
during October, 1911, when the bodies
of several dead persons were arrested
for debt. Captain Chillingsworth Fos-
| ter, Of Dennis, Mass, died owing ono
Ben jamin Bangs $3.50. Foster was about
| forty-one years of age, and left wife
and five children. His parents we're a
very aged, poor couple, who could not
give Bangs security for the debt. Bangs
( declared he could arrest the body for
the debt, and while it was on the way
to tho grave he had Sheriff Jonathan
! Snow serve writ on the coffin in the
wagon and set it down on tho highway,
midst the convulsive sobs of his par
ents, family and assembled friends.
Bangs left the body in the highway for
several days, until it was ordered away
| by the foreman of the grand jury, when
he took it to his house. There it re-
manned several days - Philadelphia
| Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09
ANTIQUITY OF BANKS.
The Various Forms of Currency in Use
Centuries Ago.


The origin of banks is not accurately
known, but they are of great antiquity.
They existed in China, Babylon, Greece,
Rome and in the cities of many other
ancient nations long before the opening
Of the Christian era.
The oldest bank note of which We
have any record was issued in China SO
far back as 2697 Il. c. The first of this
early Chinese paper money was issued
by the treasury. just as notes of to-day
are issued, but it was not long until the
entire business was turned over to the
banking institutions, which were even
then under government inspection and
control. The popular name for the first
of known bank notes was flying" or
convenient money" The form of this
note was similar to those of the present
time. They bore the name of the bank,
number of the note, value, place of is
sue, date and signature of the proper
bank officials. A specimen of this note
issued in the year 1899 b. c., is now in
the Asiatic museum at st. Petersburg,
Russia. 1t is printed in blue ink on the
paper made from fiber of the leaves of
the mulberry tree.
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, there are Babylonish tab
lots OF banking transactions dating back
to the reign of Nebuchadnezzer. The
earliest of these tablets belongs to the
wear d. C. Sol. On it are the memoranda
of loans made in silver by a certain
banker, Kukurru, as follows: ~ nina
to Beluepus, shekels to Nabubasa-
! Napsati, 5 shekels to Nurguidann: total,
3 minas, shekels of silver" Assum-
ing that the value Of the Babylonish
talent was equal to 81, 0S1.25, the NINA"
was worth about S31.25.
The earliest known banking house Of
Babylon, was that of Egbi & Co., house
that seems to have acted as sort of i'm
perial banking institution from the
| time of Sennacherib (about 700 B. c.
down to the reign of Darius, who became
king in SCI Il. c., the life of the concern
having been traced through five gener-
atoms of the Egbis. Many of the records
of this house on clay tablets, found in
! an earthen jar at lillian, near Babylon,
NAV be seen in the British museum.
The earliest records OF European
banks now in existence are those of the
Bank of Venice, foanded A. ID. I'LL. The
Rank of Barcelona was founded in 1901;
Rank of Geneva in 1407; Bank of Am
sterdam in 1909, and the great Bank OF
England in 1694.-St Louis Republic.
Dip brooms once week in hot sudG
and they will wear much better.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09
COURT YOUR WEE.
A Word of Sensible Advice Which Al
Married Men Should Heed.

n q
Married Men Should Heed.
There is far too little counting done
in the world.
The average young man acquits him.
self fairly in this respect lie goes to
see his best girl with becoming fire.
quency, and when with her he manages
to lavish a sufficient amount of tender
and deferental consideration upon her
to satisfy her natural and praiseworthy
demands for that sort of thing. The
young man must stand acquitted, there
fore
But the married and especially the
middle-aged married man is usually
very derelict. He does no counting at
all, though he is under special obliga-
ton to do deal of it, very persistently.
He has pledged himself, in marriage, to
make one sweetheart happy, and he
knows perfectly that the essential con-
dition of every good woman's happiness
is that she shall be courted with good
deal of regularity.
The married man does not mean to
neglect his duty. He cherishes the
wife of his youth with a tenderness far
deeper than any that he felt for her in
the salad days of their wooing. But he
is busy, preoccupied, comfortable, and
he feels calm assurance and satisfac-
ton in her affection, which he expects
her to feel in her turn. He takes these
things for granted in his mans way, and
expects his wife to take them for
granted too, forgetting that this is not
the woman's way.
The best thing married man can do
| is to court his wife, to treat her with all
| the attentiveness of courtesy which he
| showed her before marriage, to consider
her in small things as he does in large
ones, to minister in thousand little,
| scarcely noticeable ways to her woman
nature. So shall he make her happy,
which, if he be at all a well-constituted
! man, is what ne most wants to don.
! World
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09
A TRAINED SPIDER.
The Tricks of an Educated Tarantula
Owned by IL Mexican Boy.

The Tricks OF an Educated Iarantuia
Owned by IL Mexican Boy.
A half-breed boy of Mexican and In
dian blood recently attracted much at
tention at Winslow, Ari. by the perform
anceS of an educated tarantula he owns.
lie carries the big, formidable-look-
ing insect in a large wooden box slung
about his neck. which, when exhibiting
his pet, he places on the ground as a
sort of stage. At the command of it's
master the tarantula mounted a small
ladder, rung a bell and performed On d
miniature trapeze. Then, to the thUmp-
ing of tamborine in the hands of the
boy, it proceeded to revOlve slowly
about, as if Waiting, and when it had
finished saluted the crowd by lifting
one leg three times.
After the performance was over it
crawled to its masters shoulder, where
it sat, occasionally running around his
neck or down into his bosom. The boys
say he tanned the spider when it was
young, first by feeding it every day
until it grew accustomed to him, then
gradually taught it the tricks it knows.
He declares that it is much more intel
ligent than any dog, and very tractable,
though uncompromising in its enmity
to any one but himself. 1t is as large as
silver dollar when curled up though
its legs are two or three inches long.
The body is an ugly dull brown, coz
cred with short course, black hair,
which also covers the limbs, but is very
sparse and bristly. The eyes are small
and CLEAN like diamond points, while
the mouth is furnished with slender,
overlapping fangs. The power of spring
in these creatures is said to be some
thing incredible, a leap of ten feet be-
ing no tremendous eXertion. The boy,
who owns the only one which has ever
made friends with any other living
creature, is from the Mogollon noun
tains, lying south of here six miles. -
| Chicago Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09
CATTLE INSURANCE.
The System Being Experimental on in
Germany.

Germany.
The subject Of cattle insurance is no
new thing in the United States, where
an insurance system has been in success
full operation for years past, but just
now it is an experiment in Germany.
The system of insurance introduced in
that country, however, differs very
widely from ours, inasmuch as it is OBJ
ligatory and a government scheme. In
every commune or township where one
half at least of all the cattlemen desire
to insure it becomes binding on all.
The insurance age is fixed at not under
six months nor over fourteen years.
The insurance paid will be seven-tenths
of the value for dead animals, and
eight-tenths for those killed through
necessity. In no case does the insurance
exceed $50. SO francs for bull for breed
ing purposes, or ATS francs for mich
COW. The premiums are fixed at one per
cent of the value of the stock insured.
The State gives to the insurance fund
SO, coo francs per year, and if the losses
exceed the amount of the premiums, to
gether with the State subsidy, then the
premiums will be raised three-quarters
of a per cent. more on the value of tho
stock. If this does not su flee the State
will make good the deficiency. The
central insurance bureau will be gov
erned by board of directors named by
the government. This board will have
control of the local offices and will re-
ceive the premiums and pay the losses.
This insurance scheme is yet in its in
fancy, but it is so we'll thought of by this
I French Government that one of their
inspectors Of agriculture has been sent
to Germany to make study of its prac-
tical workings. -Americ can Dairyman
The poet and the editor were play
ing tennis, and the latter was beaten.
"You serve we'll, but you can't RETURN"
said the poet. Cant -" asked the
editor. "Send me poem and see."-
| Harper's Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09
A Distinguished Guest.

Admiral Porter had Chinese servant
who acted as his butler and who an
nounced the guests all right until the
end of the reception, when the gas col
lector arrived. When Ching Yam opened
the door the man handed him strip of
yellow paper. Yellow is the imperial
color of China. and gas bill looks not
unlike Chinese visiting card. The
admiral's Chinese butler bowed low as
he saw it, and, laying the bill reverent
ly upon his silver plate, he motione.
the gas man to follow him and ushered
him into the presence Of the ladies. N.
Y, World
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09

Dip brooms once week in hot suds
and they will wear much better.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09
Map of the United States.

large, handsome Map of the United
States, mounted and suitable for office or
home use, is issued by the Burlington
route Copies will be given free when 1t
can be done without expense for transmits
sion; or they.will be mailed to any address
on receipt OF six cents in postage by z. s
Eustis, Gen'l Pass. Agent, G. b. 81 Q. K r.,
Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09

AN EXTENDED POPULARITY. Browns
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs have for many years
been the most popular article in use for re-
neying Coughs and Throat troubles
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09

"YoU'RE just the man Pm laying for" as
the brickmason said to the contractor
Binp hamton Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09

THE man who doesn't think his baby is
the prize baby hasn't got any baby.-Bing-
hamton Leader.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-08-20

Isl boltskf
Mrs. John Dauo !, very VI. DR.. Marsh
attends her.
Mrs. Merit Benson Of Troy. n Ysnd
Mrs Joha W Batebsldsr Of Detroit are
visiting relatives sad iriends in town
--Worl US received last week from
Milton thai DR.. G. W. Bartlett soaij 70
lara here the i5ih. Iis did Ici come bu,
is ~Ipseiei every day.
TIE directors OF tie .,hsess factory
hsvr toii the miik. fot leg days oaly. to
be shipped 10 Bosioa. IL goes every
uonilng. price 20 cent. per updred.
xoIsn poK,Er.
Mics Bertha Whitley 10 Visiting frissAs
10 Beurinstop.
-Mi~ Mary Petty n spending fss
days Il Quseu Guy Parh.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-08-20
STATE NEWS.

Between $500 aud s270O worth Of con.
crete psving has been done 1t Morrisvi'le
this season
IsuHrred from q severe cold Ia my head
for months and could get no relief Was
advised to use Ely's Cream Balm. II Las
worked like magic 10 i.s cure sm free
from my cold after using the Balm enc
week. and believe 1t is the best remed y
known. Samuel J. Harris. Wholesale Gro
Ger. 1l9 Front St. New York. Il
Capt. o. U. Perc.vsl Of Glover. . man
10 years old. moved one fourth 81 an pcre
OF grass 10 45 minutes
The pheno mtpsl success Of Ayers Ssr
sspsriis started into sxtstel &c bost o.
~on petitors. This. OF conrse, was 10 be ex
pecied hut the Effects has been TO demon.
strste the superior merit Of DR. Ayers
preparation by . constantly itcressiug de-
psoJ for It,
silss Stock veil. OF Richmond. recently
shipped 10 Csiiornis 10 tors Of mspie
sugar 10 10 10 5Opound cans, paying seven
cents per pound.
Aver. Cathsriie Pills are recon- mended
by the bes, pbysieisns. because they are
Tree from cslomel and other iuIurious
drugs, beng composed OF purely vege's
bile ingredients While thorough 10 their
sciion. they stimulate aud s'reuethen the
bowels aud secre,ory organs.
A bias, 10 Rising snd Nelson's bill. 10
West Psslet quarry. thrsw many store.
toto the highway where neu sefe psssius,
ipjaring ooe quite severely.
Did you notice the, 6ne heed Of hair st
church last Sunds,f Tbsi vs Mrs. B..
She never permits herself TO be out OF
Halls Hair Rebeuer.
John Long. former Brsttiebcro mar,
aged 30 years. vss recently allied BY o
grizzly bear 10 the mountains nssr Ration.
Mes Mexico. Mr.. Long nsdes desperate
AgS4 aad When found h', LETT LEG vss bad