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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-29

No. 2a2 is a Grand Army badge
made OF rolled gold plate. At the
top are the double eaglesin rolled
gold. Below them two rolled
gold cannon lying upon a pile OF
enameled cannon balls. Directly
below this Is the United States
fag made Of red and blue enamel
and rOl ell gold. Attached 70 the
haI, is the star containing the
various military emblems, so we'll
known 70 our readers that we
Will not endeavOr 10 describe
them. The whole charm Is about
two inches in length. Price,
mail eti...... ....-...s...-.............. 81 20
Free for q club of seven sub
scRibers with The National Trib-
nne Tor one year-............... 81 50
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-29
No 273.

No 23 scarf or lace pin made STERLING silver IN
the shape Of lily In thu heart u which Is be ,utiuI
imitation diamond Sent free o. any subscrit who
will send two subscribers, for sale, paid
Il I,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-29
No. 2S2.

No 282 r. ladys lace pin made Of Ave Oxdzed silver
pAnsies This IL as hand5Ome pin for ladies' wear
any have seen. Price. mailed. with The National
~
Sent alone postpaid, 90 cents
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-29

No 28 r. another set othree pieces pair % Sterling
silver earrings made BY placing flower with solid
gpd lining upon StTT ing silver frosted leaf. and
lace pm which exactly matches the earrings Price,
ulitltfi 4 10
or with he Mailman Tribune for year.....- o
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-29
OUR GEM EAR DROPS.

srnd thee for club Of eight subscribers al n each
registered.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-29
Special Offer No. 8, Ladies' Size.
Points 10 Remember When Ordering:

j. You cannot buy any of these watches
unless you are already a subscriber, or I'M
less your subscription accompanies your
order.
2. Always say whether You wish waltham
or Elgin, and mention number Of Offer
3. Every subscriber is allowed to buy all
the watches he wishes.
4. This offer may not continue long, so
be sure TO take advantage of it Immediately.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-29

NO. 296 Il handsome scarf lace pin made by
placing beautifully euameled tower with imitation
amend IA It's center n the middleOf horseshoe with
splid gold front. Price mailed ....... 43 cents.
w nm kLe Llr one
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
a QUEER CHUM.
a Hornet That Makes Daily Visits to a
Lawyers Omce.

Lawyers Onlco.
There is a lawyer in this city who
has hornet for chum, says the AL
bany On. W Sun. The big insect is
almost daily visitor to the Office
Should callers be present talking con-
fidcntially on business matters, there is
sudden whizz and bang from side to
side of the room. Mr.. Vespa Crabro-
that is to say the hornet-has Just paid
his visit in sudden aerial flight through
the open doorway. Tho visitor (thc
human onc) is scared almost to death
on recognizing what made the noise.
But the lawyer is not. He knows it is
his old friend the hornet, come in for
his daily food. He comes regularly for
aging for his dinner. And now he is
dashing impetuously back and forth in
gradually shortening chords in front of
the two windows. Watch his tactics.
Ills presence has caused the greatest
CONSERVATION among the big colony of
household flies baslling in the sunny
window corners. There is a panic
among them. They buzz loudly, dash
ing up and down ia their frantic move
mcnts as their relentless enemy draws
nearer at each sweep of his flight. I'm
doubleday the hornet is closely scan
ming the pack of flies in order to select
the plumpcst and largest among them
for his prey. There lie goes with n
bump ut the window. There is a mo-
mcntary struggle and one almost fan
cics he hears squcal. The hornet has
secured his dinner. In one wide cir
cling sweep of his pinions he sails
proudly around the room and bears off
the fated Fly to the ncighboring mud or
paper, where Mrs. Crabro grimly awaits
her sponsc's arrival. The lawyer in
formed the reporter that he often in
dulgcs himself watching the hornets
antics. Sometimes he comes i'll purely
for ncighborly visit, or else with a
wicked feeling of spite against the poor
fat flies. lie amuscs himself for five
minutes just soaring them, and then
flies off without taking any prey. 1t
can generally be told, however, when
he Is hungry. Then he comes in with
loud impctuous hum and dashcs straight
for the flies. Once by accident he was
shut in the Office all night. The lawyer
found him in the morning flying around
the room in very bad humor.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
PRODUCE AND MERCHANDISE.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-JSpeciall-
ooutnern flour weak, moderately active.
Wheatirregu closing stronger, a uiet;
NO. red, 1.04A@1.O5A store and ele
vator; 1.c5S@l.o6k afloat. Options de-
cilned 70 on weak cables, advanced s1m
q on stronger later cables, closed
nrm' H@9s over yesterday; No. red.
Decem Der, 1.05A; January, 1.O5l:
May, ~.
Corn higher, unsettled, moderately
active; No. 2, $1,000 elevator, 5s@eO
afoat; options opened 1s@l4 down, but
suddenly advanced fully cents on De-
cember, which closed cents over yes
terday and firm on needs of shorts and
better cables; other months firm, san
s advance; December, 5S}6; January,
54E; May, 51%.
fairly active, stronger; December, 4O&:
January, 30&; May, 395S; spot No. 2,
4o@4lh. Coffee-options closed steady,
$ up to 10 down; December, 13.2O&l3. rs;
January, 12.750l2.SO; spot Rio quiet,
easier; No. Z, 1875.
Sugar raw, dull, nominal; refined
steady, fair demand. Molasses, New
Orleans active, firm. Rice fairly active,
firm. Petroleum quiet, steady; refined
Now York, Gas. Cotton-seed oil firm;
crude, 26; yellow, 2019. Rosin steady,
quiet; strained, common to good, 1.s5
0o1.4O.
Turpentine quiet, firm, a3a@s44.
Pork moderate, steady. Peanuts firm
Beef dull; beef hams dull and steady;
tierced beef quiet, steady; cut meats
duii, easy; picked bellies, 81; middles
dull, steady; short clear, 30.
Lard StrOnOar mOdnroko
Western steam, 6.47}5; city, G.Oo@6. TO-:
Dec, GAG asked; Jan, 6.5l; Nav, 6.s4.
treights quiet, weak; cotton, 3.Ie;
grain, AID.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
THE MISSING LINK.
Evoiutionlsts Are Encouraged to Believe
Tint 1t VIII Soon 10 Found.

Evoiutiouists Are Encouraged to Believe
Tint 1t WIZ Soon 10 Found.
1t Is worth mentioning that there has
recently come from Patagonia an
nouncemcnt of the discovery of n
monkey of the Tertiary, which was the
geological period before tho present or
0uaternary, which is the last needed
nnS between the lemur and the men,
like apes. 1t only remains now, says
the Pittsburgh Dispatch, in order that
the chain shall be complete, to find the
link between the anthropoid apes and
man.
This IS the famous missing link, con-
corning which SO much speculation has
been offered. Evolutionists assert that
it will undoubtedly be found before
long. For the fact that it has not al
ready been discovered they offer very
plausible reasons. The way in which
animals arc preserved in fossil shape is
by falling into the water and becoming
Undecided in the muddy bottom. A suf-
fcicnt time has not yet elapsed for com
ing across the remains thus preserved
OF the ancestors of the human race i'm
mediatcly between the apes and the
present generation. The history of the
world is story of continuous retreat of
the waters from the land-rivers drying
up, lakes becoming shallow, and seas
receding from the continents.
Let it be supposed that five hundred
thousands years ago tribes of the miss
ing links lived upon the earth. Neccs-
sarily very nearly all of them in dying
would disappear. Not even their bones
would be left But some few would be
drowned in the lakes, or their bodies,
falling into the streams. would be swept
into the larger areas of water, bccom-
ing on occasions cntombcd in the mud
at their bottoms. In the course of time,
the water having gone away, that mud
is transformed into rock. 1t appears MS
dry land, and then for the first time the
fossil-huntcr comes along and makes
his discoveries.
Thus it will happen within few cen
turics at the furthest that missing links
will be dug out from moro places than
one, the vanishing waters having dis
closed the resting places of their re-
mains, and thereby will be established
in it's entirety the chain which connects
that most wonderful of animals, man,
with the bit of primordial protoplasm
from which he is sprung.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
THE FAMILY MENDlNG.
Set Apart Ono Day In tho Week for This
Important Work.


Important Work.
Mcnding should be done just as regu-
larly as washing. Set apart day and
do your work on that day; then it will
not accumulate until it makes your
heart sink to look at it-thc housewives
common experience. Have n basket,
box or bag we'll stocked with the ma
terials for the work. When carmen t
is cut, collect all the pieces, roll them
together and put them where YOU can
find them when wanted; thus YOU save
the fatigue and annoyance of rummag-
ing the whole house for them. The
precaution of putting pieces under the
thin places dcfcrs the final breaking
through of the worn sections for some
time. When they do at last come to
rags. cut out evenly MI the worn parts,
following Il thread if you can when
cutting; at the corners cut diagonally in
to the garment about one-cighth of an
inch, turn in the edges and basic down
on the patch. Then fell down with
even stitches, using quite fine thread of
color that matches the goods In
mcnding two corresponding parts of
garment, like two sleeves, two knees.
etc, have your patches of correspond
ing sizes Don't have II patch on one
elbow or knee no bigger than dollar
and on the other one rs large as your
hand. have always found it very
satisfactory plan in making garments
to make three where most people make
two, or to make two where others make
one. That is, instead of making pair
of shirts make three, and instead of
two pairs OF drawers make three pairs,
and instead of one waist to my work
dresses ! make two. Then when they
come to ncnding, take the extra one
for Enthusiastically Lincoln. in Farm
and Home.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
JENNY LIND AND PAYNE.
How tho Former Paid Great CompIi-
mont to tho LATTER.

How tho Former Paid Great Compli-
mont to tho Latter.
No American poet ever received a
more cnviable compliment than one
paid to John Howard Payne by Jenny
Lind on his last visit to his native land.
1t was in the great national hall in the
city OF Washington, where the most
distinguished audience that had ever
been seen in the capital of the republic
was assembled. The matchless singer
entranced the vast throng with her
most exquisite melodies-"Castn Diva"
the Flute Song" the BIRD Song and
tho Greeting to America"
But the great feature of the occasion
seemed to be an act of inspiration The
singer suddenly turned her face toward
that part of the auditorium where John
Howard Payne was sitting, and sang
"llone, Sweet Home" with such pa
thos and power that a whirlwind of ex-
citeruent and enthusiasm swept through
the vast audience. Webster himself
lost all self-control, and one might
readily imagine that Payne thrilled
with rapture at this unexpected and
magnificent rendition of his own i'm
mortal lyric.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
THE BAG OF SAND.

1t Is Better Than Hot Water Bottles
Bricks or Soap Stones.
1t is very often necessary to convey
artificial warmth to the bed, in case of
sickness, or with persons of imperfect
circulation in cold weather. Hot water
bottles. of glass. rubber or clay, with
bricks. soap stones, billets of wood and
other articles, arc employed in the mis-
sion; but the handicst, and the best be-
cause the most satisfactory, method, is
said to be Il bag Of sand. This may be
prepared i'll almost any way to snit the
OCCASION but good plan is to make n
flannel bag some eight or ten inches
square, which should be filed with fine,
perfectly dried sand, the whole being
covered with n layer of linen. cotton or
stout canvas This can be easily and
quickly heated by placing it anywhere
about the stove or oven where it is not
too hot; it can be easily adjusted to the
feet, back, chest or any other portion
of the body, will retain the heat for n
long time, and will in use displacc any
other agency for the same purpose
Good housekeeping.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
Health is W ealth
DIR. E. c. WEsr's NERVE AND BRAIN

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TREATMENT, guaranteed specific for
Hysteria, Dizziness, Conyultions, Fits,
Nervous Neuralgia, Headache, Nervous
Prostitution caused by the use Of alchol
Or tobacco, Wakefu!ness, Montel De-
preston, Softoning OF the Brain result
3ng in insanity and leading to misery,
decay and death, Premature Old Age,
Barrenness, Loss of Power in either
sex, Involuntary Losses and Spormnt
OrrDa caused by over-exertio. of the
brain, self-abuse or over-indulgence.
Each box contains ono months treat
ment. $1.00 Il box, or six boxes for So. 90,
sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
WE GUARANTEE san BOXES
to cure any case. With each order re-
eetNed by US for six boxes, accom- panic
with 'e5. 90, we will send the purchaser
our written guarantee to refunnd the
money If the treatment does not effect
scure Guarantees issued only by Roam
oko Drug Co., sole agents, "a CaEpbcll
street. Roanoke. Va. jan25-eoly
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
what 1t Costs Rich People to Live.

Mr.. Ward McAllister's latest contri-
button to current literature undertakes
to tell what it costs to live in upper ten
dom His figures are rather startling.
lie tells us, for example, that
he knows of at least four men
in this country who spend annually
100000 year This includes their
charities and the interest on the capital
Invested in their town and country
houses. Then there arc about thirty men
who spend from 100000 to $3.50 600 n
year, though AR. McAllister tells us
these men are really no happier than
the man who lives on ST., OGO, which Mr..
McAllister thinks about the right figure
to enable man 10 maintain his estab-
lishment in style and dispense elegant
hospitality. AS for the average fashion
able woman, we are told that she spends
from $4,000 to S6,0U0 a year on her toilet
and generally manages to look hand
come.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
TRUSTEES BALES.

by VIRTUE OF a DEED OF TRUST EX
- ccntcd to me by r. y. Browne, dated MAY 80
iSN', ard OF record in the clerks office of the
Hastings Court for the city OF Roanoke, Va,
dced BOOK ~ page IS, to secure ID. IL. Matson the
payment OF the sum OF $l,el3 81 in two annual
installments, as evidenced by two negotiable
notes OF the sum OF sGG667 bearing interest after
the rate OF q per cent. per annum from date Of
deed, and default having heen made in the pay.
ineht OF the first note, aud being requested to do
so ny the 6enoiiciary,l will sell ut public auction
10 The highest bidder; In front OF the courthouse
IN inc city OF Roanoke, Va. on SATURDAY
JANUARY o, 1Sl2, ATla NJ. all that certain lot or
parcel OF land situated in the city OF Roanoke,
Va, described az follows: to wit:
-, beginning at point on the south eide or Bull
litt street and 100 feet east from Wheat street;
thence with Bullitt street south 80 degrecs east
io0 ieet TO point; thence south 10 degrees west
lio rect TO an alley; thence with the said alley
north ~ degrees west 100 feet to a point; thence
north 10 degrees east 1iU feet to the beginning,
ana designated on the Park Land aud Improve.
tion o.
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay tho snm of
Sf8 81, with interest TO date OF sale, and incud
Ing trustees commissions and costs OF sale, pur.
chaser to assume the romaing note OF $tsB III due
May, 30, lSf2; deferred payment to boar Interest,"
and to be secured by deed OF trust on the
property. j. Is. WALKER.
uecttus Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18

TRUSTEES sALE-BY VIRTUE OF A DEED
OF trust executed to the undersigned trustee
May ls!0a RECORD cd in the clerks oice of tho
iiustings Court OF the city OF Roanske, decd
book ~. page 1911. to secure to tho West End
Land Company fifteen hundred dollars in equal
annual payments with interest from date. Az
evidenced by two negotiable notes OF even date
herewith payable In one and two years after
date, with interest, at the Roanoke Trust, Loan
and and Safe Deposit Company, aud whereas default
has heen made In the payment OF the first ms
turing note, and Mt the request OF the beneficiary
20 to DO VIII oiIcr for sale at public auction, in
trout OF the courthouse OF the city OF Roanoke.
At l2 O'CLOCK ON MONDAY, THE Is Ii
DAY OF DECEMBER. 1891, the following de.
-c,ihtd property to-wit:
=. All OF those certain lots or parcels OF land In
the city OF Roanoke, and known ~ lots O. 10 and
IL. In block Is ~ shown by the map or the West
End Land Company.
Terms: Cash sufficient to pay costs OF sale
and pay or past due note OF $3.50 with interest
from Tie nth day OF Nav, 1890. the purchaser TO
ssrnme oae note Of $50 due May IL, iSsa with In
,ere-t from the iith day OF May. 1870. Balance,
u any, on such terms ~ may be made known on
dnN VI -slr H. 3 TROITT
noySs StEw-tds Trrstse,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
Tie NORTHERN LIGHT.
It's Eomarkablo Foat ures stin Puzzlo t
Scientists.


Its Remarkable Features still n Puzzlo to
Scientists.
The address delivered before the Brit
ish association for the advancement Of
science recently by the president. Will
liam lIuggins, has been praised by scien-
lists and laymen alike for tho wonders
revealed by the spcctroscopo which it
describes. A portion of particular in
terest related to the riddles of tho au-
rora borcalis.
"The spectroscopc," he said, has
failed as yet to interpret for us the re-
markablc spectrum of the aurora boreal-
is. Undoubtedly in this phenomenon
portions of our atmosphere are lighted
up by electric discharges; we should ex-
pect therefore, to recognize the spcctra
OF gases known to be present in it.
AS yet we have not been able to obtain
similar spcctra from these gases artifi-
cially, and especially we do not know
the origin of the principal limo in the
green, which often appears alone, and
may have, therefore, an origin indie
pendent Of that of tho other lines.
Prof. Schuster after long and careful
study has suggested that the principal
line may be due to some very light gas
which is present in too small proper
ton to DC detected by chemical analysis
or even by the spcctroscopc i'll the pres
cnce of the other gases near the earth,
but which Mt the height of the auroral
discharges is in a sufficiently greater
relative proportion to give spectrum.
Lemstrom, indeed, states that he saw
this line i'll the silent discharge of n
lloltz machine on I. mountain in Lap
land. The lines may not have been OBJ
tanned in our laboratories from the at
mosphcric gases on account of the diff
ficulty of reproducing in tubes with
sufficient ncarness the conditions under
which the auroral discharges take
r1o
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
NATURES FREAKS.
The Strange Changes i'll n Young Girl.
Skin.

AHo NhanGcS III n lOunE Girls
Skin.
a French journal describes the case
OF woman twenty-one years of age,
but whose physiognomy is that of Il
woman fully seventy years old. The
appearance of the young woman is so
dccciving that her father, who is only
fifty years old, has frequently been
asked if she were not his mother. The
surface of the skin is the only part nf-
fected. The doctors describe it as Il de-
crcpitudc of the cutancous system. Be-
You'd this the young lady has nothing
old appearing about her. Her hair is
blonde and of ordinary length, and her
mcmorg, judgment and intelligence
very good. Drs. Charcot and Souuues,
under whose observation the case was
studied, state that the wrinls-
ling of the girls skin began
when she was about eleven years old
UP TO that time she had been avivacious
and happy child, ranking well in her
studies at school. The wrinlkling was
SO rapid that her friends were unable to
recognize her after a period of two
weeks, unless they had seen her in the
interval. DR.. Charcot states that the
skin, during the carly stages of the
change, rcscmblcd the scales of n fish.
Every possible means have been trio d
to improve the young lady's condition,
but they have all proved unavailing.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18

TRUSTEES SALE-Bi VIRTUE OF a DEED
L OF trust executed to me by rhomss r. r
lnyslp dated October 3, ISAl aud recorded In
the clerks office or the Hastings Court OF the
city OF Roanoke to secure to q. L. Flanagan and
W l.. Andrews the payment OF the sum of
Ssol,,D, as evidenced by two certain interest
bearing negotiable notes Of even date with said
deed one for $3.50. payable in sixty DAYS from
date, and the other for Slll.35, payable in one
year from date, each OF said notes executed nv
the said liayslip and payable to the snd Flanagan
and Andrews, with interest, and default HAVING
been made in the payment OF the last mentioned
note, and being requested 40 to do by the hcnc1-
carries in said deed OF trust, I shall ON FRIDAY
JANUARY 10, 1872, Az IL O'CLOCK ~ of
tnht dny, in front OF the courthouse building in
tno city OF Roanoke, oiIer for salc ut public
auction all of that certain lot ar parcel OF land In
said city, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning ut a point on the north side OF GIL
mer street 290 feet cast or Houston street, thence
with Gimcr street In an casterly direction 10 feet
10 point; thence in northrrly direction 100 feet
10 an alley; thence with said alley in a westerly
direction about 30 feet To point; thence In a
sontherly direction lO feet the place OF begin
Ming. and known as part OF lot H. section 4 of
map or Rogers, Fairfax and Houston Addition to
tho city OF Roanoke, Va ~
TERMS: Cash euAcicnt 20 pay the cost OF exc
cutting this trust. including truetcc's commits.
sions and to pny the sum OF $ll1 as with interest
from Bird day OF October 1890 till uAid aud he
purchaser TO assume note OF $2}l b payable
lGth May, 1872, with interest from 18th MAY 1SSD
Ihc balance. II any, on such terms AZ will he nm
nounccd on day OF sale.
HENRY r. PARRISH,
uccn tue Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-18
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.
Instruments for USo Among tho Medical
Fraternity.

Instruments Tor USo Among tho Medical
Fraternity.
An expert in the business took me
into an apartment stored with electrical
appliances. Attaching the insulated
wire to n small storage battery and
then connecting it with an electric
lamp about half or thrcc-quarters of an
inch in diameter, the expert opened his
mouth, and pressing n small flat plate
just beneath the lamp so rs to hold his
tongue down, he pressed the button,
the little lamp glowcd brilliantly and
lighted up the mouth SO that it could be
infinitely examined. This little inven-
ton was the result of an experiment by
specialist in diseases of the throat,
and is also used by dentists.
Another cleverly made instrument is
used for cutting off Il tonsiL Itconsists
simply of n small piece of platinum wire
that can be wrought up to rcd heat by
an electrical current by placing the
instrument in the mouth n diseased or
troublesome tonsil can DO burned off
in an instant, the heated wire being
pushed through it by turning u small
thumbscrew.
Drills for operating on diseased bones
and upon teeth arc run by attaching an
electric wire tube to n battery, and pain
is alleviatcd by the operator in skin
diseases by the use of small steel disc,
charged with current of electricity
and pressed to diseased part or blem-
iSb