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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17

TRUsTEE'S sALE-BY VIRTUE OF A
a deed or trust executed to mo by Robt. &.
day OF September, 1890 and recorded In tie
clerks office OF the Hastings court for the city
Roanoke Land and Improvement Company the
payme amn or The sum OF payable In three
t tenest ON each from tho 18th day OF September,
ISM, at the ratio or ak per cent. per annnm, pay
able annually; md default having been mado In
the payment OF the fret of said Instruments, and
the interest payable as aforesaid, and having
been required by the Roanoke Land and Inn
Rghest bd G1m b% sH to no. wiz sell to ss
jTsMaUKspaY, TnE s!sT DAY Of DEc.EMBiER,
parcel of land lying and being In tho city OF
Roanoke, va and bounded and described as fol-
side of Spruce street eighty feet cast of border
street and corner to lot sold p. L. Terry; thence
aiohg spruce street north aeventy-ono degrees
one minute east one hundred aud twenty eight
anu sixtenths feet to corner; thence with
the west side OF Spruce street south sixty
ninety nine and nine tcnths feet to an alley.
thence with same south seveuty.onc degrees ono
minute west two hundred and sixty and six-
tehths Feet to point; thence North eighteen de-
grces y.ninc minutes west QUO hundrcd and
nifty feet to the beginning, containing twenty
Ieetmoro or less, and known lots "a, IS, ID and
20, section on plan or Roanoke Land and I'm
pIiGpSSe ,h Company. August, 1870, together
win thc improvements and appurtcnsuccs there
to belonging.
IERMS: Cash as TO 30 much o. may be necea-
sary to pay oil costs and charges attending tho
execution OF this trust, and to pny or and dis
chapee tue hrst OF said instalments, amounting to
Stou nov due, ana the interest payable annually
as aforesaid, and trustees commission OF five
per centum: the balance to be made payable at
such time or times AZ the said remaining install
ments ana tho In terest as aforesaid shall become
due, TO he properly secured by deed OF trust
upon the premises; and the residue, IL ANY, to bo
NIUE i. payanie In two equal annual !nsralments,
annnm, In ono and two years respe ctively from
GATE OF sale, to be secured by deed OF trust upon
inc premises. JOS. i. DORIAN.
uocl-LOs Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
Wonderful Strength of rleas.

Fleas are possessed of great strength
Mouffet tells Of n mechanic who made
gold chain inches in length which a
pet flea could easily drag about on any
smooth surface. Bigley writes OF a
matchmaker on the Strand, London,
who had an ivory four-wheeled chariot
with @ coachman on its box. all Of
which was drawn with ease by his
trained flea, Dick" The same man
afterwards made carriage with six
horses. coachman, four persons inside.
two footmen behind and position on
one of the horses. all drawn by a single
flea. Latriella mentions flea which
dragged silver cannon of twenty-four
times its own weight. and showed no
fear when the tiny piece was charged
with gunpowder and fred off. Rene
also says that he once saw three feas
drag an omnibus, pair dragging a
chariot and single one pulling a brass
cannon mounted on wheels.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
TRUE PHILOSOPHY.


Story of n Man Who Mover Lost Ills
Temper.
Madame Necllar relates the following
anccdotc of M. Abaurct, n philosopher
of Geneva:
ut was said of him that he never had
been out of temper; some persons, by
means of his female servant, were de.
termined to put this to the proof. The
woman in question stated that she had
been his servant for thirty years, and
she protested that during that time she
had never seen him in passion. They
promised her sum of money if she
would cndcavor to make him angry;
she consented. and, knowing he was
particularly fond OF having his bed
we'll made, she on the day appointed
neglected to make it. A. Adaurct OBJ
served it, and, the next morning, made
the observation to her; she answered,
that she had forgotten it; she said moth
ing more. but, on the same evening, she
she again neglected to make the bed;
the same observation was made OH the
morrow by the philosopher, and she
again made some such excuse, in n
cooler manner than before. On the
third day he said to her: 'You have not
yet made my bed; you have apparently
come to some resolution on the subject,
as you probably found it fatigued YOU
But, after oil. it is of no great conse-
quencc, as begin to accustom myself
to it Us it is Shc'threw herself at his
feet, and avowed all to him."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17

RY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST Ex
- ecuted to me by H. =. Browne. dated May 81,
lS.D, and OF record in the clerks otfice OF tho
Hustings Court for the city CT Roanoke, Va,
uced book 62. page S. TO secure ID. II. Matson tho
payment or the sum OF S1.:st} 81 In two annual
instalimcnts, rs evidenced by two negotiable
notes OF the sum OF S66jf7 bearing interest after
the rate OF q per cent. per annum from date of
deed and default having been made In the pay
mcnt OF the first note aud being requested to do
so by tho bcneaclary,I wilt eel ut public auction,
TO the highest bidder; In front OF tho Courthouse
In the city OF Roanoke. Va. on SATURDAY.,
JANUARY 81 1Sr2, Al ~ NJ. all that certain lot or
parcel OF land sltuatsd In the city OF Roanoke,
Va, described as follows: to wit:
beginning at point on the south eide or Bull
HIT street and $50 feet east from Wheat street:
thence with Bullltt street south So degrees esst
lOO feet to point; thence south 10 doirees west
ITO feet to an alley; thence with the satd alleY
north 81 degrees west lO0 feet to q point; thonca
north ~ degrees east ITO feet to tho bcpinniup
and designated on tho PARK Land and Improve
tion -. -
TERMS Cash sufticicnt 10 pay the sum OF
SSS5 3i with interest TO date OF sale, and tnclud-
Ing trustees commissions and costs OF sale, pur-
CHASER TO assume the remaing note OF $,aa.o1 duo
May. "a, 1SS2; deferred payment to bear interest,"
and to DO secured by n deed OF trust on thu
properly J, Is. WALkEK,
decrtds Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
TOp-FLoOR AIR.
an Authority Who Says Smoke Smut Is
Thickcst tho Higher Ono Climbs.

an Authority Who Says Smoke Smut Is
Thickcst tho Higher Ono Climbs.
In view of the agitation over "slly-
scraping" buildings in Chicago, and the
claims of some that high buildings are
essential for pure air, an article in the
Pail Mall Gazette on the air of London
is interesting
At what elevation is the air of Lon
don purcst? asks the Gazette Accord
ing to Mr.. w. j. Prim, who gave evil
dcnce before the select committee on
house OF commons ventilation, at about
thirty or forty feet from the ground.
Lower than that you get the dust,
higher than that you get the smoke
from the chimncys. Mr.. Prim made
certain experiments with frames of
wood covered with blanlleting material
put at different clcvations-onc on the
top of the clock tower ut Westminster,
another on the highest point of the
roof, and others at various heights
down to the court yard. After five
hours exposure there were found to be
moro SHUTS ut the high elevations than
Mt the low, but on the court yard there
were considerable quantities of dust.
On the whole Mr. Prim came to the con-
clusion that the purcst level was be-
tween thirty and forty feet, and that
nothing was gained by going higher I'M
less you went very high indced-say
some four hundred or five hundred feet.
All this is rather fatal to the common
notion that the highest stories of tho
tallcst blocks of flats arc especially de-
sirablc for their salubrious air.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
TRUSTEES SALE-BY VIRTUE OF A DREn
x OF trust executed To the nnderalcned tru atce

TRUSTEES sALE-BY VIRTUE OF A DEED
Il OF trust executed to the undersigned trustca
by A. q. Rodrick and j. <. $. Wagner, dated
May and record ed In the clerks Office OF the
Hastings Court OF the city OF Roanoke, decd
book IS, page III. to secare to the West End
Eand Company fifteen hundred dollars In equal
annual payments with interest from GATE, az
evidenced by two negotiable notes OF even data
herewith, payable in one and two years AFTER
date. with interest, at The Roanoke Trust, Loan
and Safe Deposit Company. aud whereas default
has been made In the payment of tho fret ma
turing note, and at the request OF the beneficiary
so TO do, will oer Tor sale at public auction, In
front Of the courthouse OF the city of Roanoke
ATi2 O'CLOCK ON MONDAY, THE aSIH
DAY OF DECEMBER, 1891, the following de-
scfibed property to-wit:
=, All OF those certain lots or parcels of land la
the city OF Roanoke, and known as lots 0, 10 and
II. In block Is, as shown by the map of tho Wcst.
End Land Company. 49, l7
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay costs OF sale
and pay or past due note of 1850 with interost
from tho i4th day OF May, 1890 the purchaser to
assume one note of $3.50 due May II, iSs, with In
terest from the lith day of May. isaO. Balance,
u any. on such terms may be made known on
day " sSie. III TROUT
n"NA 1awtds Tra<tee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
by VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EVE

RY VIRTUE OF a. DEED OF TRUST EXE.
- cuted to me by +. NJ. Brownlee, dated M.
rembcr lst lSW, and OF record In the office or
inc clerk OF the corporation court of the CITY OF
koanokc' In deed hook No. g. page 800, to secure
to Nj; q. Turnhull the p,ymont OF the sum of
four hundred aud eighty dollars and thirty.oirbt
cents, evidenced by three certain interest bear
Ing negotiable notes, dated November lat 1ssN
executed by +. NJ. Brownlec and pay able to NJ >
q Turnbull, the first for one hundred dollars and
payable ninety days after date ut the Nltior al
Exchange Bank, OF Roanoke, Va, the others for
one hundred and ninety dollars and nineteen
cents each, payable in ono and two wears from,
GATE, respectively, ut the National Exchange
nank, OF Roanoke, Va, and default having been
made In the payment OF the first OF the two
nineteen cents. and the interest thereon, and
being directed so to do by The holder OF the said
note, Will sell ut public auction to the hirhcsi
bidder, In front OF the courthouse OF Roai,oke
city, on FRIDAY, JANUARY 18TH. 1sr, Ar
w ELEE Nj. one certain house and lot in the
follows, to-wit: Beginning ut point on the east
eide OF Franklin street IS feet north of Elm
street; thence with FrAnh lin ROAD north 10 dn
grees east I'll feet TO an alley; thence with said
niiey north IS degrees east * feet to point:
thence south 20 degrees enst IL feet to point;
place OF beginning. ~ ~
TERMS OF SALE: Cash sufficient 10 nav
COSTS OF sale and 10 pay The sum OF one hundred
and ninety dollars and nineteen cents, with in
torest at the rate OF six per ccntnm per annum
from the 1st day of November 1870. win he re-
quired the balance PAYABLE rs follows:
line sum OF one hundred and ninety dollers
anu nineteen cents with like Interest from tho
ist DAY or November, 1890. will be payable on
the lst day OF November. 1892 and ~ to the real.
dne, II any, the terms will be announced OH day
of sale. HENRY II. PARRISH, Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17

marine service. He journeyed to Aus
tralia, China, India and other parts of
the world. His first nautical novel was
John Holdsworth, Chief Mate" pub
lshcd in 1874. Later he entered Jour
nalism as u writer for the Newcastle
Chronicle, subsequently going to Lon.
don, where he became leader writer for
the Daily Telegraph. This he aban-
doncd on account Of his health and now
writes only as he feels impelled to do
so, and that in the line of fiction.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
'l'nUsTEE's sALE-DY VIRTUE OLA DEED

f1>RUSTEE'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OLA DEED
OF trust executed to me by Thomss j.
Ilayrlip. dated October 3, $40 AID recorded In
the clerks office OF the Hastings Court OF the
city OF Roanoke. In secure to q. K. Flanagan and
w l.. Andrews the payment OF the sum OF
S2bl :f' as evlr cnced by two certain interest.
bearing negotiable notes OF even date with said
deed, one Tor $3.50, pay able In sixty days from
date, and the other for $lii.3a, payable In one
year from Gate each OF said notes executed bv
the said Hayslip and payable to the said Flanagan
been made In the payment OF the last mentioned
note, and being requested 80 to do by the henea
Charles In said deed OF trust, shall, on FRIDAY.
JANUARY 10. lSta, AT IL O'CLOCK Nj OF
that day, In front of the courthouse building. in
the city OF Roanoke, oirer for ealc ut pnhlic
ancton all OF that certain lot or parcel OF land in
said city, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning At point on tho north eide OF GIL.
mrr stree 80 feet east OF Houston street: thence
with Glrlcr street IN nn eastcry direction 30 feet
TO point; thence In northerly direction lSO feel
tn an alley; thence with said alley In q westerly
direction about 20 feet to point; thence In n
sontherlv direction I'D feet To the place OF begin.
ming. and known n part OF lot III section 4 OF
map OF Roger, Fairfax and Houston Addition 10
tho citv Of Roanoke, Va
TERMS Cash slSiclcnt to pay the cost OF exc.
CHUNG tubs tTa-t, including trustees commis-
sions, aud 10 pay the OF $lll as with intcres
from art day Of October iss1, all paid and the
psseissseE 10 sssaE;e no'e ot fssis4 payablr
~ h NAY. lisa vita interest n ON 10th NAV 1880
The eeisnce, II kny. such tefIas a. vii ~ 40
DcEucrd on csy ~ salr
HENRY 7 RARRIsH-
ceei- ia 1gnstrs-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
PRoDUCE AND AIEKCHANp1sE.

New YORK, Dec. 16.-TSnec;a,l-
Southern flour dull, weak. Wheat
quiet lower, No. red, l.O4H@1.o4N
store and elevator, 1.O6@l.O6ss afloat:
options declined ss@l9s and closed
weak at most of loss; No. 3 red, Decem-
Der. LOS; January, los; May, Lux.
Corn fairly active, closing firmer: No.
2, 56A@57& elevator 57sl@5o afloat:
options declined %@2 chiefly on Decem.
Der .on increasing receipts, reacted y
al on increased export demand, closed
weak, &@l% under yesterday, Dec,
574; JAM, 55sl; May, 51SS.
oats weaker, moderately active; OBJ
lions dull, lower; December, 39%; Jan
uary, 39h; May, cox; spot No. 2, 400
IA; mixed Western, 3S15@41}S. Cof-
fee' options closed steady down to Is
up; December, 13.O0@l3 90; January.
12.To@12.So; spot Rio firm, quiet.
Sugar, raw, dull, nominal; fair refin-
ing, LILO; centrifugals, 90 test. 3 ZIG;
refined moderately active, steady. Mo-
lassos, New Orleans firm, good de-
mand; common to fancy, 33@3S.
Turpentino quiet, firm, 33@@34l{.
Pork quie5 Peanuts firm Beef steady,
quiet; cut meats quiet, weak; picked
bellies, 5H@5Ss: middles quiet, steady.
Lard easier, quiet; Western steam
642}S bid; city, 6.0O@6.O5; Dec, $40
asked; Jan, Ga; May, CTS. Freights
Liverpool, dull, weaker; cotton, GIG
@l3 Odd; grain, 4@4h.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
KoSSUTH THE PATRIOT.

The Celebrated Hungarian Still Living at
the Ago of Eighty-Two.
Louis Kossuth, the celebrated Hun.
garian patriot and statesman, is still
living at the ripe age of eighty-two.
and is the idol of young Hungarians.
who have found in him in times past
the hope of Hungarian liberalism. a
man as fearless as he is noble, and who
has welded with equal valor both pen
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
An insect That Get, Drun,,.

Drunkenness is the failing of the
Hercules beetle, South American in
sect. 1t sometimes attains growth Of
six inches in length. 1t is said that II
rasps the bark from the slender
branches Of the mammae tree until the
juice COWS This IL drinks until !,
6zops 70 the ground intoxicated
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
w. CLARK RUSSELL.
His Brilliant Career as Sailor. Novelist
and Journalist.


and Journalist.
No writer in recent'years has so salts
fed the youthful fancy for stories of
adventure upon the sea as w Clark
Russell. Elderly people, too. have en-
joyed his stories. Mr. Russell has re-
versed the usual order of things by be-
ing an American by birth and an Eng
lishman by adoption. Ills mother was
connection of the poet Wadswortb
and his father was the author of those
old songs: 'Cheer, Boys. Cheer" "'ro
the West" and There's Good Time
Coming" Clark Russell was educated
in France. At the age of thirteen he
went to sea as a MILDLY in the merchant
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

NEW YORK, Dec. Observation-Disclosures
change quiet and firm at 4s4@4s6.
commercial bills, 4s2A@4s44. Money
easy ut 2H@3, closing offered at 3.
government bonds dull and easier-4s,
NIX. State bonds dull and steady.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17

The Smith Music Co. do Wholesale
and retail business in pianos and or
gans. Before buying examine their
stock and get prices.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-17

old papers Cor rais as ma gsrnas nr.nas
20 ceS.s sunArec,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-28

but refused, fully realizing by this tlne
what he was ID 70.
Finally. just as We we're aaolt 70 take
smother drink. ne staggered mp against
ne, striking me with his shoulder, and. a.
/ staggered 20 one side. he slipped some
thing INTO my glass. There IS x here those
eyes served me 10 = good purp0se-he had
his eye on me and thought I did not see
him-5Gt my crooked eye was never OF
the glass, and IS I came back 81 HIN vita
harter bump than he gave me and he
staggered back. I exchanged the glasses.
Anxious IS he was 10 have me 90 with
him before, | was a great deal more 2nx-
icus 10 q after he drank the contents #
the glass il which he put the powder,
knowing the effect il would soon have on
him. So we started for the boat, which he
had close az hand, and before he had given
half q dozen pulls on the oars he rolled
over and lay al full length on the bottom
OF the boat. I did then what / knew he
would have done 10 me; / went through
MS pockets. found $3.50 IN money, al
Old watch and pocket-kife, and took the
whole business. | then roWed 70 the yes
sci and received go from the captain for
bring. ng him a sailor When We got the
mug on board / rowed back and have
never seen him since
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-28

diTiauafs. One OF the best fzeye-s Ia fas -eitg
Ess stated tie question IN this wey,' said NJ
Preston, showing pamphlet containing this
passsge:
j Is known fart that al :he capital and slr-
pas q the state banks are tna1sd - their cas-
toners 8Dd are represented As crsiits Of the
Dauss. Sc notes. IsETs EageE and other bills re-
ee5Tab.e. TIE tszstt0a ~ zzea creIzts ~ the
name ct capital adopts a itfsreas basis OF taxa
ti92 truI2 that q taxing the Individual While
the Individual hay have az bis eariJsi inverted
in credits, a. notes and MORTGAGES and other
securities, hs e not saxe1 on sGe credits, while
tae hs8k who's capital sn4 surplus u al IN
vested u credits - tsxe4 on such capital 80 IN
vested Ibis = IN Violation Of t}s rale bxed 0y
oar state constitution that Al taxes bs bT "a
Uniform and equal rate of assessment
ana iaxais0n Oh al property according
- It's yalgs 81 moneT. - much
iGeretCrs Of tire capital and surplus Of state
banks IS are .nveased ia Detss, mortgages snd
ether credits I think are lot lawfully taxsbls
un1er he law, au1'the sane rule VIII apply 70
undivided profits
''Ins tex rass q very hesyy On account - this
Omission q credits" continued 3r. Preston, "As
they are very 1Hateriai part Of the property OF
tie county.
Another inequality In the assessment IS in the
fact that while bank stock and credits, inclU4-
ing mort CAGES, aFs ASSESSED ~ their full value,
zeal estate Is oniy sssessed 81 4bo1t half its
value. Thus 8 mortgage may be assessed at
twice "a much g TIE rcal estate b. which It Il
geeursd
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AMONG THE SICK AND SUFFERING.
stewart Is Rapidly Reeovering-Fes
GAGS OF Pnenrn al ospltaI Notes.

stewart L. Rapidly Recovering-Fex
Cases Of Pneu1ngnia-HospItz1 Notes.
During the past week Providence hospi-
tai has received fifteen patients and dis
charged twenty, leaving uiBety-niBe under
treatment. Accidents have been scarce,
the only serious one being that in which
J. ". Stewart vas crushed and mangied
By log. Terribly % he was injured,
Stewart IS gaining fast and viii be aoie %
be up in about two weeks. The vet
weather has caused few cases Of pneu-
monia, but az a rule they have been taken
10 the hospital in time.
At Grace hospital thirty persons are IN
der treatment, only one case being danger
Gus. In the last seven days i've patients
have been received and three discharged.
4. q. Swift will be discharged from
Providence today.
Herbert Walton entered Providence yes
terday suffering from light touch Of
pneumonia.
August Bittner. Of Sidney, died at Grace
yesterday. of dropsy.
Thomas kenney a. at Grace hospital suf-
fering from a severe strain Of the muscles
about the knee cap. Christmas morning
he was attempting to lift heavy piece Of
wood, when his foot slipped, throwing
him TO the ground and causing q painful
injury.
Peter Peterson, who had his hip broken
while jumping from electric car, will be
discharged from Grace this week.
George Fountaine. who has been at Grace
for several weeks vita typhoid fever, viii
be abe 70 leave this week.
Mrs. 5. a. Porter, who IS suffering from
general paralysis al Grace. is very feeble,
anu may pass away At ans moment.
Mrs. Sarah Parker, who broke her arm
by falling down stairs about three weeks
ago, does not improve. owing doubtless TO
her old age and the fragility Of the bone.
George Otis, one Of the employees Of the
Madison Street Cable Company, who vas
operated upon al Grace hospital about
month ago for cancer of the stomach, is
recovering rapidly.