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HITTING THE BULLS EYE.

To II EDITOR OF TIE TIMES: | want
to add q few words to what I said in
your issue of this morning. The report
of the finance and ordinance committee,
submitted to the Council, is about as
extraordinary a piece of reading as has
como under my n1tice.
don't know, and 1 don't care, who
drew it up, but it has upon it's face, I'M
mistakable evidence, of o purely i'm
~aginative mind, or a deliberate intent
to draw the public attention away from
the true issue. 1t is illogical and in
consistent. 1t is a fight against q wind
mill.
Nobody ever proposed the appoint
ment of such a body, as the city solicit
tor states to be illegal.
1t is a body, solely and simply of tho
committees or somebody else creation.
The ordinance proposed in your issue
of February Goth was prepared by as
good legal ability as VIC have in the
city, and was strictly within tho limits
of the law. There was no provision
whatever for the advisory board to
either makec contracts or expcnd money.
It was simply to examine and report to
tho Council, and when Council had
acted, to see that their instructions were
properly carried out.
The committee say that these men
do what they finally say one man
ought to and must do.
Every man who knows any thing
whatever of the nature of the work to
be done, knows that n competent engi-
neer must be employed, but he also
ought to know that no one man, no
matter how able and diligent he may
be, can possibly superintendent with
success or economy, so many and so
varied details.
Looking the whole matter over from
a disinterested standpoint, tho only in
terence to be drawn is, that the present
Council (and of course this means tho
majority have determined that thew
will receive no suggestion, listen to no
recommendation, ignore any remon-
STRANGE, and, d. spite public opinion, will
tax tho peop.e IN o sum to
carry out their own peculiar ideas, as
they please.
As matters now stand, I can see but
enc safe plan for the taxpayers and
freeholders to follow at the special
election-to vote down tho ordinances.
At the spring election for Councilman
to mako the fight fairly and ~squarely in
favor of those who arc willing to sur
round the spending of public monies
With proper safeguards.
Politics must be discarded. All good
mon interested in the public veal, and
who desire to see Roanoke made an
attractive, prosperous, and well-gov-
erned city, must unite on a common
platform-cconomy and safety.
Delay in beginning improvements is
unfortunate, but a wasting of tho pub
pies funds, or expensive and permanent
work poorly done, would be disastrous.
Between misfortune and disaster, wise
men will choose the former.
For well-paved streets and good sew
ers, Roanoke, sadly as she needs them,
a afford to wait rather than nave the
work badly done at an unnecessary
cost.
No honest business man will ever
object to having his work checked.
No honest public body ought to object
to having its work checked.
The man or body who does object to
this needs watching.
a BUSINESS MAN.
I D>>-11 NEz- tont
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LOST AND

T OST-The following law books arc
~ missing from our library: First
volume Pomeroy's Equity; fourth
volume Leading Cases American Law
of Real Estate; second volume Daniels
Negotiable Instruments; ninth volume
Southeastern Reporter; second volume
Robinson's Practice; fourth volume
Kent's Commentaries; Morawertz on
Corporations. Any one having either of
tho above books in his possession will,
please return the same or notify us by
postal card through the mails.
mar4-2w PENN 81 COOKE.
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Neal & Paris,
lOl Campbell Street S. W.
LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US.

We can sell it. Improved property
wanted especially. We offer the fol-
lowing bargains:
4 lots, Nos. IL, 12, 13 and IA, section
%, Belmont, water main on street.
3 lots, 50x150 each, northwest corner
OF Mountain and Roanoke streets.
3 lots, 1, 2 and 8, section 90, West
End. cheap.
10 lots, section SO, Riverview, q bar
gain.
2 lots, Nos. 1 and 2, section 4s, River
view, streets on three sides Of these.
5-room house ON John street, small
cash payment, balance easy terms.
7-room house on John street cheap.
s.room house o n Campbell street above
Webb street, lot 9Sx45O, sold cheap.
1 business house on Salem avenue,
23xl00, cheap II taken at once.
1 lot, 25x17O, On Jefferson street
Is to 20 lots on West Harrison street
cheap.
4 lots on south side Mountain street.
improved and unimproved property in
all parts Of tho city.
NJ e A L Sc p A RIS.
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Bargains in Roanoke PrOpertv

Space will admit of our specifying but
few: S-room house on Wells street,
$1,000, one-third cash, nothing to as
sumo; Groom house on Gilmore street,
$500 cash, balance SIS per month; s
choice West End lots, Sc, ESQ; $50 feet on
northeast Gilmore street, running
through TO Shenandoah avenue, large
enough for nine houses, > 1000. Every
thing for sale; nothing for rent.
Ii. Webster Crowl Real Estate Co.,
No ) Salon Avn. g. w
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Worked like n Charm.

Bradfeld's Female Regulator worked
like a charm; improvement been Won
derful; cannot express my gratitude.
Wish every lady afflicted would try Is.
/ know it would cure them. Mrs. Lula
A. Long, Spring Grove, Fla. Write the
Bradfeid Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga,
for further particulars. Sold by all
druggists.
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a Lady In Texns Writes:

My case is of long standing, has
boflcd many physicians; have tried
every remedy / could hear of, but Brad
folds Female Regulator is all that re-
lieved me. Write Tho Bradfeld Regu-
lator Co., Atlanta, Ca, for further par
ticulars. Sold by oil druggists.
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OANOKE HOSPITAL.
INQUIRY FOR OFFERS OF REAL
ESTATE.

ROANOKE, VA, Feb. &c, 1901.
the committee on real estate and
buildings invite offers in writing from
land companies, or others having real
estate in Roanoke or immediate vicin-
ity, Thy donation or otherwise) of sites
of not less than two acres in each, for
the location Of the hospital buildings.
feb27-tf A. POPE, Chairman.
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FOR SALE.

EOR SALE-The "Hotel Boyd" at
l. Wytheville, Va. A large, Ave
story brick building; has fine reputation
throughout the South. Wytheville is
1890 above sea level, and q noted health
resort. Apply to PARKER. YOST &
CO., Wytheville, Va. mar5-1m
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WANTED-50 bright young mon and wo-
men, or boys and misses. who have n good
education and AN spell well. to take Il special
moderate. orif contracts arc complied with, no
charge FOR %tuition; course OF instruction very
not less than $40 per month. We mean bust
ness. For particulars, address NATIONAL
BUSINESS COLLEGE," Roanoke, Va. fel5-lm
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NICELY FURNISHED ROOM, with
" board, at 7l5 South Jefferson St.
feb27-1w
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Roanoke, March 4. 1891.
r. U. Derr. ESQ.

Mr.. Derr. whose law card is published
in The TIMES, has a suit of rooms in
the Masonic Temple, where he can
always be found transacting business
with his clients, or planning for the i'm
%provement of the public free schools, OF
which he is the efficient superintendent.
He is identified with several land and
improvement companies as attorney,
and has built up a good practice.
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n oTIcE-

NOTICE.
A general meeting of the stockholders
of the Bridgewatcr Carriage Company
is hereby called tt be held at the office
Of the company, in the city of Roanoke,
Va, on Monday, 9th day of March,
1891, at 10 o'clock a. M. Bust
ness Of Importance will como before
this meeting, and each stockholder is
requested to be present in person or by
proxy. by order of TIE board of direc-
tors, NJ. l.. FELLERS, secretary.
fcb11-tdm
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing of the stockholders of the Southern
Finance Company will be held at the
office of tho company, in the city Of
Roanoke, Va, at II m, on the 18th day
of March, 1891. by order Of the board
of directors.
j. l.. WARING,
President.
d. C. GALLAHER,
fo-5-3Ot Secretary.
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SPECIAL BARGAINS

Four nice residence lots on Terry Hill.
81, 500 each.
Two lots on Salem Avenue ala two on
Rorcr avenue; very cheap.
$50 feet railroad front.
Four houses cheap on easy paymoAta.
We also have special bargains in Rel~
mont and Northside.
]. P. Hudson Real Estate Company,
lis Jefferson street.
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A. 3. G. Remedies are better indorsed
than any on the market. They merit
your attention.
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ENOR SALE-Fine bedroom suites Of
Il all kinds at c. l.. CLINE & CO.'S.
liz Salem avenue. feb27-1m
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EOR SALE-Fine parlor suites in
Il every style. c. e. CLINE 81 CO.,
140 Salem ven feb27-lm
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NOTICES OF MEETINGS.

THERE WILL BE A GENERAL
Il meeting of the stockholders of the
Transparent Ice Company held at the
Office of Scott IL Dupuy, Roanoke, Va,
on the 10th day of March, 1891, It 4
o'clock p. IN. by order of the board
of directors. w. p. DUPUY, Secretary.
feh7-1m
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FOR RENT.

FURNISHED ROOM TO LET; WITH
Il or without board; gentlemen pre-
fcrrcd. Apply at i25 Seventh avenue
s. o. mar5-2t
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by a young
w ia in any honorable employ
ment. Is q graduate of u Northern bust
ness college, and q good penman. City
references given. Address, al. w. NJ"
TINES Office. maro-3t
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TOR SALE-A stock of dry merchan-
- disc; good established trade; the
best stand in Rcanoke; cheap rent and
good reasons for selling. Address
CHANCE, caro- of this office. fe26-tf
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ANSWER

THERE are letters at THE TINES
Il office addressed to w. A., G. B. A.,
b.. G. L., L. L., l.. Ii. f., ID. Il. F., $.
Il.
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VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT BU-
Y REAU,

1904 Water street, Norfolk, Va.
BENZ. +. Walden, PROP'R.
Clerks, Mechanics, C%oachmen, Por-
ters, Cooks, Gardeners, Farmers, La
borcrs, etc. Servant Girls furnished
from the North at short notice. La
borers furnished Contractors in any
part of America. Help a speciality.
Will furnish Southern colored help for
Northern situations.
Select White and Colored help a spe-
cial feature. feb14-3mos.
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WANTED.

WANTED-A gentleman with wife,
W baby and colored nurse, wishes
rooms and board in a good boarding
house or private family. Southwest
portion Of tho city preferred. win pay
"a good price. References exchanged.
Address c. G.. NJ, TINES office. mar4.tf
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WANTED.

THE BUSINESS AND EDITORIAL
Il OFFICE Of ''The Iron Belt'
has bcsn moved from 10 Jefferson
street TO room Z, Times Building, COR
ner OF First street and Third avenue
s. W. We have now ample quarters
for entertaining our friends and pat
rons, and will DO glad to have them
call and see us on business or pleasure.
D. L. HAZEL, general manager.
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WANTED-Persons having houses or
lots to sell in Rogers, Fairfax &
Houston, Englcsidc, and Northside adj
dltions will please list them with us
at once. }. +. WINGFIELD, ia Com
merce street. mar3-1w
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HIS ESCAPE FROM A VIOLENT DEATH AT
H HANDS OF A MANIAC.

In the extracts from the "Talleyraud
Memoirs published in the January
Century, no mention is made of the
escape the distinguished author OF
those Memoirs had, from meeting a
violent death on Brooklyn Heights.
The incident is mentioned in the VOL
ume OF Fraser's Magazine for 1850, and
Its accuracy Is vouched for 10y no less
an authority than VI. Colmanche, Tai
leyrand's private secretary.
When Talleyrand fled from France
at the beginning of the reign of terror.
he sought a refuge in England. There
he remained unnlolested until January
OF 1874, when, on-the suppositlon that
he was more intimately connected with
the events that led to the execution of
Louis XVI than he cared to admit, he
received an order to quit England,
and, after vainly appealing to the for
eign secretary, he sailed for the United
States, bearing with him letters of
Introduction to a number of prominent
Americans. among them one from the
marquis of Lansdowne to Washington.
he was accompanied in his flight by
a VI. de Beauinetz, with whom. some
time after their arrival in America, he
formed a partnership for the purpose
n'.lhs GU. a trading vessel. A
small sup was freIgiftod With goods
FOR Calcutta, whittier the two exiIes
had resolved to proceed in search of
fortune and all that was needed to
enable them to put their scheme into
operation was a fair wind. which. how
ever, the elements refased. In the
interval caused by this detention.
i~alleyrand had one of what he called
his presentiments, and to its occult
warnings, he afterwards declared, he
owed the immediate preservation of
his life, salvation from shipwreck, and
that change III his destiny which led
10 all the future incidents of his event
fui career. Disappointment and rex
atlon, preylng upon an irritable tenn
per, drove his partner mad. Talleyrand
saw insanity in his looks and gestures,
but, suffering himself to be led to the
Heights of Brooklyn, which overlook
the harbor, he turned upon the maniac
and, fixing his eyes sternly upon him,
exclaimed
~"Beaumetz, you mean to murder me.
o intend TO throw me from the
heights into the sea below. Deny it,
monster, if you can"
Thus apostrophized, the unhappy
and consciOus-stricken maniac auailed
beneath the intensity and ternnes of
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Take Care of Your Girls.

Girls are not to blame in nine cases
out Of ten if they are wild and reckless
and good-for- nothing. If you buy a
piano ynu house it and take excellent
care of it. You never leave it out of
doors. nor allow the children to cram
its tuneful recesses with pins and peb-
bles. And yet it is only a piano, and
represents merely a nominal valuation.
1t Is not going to rise up and confront
You n day in heaven, and demand
to know, before God and high angels,
why you did not take better care of it.
1t is not going to look at you with
beseeching eyes from a dying bed, and
ask you why you did not teach it to be
pure and %sinless and honest, that it
might know whittier it was going out
into the unknown dark. The girls
will he troublesome witnesses to your
neglect aud indifferent care when the
piano Is nothing but a heap of material
wreck and ruin. You cannot slight
your daughter and find your loss only
a loss of the. pocketbook. There is
something in the mechanism ola girls
soul that will outlive a thousand Stein
ways. and demands far more delicate
care and handling.-Hall's Journal.
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Dredging the Lafourche.

The rise which has recently come
down the river has increased the depth
of water in Bayou Lafourche to such
an extent as to compel the dredgeboat
Geo. +. Rootes to suspend operations.
Since our last report the Rootes has
dredged through the klotz BAR, dis
lance of 20O0feet, removing the wrecks
of four coal 1ais; proceeded thence to
the Gross & Truxillo bar; dredging
through that obstruction, a distance of
1000 feet, and took out a sunken coal
boat opposite the ArmGlise plantation.
A considerable quantity Of dynamite
was used in removing these wrecks,
and the work was done in a thorough
manner. The Rootes was towed out
of the bayou on Wednesday and taken
to New Orleans. The Chiefls indebt
ed to Capt. NJ. w. barton, supervis-
ing engineer, for this and previous re-
ports of the dredge's operations
Donaldsonyille Chief.
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his gaze confessed that such vas his
design; that the thought, like a fash
from the lurld fire of hell, had haunted
him day and night !; and, fingiag him.
self upon the neck of his meditated
victim, he burst hintp tears and implor-
ed forgiveness. The paroaysm had
passed off ard lettering reason had
resumed her sway. Beaumetz was
conveyed home and placed under med
zeal treatment, and, speedily recover
ing. proceeded on his voyage alone,
never more to be heard of.
My fate said Talleyrand. when
speaking Of this incident in after life,
was at work."-Brooklyn Eagle.
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Arblshop Janssens orders the srec-
ton of another Church.

Wearied with the pertinacious ef-
forts of an o~bstreperous minority of the
Catholic Congregation of Ascension to
prevent the administration of church
affairs IN this parish according to SOL
ema eaRonical laws which very Cath
Ole IS bound TO recognize and obev,
Archbishop Janssens has exerted his
authority in a manner which should
bnng the recalcitrants to their senses
and cause them to abandon their re-
belllons course ere it carries them ire
vocably beyond the pale Of their reli-
gion.
Under the directions Of his Grace,
five lots of ground in the Gingry
square, fronting on Railroad avenue
and Claiborne street. have been pur-
chased and the building Of q new
church is to be commenced at once.
The structure is 10 face Railroad avenue
adjoining the residence of Mrs. Gingry.
Its dimensions will be 52x110 feet, and
1t will contain the same number of
news as the present church. Mr.. Jos.
Dudenioror will ~-narintend the work.
and it is proposed to have H. ed;6ca
ready for occupation within two
months.
The Gingry residence is to be leased
for use as a rectory and the present So
called church property will be entirely
abandoned by the ecclesiastical anthor-
ties. This seems a harsh measure.
but the Archbishop regards it not only
justitiable but unavoidable, contendiny
that his duty as pointed out by the
laws of the church leaves him on other
alternative.
1t is a d~eplorable condition of affairs
and reflects very disparagingly on the
Catholics of the parish.-Donaldson-
vile Chief.
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His last neutrality-suspicious.
you will remember that yesterday
when | called upon you l had a small
vial of arsenic concealed and that You
coaxed the poison away from me and
gave me a large hunk of your pie p
Kind Lady-"I remember very well
and now | suppose you want another
piece of pie I" Tramp-s'No. l don't
| want the arsenic.r-N. Y. Sun.
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Society in Washington.

The material for a salon very posi-
bly, exists IN Washington, but the most
OF 1t is a little raw and unhusked.
The average congressman is not 90
ing to worry himself into a dress suit
and go to some clever woman's house
merely to talk, TO duscuss public ques-
tions and say bright things. He pre-
fers to do that at the capitol and have
it printed in the Record, OF pour it in
to the interyiewer's ear and have it
spread broadcast through his district.
His ideas of sociability include a bonn.
teous hospitality, and are inseparably
associated with bodily food. A thin
wafer with a glass of gooseberrv svrup
and water will not satisfy, stimulate,
nor adequately reward his expecta-
tions, founded upon even a verbal in
vitation. He appreciates terrapin
and champagne, and, getting them,
seeks for the Interior motive. sT'ye
been asked to dinner twice this session
by Smith. What do you suppose he
wants I" queried a perturbed congress-
man. And this is the all too usual
view taken OF even the simplest and
most friendly hospitalities extended
or good fellowship's sake.
The family of a certain high official
OF means came to Washington intent
upon setting an example of Spartan
simplicity and frugal elegance in the
way of entertainments. They sent
out engraved cards a fortnight before
hand, and the heated and crowded
guests were RECALLED with a vision of a
young lady, a teapot, and a plate of
waters when they reached the dining
room. Society naturally criticized,
and a blunt old soldier wished the
money paid the engraver had been
spent on a caterer. and that an inform
al entertainment had not succeeded a
formal invitation. A shrewd, rich and
llllterate woman WHO came to Wash
ington determined to get into society
looked the field over for a season and
said: ~ know how to do it. Feed
.'em" And she did, and conquered.
and rose to that ultra circle which af.
fects to scorn officials and politicians.
and hangs upon the displomatic corps.
The secret ofsuch a social success lies
solely in the pocketDook. and salad
bowl, and the punch bowl and is at
tanned by any n who will judiciously
distribute their contents. Such circles
are the antipodes of a salon, but it is
out of tho mass of such material that
the salon must choose its recruits, and
people more or less affected by such
social standards and surroundings
must be educated and raisedt to a high
er level. Because of this general vul-
garity a salon is all the more needed
as a place of refuge forpublic men and
clever people with trained and refined
social tastes.-Harper's Bazaar. ,
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Mr.. T. Gouaux- Your Pile Ointment has
cured me. Best remedy [ ever used.
EUGENE DIDIER,
False River. La.
Price. Loo by all druggists.
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WANTFD-The names of persons troubled
with asthma or any cough. Samples and
book mailed free. T. Gouaux, HouIna, La
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GOUAUX'S PILE CURE, (Guaranteed.)
from W. II. Moon. bOokkeeper Of Roberts &
Co., Sash & Blind Factory. ex.memher If
City Council, President Of The Board Of Con
troll. -
New Orleans, Dec. A., 1889.
+. Gouaux. Esq.
Dear Sir-Tle bottle of Pile Ointment oh.
tanned from you has worked wonders and
gwen me the greatest possible relief. Please
send me another bottle. 1t will give me
pleasure to. recommend This remedy to all
persons similarly afflicted Respectable.
W. H. MOON. 81 Carondelet St.
endorse tue. above certificate a. it has
cured mo also. by using only one bottle.
WILLIAM BELL,
Foreman of Roberts Sash Factory g. Lnrnher
Yards.
Price, Si.0O by all druggists.
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WANT THE EMPTY YoMIyATIoS.

! Lieutenant J, b. Hughes, who has been In
structor o, tactics ct Bingham School, lett tnere
! to-day for Fort Grant under orders from the
, War Department