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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-05
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-05
II ALLER & BARNES,
REGISTERED PHARMACISTS,
New Drug Store,
New Firm,
Elegant Furniture.
FRESH AND GENUINE DRUGS.

G. D. HALLER and III. C. BARNES,
formerly with Budwell, Christian &
Barbee) beg to announce that they have
just opened first-class stock OF DRUGS,
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES,
PERFUMERY, SOAPS and TOILET
ARTICLES in their elegant store room,
corner Jefferson and Norfolk avenue,
whore they will be pleased to sec all of
their old friends, and as many now ones.
The compromising Of Physicians Per
scriptions shall receive our careful at
tention.
BACCO.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-05


You must admit q that you are read
Ing this one, and Q does it not follow
that If we can at . tract your atten-
tion you can pre- " pare an advertise
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upon others? If - yor do not adver-
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-05
" BUDDING LOTS FOR
SALE!

offer for sale, privately, for thirty
days, two Of the incest and best located
lots in Che city of Roanoke. These lots
are full size, and are known as lots IL
and II in section ;, Exchange Addition.
If sold at once, they go at the sacrifice
of Sl,5G0 each; one-third cash. balance
in one and two years There is not u
lot in this whole section near as good for
less than $4,000, and for u person con-
templating building Il home or for an
Investment this is Il rare chance.
For further information apply to
TIIOS. e. SEBRELL,
luly23-lm CORTLAND. Virginia.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
She Meant wen.

In enforcing the postal laws hundreds of
cases are investigated by the postoffice au-
thorities which are not brought to the at
tention OF the courts, ana in which no pun
ishinent is asked for. There have been
technical attractions of tho law, but with
out guilty intention upon the part Of the
violators.
Such a case was settled by Mr.. George S.
Evans, the postoffice inspector in charge at
the Federal building. Nobody was injured
in the transaction, and the delinquents in
the matter freely acknowledged their graft
tude for the judicioUs way in which the
case was managed
One Of the largest corporations Of Bos-
ton has frequent occasion to send notices
to stockholders and directors and circulars
to customers. They are almost always in
print, and being put in an unsealed envel-
ope require only one cent stamp.
A large lot Of notices were sent out day
or two ago. The secretary ordered a sufii-
Gent number from the printer, and when
the lot arrived handed them to a lady
clerk, with instructions to be sure and
mail them that night to the gentlemen
whose names and addresses were contained
upon list which he furnished her He
went away before her work was completed.
The lady wrote the directions on all her
envelopes, and then began to fold in the
circular letters. She found the printer had
fallen short of the required number, and
that she needed twenty more. She had re-
ceived positive orders to get the whole num-
Der into the mail that night, and not know
ing the law, or being forgetful of it for the
moment, she wrote out a sufficient number |
of notices to fill the bill, folded them into |
her envelopes, and, leaving them unsealed, |
put one cent stamp on each, as she had 1
on all the others.
By the merest accident one of the written /
documents was discovered by postoffice |
employee, and. as in duty bound under the
law, he made an examination OF the whole /
batch and found that twenty Of the en-
velopes should have had a two cent stamp
letter postage.
An attempt to evade postage-or defraud
the postal revenues-is punishable as
offense under the statutes of the
United States. The case by necessity was
to Mr.. Evans and he made an in
vestigation. When he discovered that the
facts were as stated here he declined to
make any case for prosecution, and simply
asked that the corporation pay to the gov
srnment the amount OF the postage due
twenty cents.-BOstOn Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

Living Up to" Furniture Motive.
It is gratifying to observe that day by
day greater public interest is manifest in
the subject of house decoration. The
manufacturer may care or care not for the
trivial gossip about tying bow on a
china dog, or chow best to treat cottage
window facing the SOUTH" but the mere
presence of this stuff in the daily press
twsddle though it is-shows an effort 70
cater to the rapidly expanding public taste
for things decorative. It's pity, however,
that this taste is not more logical; for many
a woman is signing today for whitewashed
walls and pine tables, with only few rugs
on the floor and a chair or two, simply be-
cause in her aimless groupings for the artis-
tic she has made junk shop Of her rooms,
and accumulated labor that seems endless
for tired hands. It is a pity that some
voice cannot go forth like thuDderbolt
and warn folks to have definite object in
view when "house furnishing"
Oscar Wilde made himself the butt and
ridieule Of the entire press of this country
when he said, about eleven years ago, that
his highest ambition in life was to live
up to the sunh0wer," but the idea was full
Of sense.
If in furnishing one would take only a
simple flower and build up the surround
ings from its color combination, one would
make no mistake, for nature is infllhble
in her colorings.
The great trouble though with this Dec
orative Column" business in the news
paper is that it ellis woman's head with
lots Of details-and by the time she has
adopted a few dozen suggestions" and
picked up some pretty cushions" and
lovely scrap baskets" and delightful
easelsD and ''brie-a-brac" she has got a
room that is a hodge-podge and terror to
the average servant,
In every apartment one motive should
rule-repose, recreation, beauty or cheer
fitness; these are prime integral qualities
which Should govern a room, and with tue
definite object Of an apartment once in
view, the furnisheF should unequivoeally
live up to it."-Upholster.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

When the Allan line steamship Monte
videan arrived in port the officers gave an
account Of 3 thrilling voyage. The Monte.
videan left London for this port with 1905
tons Of general cargo The passage was
an uneYentfnl one until the steamer got
little eastward Of Cape Ray on Wednesday.
At o'clock in the afternoon a dense
smoke was noticed coming from No
afterhOld A moment later the cry that
there was fire in the hold rang through
the ship All hands we're summoned on
deck, even the cook having TO take hand
in the fight for the ship, Captain Ferguson
stood on the bridge, while First Officer
Wright directed the men. The ships head
was Immediately turned 20 the wind. The
steam donkey pump, force pump and cat
tie hose were got ready for operation.
Every soul was on deck, including the only
passengers, few. cattlemen.
Orders were given for the opening Of the
matches. The smoke then poured forth
in dense volumes from the hold and was
permeated by fumes Of pepper. Three
streams were directed through the smoke,
but It was NECESSARY to locate the fire, and
with this end in view the boatswain's mate
was lowered down the hold. No sooner
was he In the smoke than it began to suf-
focate him, and he was brought up to the
deck. Three times did he venture down,
and the last time he managed TO reach a
ventilator. where he got breath Of fresh
air.
In locating the fire be was compelled to
come on deck every few moments He dis
covered that the fire had taken In the
lower hold among bales of rags and jute
and general merchandise. In close prox-
unity were number Of barrels of oil, the
outsides Of which were already scorched |
Several bales Of jute were shifted, and then
che fight proper with the fire began. Ev-
cry man worked with a will, feeling as II /
the safety of the ship and its crew depend |
ed on his own individual exertions, It was
an anxious time, and for a while it was
feared that the ship was doomed to de-
struction
Under the guidance Of Captain Ferguson
and Chief Officer Wright, who are said to
have directed everything with perfect com
posture, the ire was eventually mastered,
but not till after two and a half hours hard
fighting. Stored in No. hold, the furthest
forward on the ship, were twelve tons Of
Runpowder OF course, to reach this the
fire would have had to burn through several
bulkheads, Had it nade much more head
way the hold would have been flooded by
letting in the water from the bottom of the
ship. but fortunately this was not neces
sary.-Montreal Cor. Toronto Mail.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
PeonIe VINO Can,t Get q Pas..

An interesting monthly publication
which can't be bought at any price, but
would make mighty interesting reading
for a good many folks, has just reached its
fortieth number. It is issued "for the ex-
elusive use of those persons to whom it is
sent" and lest anybody else should get
hold Of a copy and begin a libel suit the
publisher has omitted to subscribe his
name and address. This publication is
called the CONFIDENTIAL Memorandum, ="
and it is issued by the railroads for their
own use. It contains the names Of per
sons blacklisted for misusing pass privi-
leges. Nineteen of its pages are devoted
to blacklisted individuals and seven pages
to the names Of papers which have violated
good faith in the matter Of passes. The
papers on the list are all weeklies, and in
clude many trade papers and one or two Of
religious complexion.
The Confidential Memorandum" does
not mince words. 1t describes a certain
theatrical agent as a I'd. b. first water"
and boldly calls a citizen of Houston "a
fraud" There are numerous clergymen
on this black list. There is one from st.
Francis, Mimi, who got there because he
altered and loaned the half fare permits
given him by a railroad Another clergy
man, this one from Santa Fe, is charged
with altering his permit so as to include
his wife, and former member Of congress
got on the list for loaning his pass, fate
shared by member of the Ohio legislature
for similar reason. A Missouri clergy
man transferred his pass to another, and
business man Of Wichita, Kan. is on the
list, charged with trying to personate a
passholder. None of these gentlemen will
ever get more favors from any railroad in
the country.-New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
Row's Thisl

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case ofcatarrh that caunotbe cured BY
taking Halls catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. ].
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business tran
sactions, and financially able to carry out
any obligations made BY their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
WALDiNe, KINNAN & MARVIN, wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
TERMS: sl.oO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

At the end Of a gaIneof chance it is curl
GUS how much more appears to have been
lost shan any one is ready to own TO hav-
ing won.
One of the sights at Springfield, Mass,
is a handsomely dressed woman who never
walks out unless accompanied by at least
nine dogA
Lady Harris, wife Of the governor OF
Bombay, is an excellent cricketer, and was
captain Of th@winning side in a successful
ericketing match recently held.
Edna Lyall, the novelist, has been
Obliged TO give up all literary labor on &C
count Of poor health, and is spending the
summer In the lake districts Of Italy.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

church ever Get discouraged? Have we not
the Lord Almighty on our sides How long
did it take God to STAY the hosts of Senna
cherib or burn Sodom or shake down
Jericho? How long viii It take God, when
be once arises in his strength 10 overthrow
all the forces OF iniquityl Between this
time and that there may be long seasons Of
darkness-the chariot wheels Of Gods Cos
pei may seem to drag heavily, but here is
the promise, and yonder IS the throne; and
when Ominiscienee he's lost its eyesight
and Omnipotence falls back impotent and
Jehovah is driven from his throne, then
the church Of Jesus Christ can afford TO be
Respondent, but never until then. DespOts
may plan and armies may march, and the
congresses Of the nation may seem to think
they are adjusting all the affairs OF the
world, but the mighty men Of the earth arc
only the dust Of the chariot wheels Of Gods
providence.
think that before the sun OF this cen
tury shall set, the last tyranny may fall,
and with a splendor Of demonstration that
shall be the astouishment Of the universe
God will set forth the brightness and pomp
and glory and perpetuity Of his eternal
government. Out Of the starry flags and
the emblazoned insignia of this world God
q
returning from universal conquest he will
sit down, the grandest, strongest, highest
throne Of earth his footstool
Then shall all nations song ascend
To Thee, our Ruler, Father, Friend,
TIL heavens high arch resounds again
With Peace on earth, good will % men,"
THERE IS GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT.
preach this sermon because / want to
encourage all Christian workers in every
possible department. Hosts Of the living
God, march onl march on His spiBit will
bless you. His shield will defend you.
His sword will strike for you March oni
march Onl The last despotism will fall,
and paganism will burn its idols, and No
hammedanism wall give up It's false proph-
ct and the great walls OF superstition will
come down in-thunder and wreck at the
long, loud blast OF the Gospel trumpet.
March onl March onl The Disagreement
will soon be ended. Only few more steps
on the long way; only few more sturdy
blows; only a few more battle cries, then
God viii put the laurel upon your brow,
and from the living fountains of heaven
will battle off the sweat and the heat and
the dust of the conflict
March onl March onl For you the time
for work will soon be past, and amid the
of the Judgment throne and
the trumpeting of resurrection angels and
the upheaving Of a world Of graves and
the hosanna Of the saved and the grooming
OF the lost, we shall be rewarded for our
or punished for our stupidity !
Blessed be the Lord God Of Israel from
to everlasting, and let the |
whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen !
and amen
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
A Family nereavament.

An industrious rustic went into his
stable one spring morning and discovered
his favorite mule in the agonies Of death.
he having overfed himself the night pre-
viOus.
Here's a state of things" exclaimed the
disguised peasant. can winter long you
do nothing but feed and feed at my ex-
pense, and when spring comes and it Is
time for doing little blowing you get out
of it by giving up tLo>Z 'st."
The dying mule raised up his head and
said in n feeble voice:
''Since you are such an ass you should
regard my death as family bereavement"
after which his spirit took lie fight.-
Texas Siftings. "as, AZ
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

Calf love is called calf love because man
is such a stupid animal as to remember it
all the days Of his life.
The accumulated savings Of the working
people Of Massachusetts, would pay one
third Of the national debt
The Oldest reiguing sovereign in ElqQpe
Is the king Of Denmark, who Is one geag
the senior Of Queen Victoria
The tobei length Of tho Brooklyn bridge
IS 1857 f1.1 II Is la5 feet Qboye the river
computed from the middle 81 the span.
Political advancement Of women is rapid
81 Bombay. One woman has even been cd
nlitted q The senate aE aWorthE meR
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
Qood News!

No one, who is willing TO adopt the right
course, need be long afflicted with boils, car
buncles, pimples, or other eutaneous erup-
sions. These are the results Of Natures Ell
forts 70 expel poisonous and eiIete matter
from the blood, and show plainly that the
system is Kidding itself through the skin Of
impurities which it was the legitimate work
Of the liver and kidneys to remove. To re-
store these organs TO their proper functions,
Ayers Sarsaparilla is the medicine required.
That no other blood-puriAer can compare
with it, thousands testify who have gained
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

It has been calculated that the electro.
motive force of a bolt Of lightning is about
$4,000 volts, the current about 100000
amperes and the time TO be about 1-2O, 900
part of a second. In such bolt there is an
energy of 2,45O,OOO,OOO watts. or 3.2s4, 1sg
horse power.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

The first use Of gunpowder as an agent
IN warfare was made in the course Of the
Twelfth century. The Chinese demon
strated its prOpulsive effects In the Fiji
tenth century. in the reign of Yunglop,
this being fully 1000 years after gdnpOW.
der was used in firecrackers.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

The best Salve in the world for cuts, braisee
Sores, Ulqsrs, Salt Rheum, F~vev Sores, letter,
Ohapped Is Chilblains, Conn, aRd all Skin
eruptions I'd positively cures Pilos OF 20 pay
required. Il is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Prize 3 ca. POI
COX. For sale bv G. ". NlBmALL. DiueEls.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
Relics to Co to the National Museum

Relies to Co to the National Museum.
General Grant, the acting secretary Of
war, has decided to cause the transfer to
the National museum Of a large collection
Of relics that have hitherto been stored in
the war department at Washington, in
Guiding the captured battle flags and the
pistol with which Booth shot Presidents
Lincoln Philadelphia Ledger.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
Ereedon1

from the tyranny Of depraved blood by the
use OF this medicine.
"For nine years 1 was afflicted with a skin
disease that did not yield to any remedy
until friend advised me to try Ayers Sarsa-
parilla. With the use Of this medicine the
complaint disappeared It is my belief that
no other blood medicine could have effected
so rapid and complete a cure. - Andres
D. Garcia, c. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
''My face, for years, was covered with PIN
pies and humOrs, for which I could find no
remedy till began to take Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla. Three bottles Of this great blood medi-
cine effected s. thorough cure. confidently
recommend it to all suffering from similar
trOubles."-M Parker, Concord, Vt
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

The cost Of an ordinary iron plain front,
25 by 100, five stories high, is from 5000 to
5000, according to ornamentRtion. If the
standard Doric, Ionic, Corinthian or Egypt
ian designs are used the price is cheaper
than where special designs are used.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
Female Weakness Positive Cure.
Free.

To THE EDIToR:-Please inforx your read
ers that ! have a positive remedy for the
thousand and one ills which arise from de-
ranged female organs will send two bot
ties ofmy remedy, FRBE to any lady, if they
will send their Express and P. o. address.
Yours truly, DR.. ]. B. ANARCHIST,
Apr-24-4t Utica, y. Y,
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

wUoIwlcn, EngIanu, nas the Iargest ar
senal in the world
He who best knows women is seldom
woman's best friond
We know men who are very pious when
ever God gets them in a tight place.
A Philadelphia dude carries cane 80
years old that has been in almost every
country Of the globe
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

NJ. Eugene Bertrand, the new director Of
the Grand Opera House Of Paris, served an
apprenticeship as theatrical manager in
the United States. He is fifty-seven years
old, aud abandoned medicine for the stage.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
Children Cry for Pitchers Cast.rIa.

When Baby was Elck, We gave her CagtoriA
When she was Child, she sriod fer oastoris,
When shO became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
ronnd son,ethInr 10 Admire.

| Marshall P. Wilder is telling Loudoners
I this rather good story about a Hebrew
who climbed up two flights of stairs to Q
room where Jones & Brown. had set up a
bankrupt sale of gloves. The gloves had
been marked down to Sl.5O a pair. Jones
was present.
"Give you seventy-fve cents" said
Moses. "Nol Call it a dollar? No? Dollar
( ten? Nor Now we'll be reasonable; call
it one flfteen?"
"No. sireep exclaimed Jones thoroughly
exasperated. mot a cent less than 81. CO.
Get out" and he seized the Hebrew Gus
toner and fired him down stairs.
1t so happened that Brown was coming
up just then, andssupposing it was right
he fired Moses down the second flight.
There ne CHANGED to fall against the porter,
who conceived it to be the proper thing to
assist matters, and he fired Moses down
the steps into the street The Hebrew
landed on all TOURS, sat up aud looked back
at Jones & Browns establishment with
evident admiration. milne graciousP' he
exclaimed, ''what system"-New York
Telegram.
This seasons crop OF Annapolis graou.
ates has been neatly distributed about the
navy, and several Of the luckiest young
sters have settled in the Brooklyn navy
yard.
One of them was assigned to the Phila-
delphia, and one fine morning he was put
on duty as officer of the deck for one Of the
morning watches. It was his first "active
duty" and his chest expanded a full inch
as be buckled on his sword and marched
to the quarter deck This was at 10 o'clock,
and his watch was till noon. In this trick
there is but one order to be given. That
comes at seven bells (half-past II o'clock;
and to this effect: "Bosun's mate. Pipe
sweepers."
The youngster had "boned" up on his
duties carefully, and struck a superb atti-
tude on the bridge as the seven strokes be-
gan, clearing his throat to give the regula-
tion nautical ring to his order. And to
make him especially careful, he knew, al
though he could not see them, that half
the ships company were hidden away some.
where intently watching his debut
So as the seventh bell rang out on the
sultry air he sang out, in a voice to be heard
half way across the basin, ''Bo-o-o-sun's
matein
AYE, aye, STRIP responded that function
airy, stumbling aft with his whistle in his
fingers.
SWlpe peppers.
The boatswain's mate endeaYored TO
pucker Tor whistle, but his lips divided
in a grin that made blowing impossible,
while shout Of laughter came from all
along the deck.
No, nc" stammered the unfortunate
ensign, Il mean Peep swipers"
The boatswain's mate nearly fell into
it at this, and the screams Of laughter
from the onlookers well nigh started the
cruiser from her moorinss. The youngster
lost his head completely at this second dis |
aster, and it took seven men to keep him
from jumping into the East river
The whistle was finally sounded and the
sweeping trick was done, but the youth I
had his meals brought to him IN his berth +
all that day, and spent his months pay
she following twenty flour hours IN buying
the Bilenco OK his eomrndoa.--kew XoEs
Herald
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

The Bible tells us that Abraham pre-
sented to his sons wife pair of earrings,
and historians relate that Alexander the
Great, when be invaded India, found them
in the ears Of the BSbylonians.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

The number Of firemen employed on the
several watches kept up throughout Lon
don is 125 by day and s25 by night, making
a total Of $50 in every twenty-four hours.
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

For Rehohoth leave Harrington 1888 a. m.
and i IA D. M. Retaining leave RehobOlh Oh
and 10 ON week days.
QUEEN ANNE 8 KENT r. leave e. IownSe eLg
for Ceutrevilla and way stations 30 IL m au0
SOP p. IN. weekdays
Drr. a C,frsArEAKE R. R.-Leave Clayton foi
Oxford and way stations at 9.42 4. m. and 5.l3 p
m. weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE & STAFFORD r; R.-Leaye seafors
for Cambridge and intermediate stations ~ liz
o. M. weekdays.
CuAS. E. PUGH, General Manager.
n. WOOD General Passenger Agent
Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31
Many Persons are h,

AAsfAAy 4 CESOtAA are broken
down rom overwork or household cares
Browns Iron Bitters Rebuuds the
system, aids digestion, removes excess Of bile,
and eures malaria Get the genuine.