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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04
QUEER WILLS.
Strange Requests of Some Cranky Tesla
tors.

Strange Requests of Some Cranky Tesla
Odd wills have been sustained by the
courts these many years. There was
Thelusson's will, says the San Francis.
co Argonaut, often quoted, which left
six hundred thousand pound sterling to
accumulate through the lives of his
sons and grandsons, the accumulated
property to be paid to his oldest great
grandson on the death of the sons and
grandsons, or else to be conveyed to the
sinking fund for the payment of the
British national debt. 1t was calculat-
ed that the accumulations would
amount to nineteen million pounds by
the time it fell due but there was much
litigation over the matter, and the old
est great-grandson received only about
the original six hundred thousand
pounds. There was the will of David
Davis, of Chaplain, who left lady five
shillings, sufficient 10 enable her to
get drunk for the last time at my cx-
pense." The wills in which the
tcstator endcavorcd to put last sting
into his enemy arc numerous John
Aylett Stow revoked 4 precious bcqucst
OF three thousand pounds and substi-
tuted the direction to purchase, for a
terrible reminder to the ungratcful ey-
legatcc, "a picture of the viper biting
the benevolent hand of the person who
saved him from pcrishing in the snow"
while Mr.. Church left to his son Dan
icl "only one shilling, and that is for
him to hire porter to carry away the
next badge and frame he steals"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04

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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04
BRAVERY OF BLONDES.
Blue Eyes indicative of Great Physical
COURAGE.

Courage.
There's my boy" writes n gossiper
in Pittsburgh paper. "just little
chunk of n fellow and rs tender
hearted as n girl, has moro pluck than
some men. Like t'other day, his
mother found one of his teeth growing
wrong, and we concluded he'd better
be taken to the doctor. He didn't
fancy the trip very much, but he went
like n little man. Well, sir, if you be-
licvc me, he sat up in n chair and had
six teeth pulled out and never whim-
pcrcd. but tears rs big rs marbles
rolled down his cheeks. The doctor
told him to hold on 10 the chair when
he pulled, and he did. Some of the
teeth were hard to get out and the for
cops slipped time or two, but he never
WINGED.
1--WE noticed in prize fights that the
bluc-cycd, fair-complc Xioncd fellow
generally wins and invariably shows
the most pluck. The rcd-haired chap
gets as mad as n rantanlcrous cat and
fights fast and furious, but soon gives
it up. The blacls-haired fellow starts
in boldly, hits hard and shows great
bravery or egOtism, but after receiving
few sound raps begins to weaken.
Not SO with the bluc-eycd, mild
hammered pug. He smiles and smiles,
acts with great caution and puts his
liclss in wherever they'll do tho most
good. You can't rattle fellow like
that, because he is wary and doesn't
allow his temper to get above boiling
point. Give me blue-eyed fellow for
pluck all the time
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04
ONE OF NATURES FREAKS.
The Remarkable Dcformity of n Now
York Man.

York Man.
Ezekiel ,Eads, who died in Greene
county, New York, in the spring of
1885 was surely Il fit subject for dime
museum, even though he never descend
ed TO that level. Strictly speaking, Eads
was in several respects Il most remark
able creature. lie was born without
ears, not even having aperturcs where
his cars should have been. His deform-
ity, says the St. Louis Republic, sad as
it was. may be said to have been parti-
ally alleviatcd by the curious construc-
ton of the inner portion Of his head.
which enabled him to hear common
conversation through his mouth. When
addressed he would instantly open his
mouth and readily give answers to in
tcrrogations put to him in an ordinary
tone of voice. But Ezctiai's lac!, of
cars was not his only lack of distinc-
ton. He had Il heavy crop of black
hair spotted with white, the spots them
selves being inothe exact shape OF hui
man ears, feet, hands, etc. When he
was quite small baby it was noticed
that his black hair was intcrspersed
with oddly shaped spots of white,
which, however, did not take on their
distinctive shapes until after he had
passed his fifteenth year
When Mr.. Eads died he left one son,
aged forty-fvc, whose hair was as
black as coal, not n single gray hair be-
ing disccrnible, and another son, thir-
teen years of age, whose hair was as
gray as that of man of seventy.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04
LARGEST FARM IN THE WORLD
n Million and n Half Acres I'm One Tract
Down In Louisiana.

a Million and n Half Acres I'm One Tract
Down In Louisiana.
In the extreme southwest corner of
Louisiana there is farm measuring
one hundred miles north and south, and
twenty-five miles east and west. The
million and half acres of which it is
made up were purchased about seven
years ago from the state of Louisiana
and from the United States government
by syndicate of northern capitalists,
by whom it is now farmcd.
This immense tract is divided into
convenient pasture stations or ranches,
the fencing alone having cost fifty thou
sand dollars.
All the cultivating, ditching, etc, is
done by steam power, tract of about
half n mile wide being taken, and an
engine placed on each side. The en-
gines are portable, and work cable
attached TO four ploughs, the area
Floughed in this way, with the labor of
only three men, being thirty acres.
There is not Il single draught horse
on the estate. Horses are, however,
used for the hcrdsmcn who look after
the sixteen thousand head of cattle
upon the estate, which is traverscd for
thirty-siX miles by the Southern Pacific
railway. The company has three steam
boats upon the three hundred miles of
navigablc waters which traverse their
estate, and also possesses Il shipyard, a
bank and rice mills.
The largest farm in England is just
about l,G00th of the size of the United
States farm above described; and in
hungary, where the largest farming
operations in Europe are carried on,
there is no farm that is more than i-l5th
of the size or area Of this gigantic farm
in louisiana
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04
PIERCED BY AN ARROW.
Curious Story OF tho Breast Bono OF ,
lIrant That Mas Shot In Alnnkn.

| Curious Story OF tho Brenst Bono OK q
Hrant That Was Shot In Alnskn.
, A very surprising curiosity has been
placed in the National museum. 1t Is
the breast bone of wild brant trains
fixed by an arrow. The bird, which
weighed about fifteen pounds, was shot
in the kanlialSce marshes, Indiana,
With gun and subsequently eaten,
but the part of its anatomy mentioned
was preserved.
Once upon a time-it must have been
some years before, so II Washington
Star reporter was told-this particular
brant was summering in Alaska, where
others of it's species gather every year
for the purpose of mating. An Indian
shot at the bird with an arrow which
had for its point piece of n dccr's rib
seven inches long. His aim was so
true that the weapon went clear
through the "kccr' of the fowls breast
bone and stuck there, the shaft falling
to the ground. 1t is in this way that
the natives of those parts make their
arrows, in order that the shafts NAV
not be lost. The latter fall when the
game is struck and are picked up again.
Though transfiXed in this fashion the
brant was too sturdy Il bird to Weld its
life so readily, no vital organs having
been touched, and it calmly flew away,
doubtless to the disgust of the hunter.
After awhile the wound healed and tho
fowl managed to get along very COM
fortably with the deer's rib through it's
breast. Years afterward it was slain with
more sure icaden shot in Indiana, and
now its breast bone has been deposited
ut the National museum of this city. Its
tragic history is known thus in detail
because the arrowhead itself told it all.
Each Indian tribe in Alaska makes lis
weapons after pattern peculiar to it.
self, and Prof. Mason has thus been
enabled to determine that the brant
was struck with the arrow on the
Yukon river and nowhere else. Further
more, he knows positively at what part
OF the Yukon the thing occurred, and he
can even locate the spot within two or
three miles. 1t is an affair quite uniouc
that Il bird should be thus impaled and
yet carry the instrument Of death so
long and in such n manner. BESIDES
the story has additional interest in the
bearing it has upon the study of this
birds migration.
The arrow head is stuck through the
keel of the breast bone precisely at
right angles with the latter, projecting
on either side about an equal distance.
10 protect the birds flesh against its
irritation bony material has been de-
posted around the weapon for half an
inch each way. The piece of dccr's rib
was Strengthened by the maker of the
arrow with sort of wrench in the
process of manufacture, after which it
was shaved down and polished to fine
point. Near the butt end of it is sim
gle barb, for the instrument is OF the
character known as Il ranking weapon
that is to say, after entering the flesh
of the victim it works its way into the
vitals, eventually causing death. An
Indian thinks nothing of following n
deer thus wounded for many days in the
expectation of securing the prey finally
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04

An cX-statc scnatorof ST. Louis wears
in the stud that adorns his shirt bosom
brilliant stone that has most inter
esting history. 1t was given him sew
eral years ago by the queen of the
Sandwich islands, who informed him
that it was an African stone brought to
her island in 1878 by Capt. Cook and
found on his body when he died The
jewel became the property of Kane
hamchn l., the king ruling n. that time,
and was nftcrward added to the collcc-
ton OF crown jewels Of the royal
Hawaiiaas
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
The Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association
OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, ss5, 900, 900.
OFFICERS:

PREsTDENT-GEN. FITZHUGH LEE,
Ex-Governor of Virginia.
1sT VICE-PREsIDENT = PEYTON l..
TERRY, President Roanoke Trust,
Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
2D VICE PREsIDENT-S. w. JAMESON.
Secretary and treasurer Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
SECRETARY-JOHN OFT, late Cashier
City Bank of Richmond.
TREAsURER-J. C. DAVENPORT, Cash
Ter Commercial National Bank, Roa-
noke, Va.
GENERAL CoUNsEL-Hon. c. A. Nc
HUGH, Counsellor-at-Law, late OF
Charleston, S. c.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04
THEY ARE GETTING OLD.
Tho Ages of Distinguished Men Borl
About the Same Time.

The Ages of Distinguished Men Born
About the Same Time.
Sixty years ago, or in 1881, were born
Gen. John Nj. Schoficld, Gen. John w.
Noble. secretary of the interior; Hon.
Rcdield Proctor, secretary of war; Sen
ator William Z. Frye, cx-Gov. Oliver
Amcs, of Massachusetts, Editor r. l..
Godliin and William j. Florence, the
actor One year younger are Rev. II.
De Witt Talmagc, United States Judge
Walter Q. Gresham and Col. John r.
Fellows, says the New York Recorder.
The year 1893 presented BENJAMIN
Harrison. now president; Melville w.
Fuller, Chief Justice and Justice John
NJ. Harlan, Senators j. Don Cameron
and Nj. S. Quay and ex-senator John j.
Ingalls,; Robert Il. Ingcrsoll, Edwin
Booth, ex-senator Thomas c. Platt,
Gen. James w. Hustled and Joseph
Howard, Jr.
DIR. Chaunccy NJ. Dcpcw began orat-
ing in 1884, and these are also fifty
seven years old; Archbishop Corrigan.
Senators Frank ii iscocll and Rufus
Blodgctt, Erastus Wiman, Marshall
Field, of Chicago, Prof. A. Hermann,
the prcstidigitateur and c. a. Cappn,
the popular bandmastcr.
From 1888 we have Bishop Henry G..
Potter, lions. William +. Chandler,
John G. Carlisle, Roswell p. Flower and
Stewart l.. Woodford, Theodore
Thomas, "Nym Crinlsle" and Mark
.',yai in ~
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04

The bcll-punch and the dial register
are alike unknown on European tram
ways. Each passenger upon paying
his fare is usually given 4 receipt in the
form of printed slip upon which is
punched the amount collected and the
distance over which the passenger is
entitled to be carried. These slips are
to be preserved during the ride and
presented for inspection whenever
demanded. And they are not in
frequently demanded by the spoilers
who arc employed to keep u check upon
conductors. There is no sccrcsy about
the spoilers work; he enters the car i'm
full uniform, requests the passengers to
show their receipts, writes down the
conductors number and the amount of
fares collected, and departs amid the
uncomplimentary remarks of the trav-
cling public. The spoilers seem to be
equally dcspiscd wherever they ply
their vocation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04
A GOOD SETTER.
He Kept Close Watch Upon the Birds
+. Without Results.

He Kept Close Watch Upon the birds
+. without Results.
He had the reputation of being n
faultless setter when bought him and
/ told all my friends about his wonder
full ability, says sportsman in the
Nashville Herald. | talked of him SO
much that they would begin on the sub
ject themselves when they saw me
coming, as if by natural association.
Finally they tried to dcpreciate the dog
and said they didn't believe it was any
thing like the setter said it was and
asked if l believed in him so much why
j didn't show itup some time and let
them judge for themselves. | was thus
led to inviting half dozen out quail
hunting with me, though | wasn't quite
sure of the dog after all. We went on
little camping tour and found things
in pretty fair condition for II good hunt.
There was plenty of quail. For tho
first day the dog did very well and be-
gan to feel triumphant about him. We
bagged dozens of birds and were iubi-
liant
: The next day, however, when we
started out rather late in the morning
the dog was of no account whatever.
We took Dick, the colorcd cook, along
with lis to help carry the game, and we
couldn't get the dog away from his side.
We tried every way in the world to
urge him to begin operations, but he
refused to do anything except sit and
look pitifully at Dick. He followed him
wherever he went, and if he stopped
the dog would sit down and begin look
ing earnestly at him again. Finally we
sent one of the boys back to the tent to
get some of the dead birds. said |
thought that would act as reminder
to the dog. The boy came back and
said lie couldn't find bird. lie had
looked through our tent and the cook s
tent but there was not sign of one
"Dick," said, "what has uccome OF
those birds?"
"The pa'tridSes. sah?"
eyes"
"Wy, thought you all had ns much
as you wanted, an took dc rest"
what did you do with thcm2"
81 CT dein, sah."
And thet was what allied the dog
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-04

GENERAL TRUsTEE-HoN. HENRY S.
TROUT, President First National
Bank, Roanoke, Va.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY = Roanoke
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-05
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-05

DradstrtGts.

BradStTtCH.
TheSposition OF the wool market at the
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$4,000 bales. Carpet woods arc selling
better than they have for several weeks
The demand for California woods and
Territories has weakened. Ohio and
Michigan fseces are in fair request. A
strong demand is noted for long staple
pulled woods.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-05

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