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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
1AgY.s LETTER.

Caly n makc.belicvc letter.
Pencil marks, crooked and queer,
Droll curlvcues, and fantastic
ZigzaGs. mixed up. out of gear.
A twisted up tumble of puzzles,
The Old Nick himself couldn't read,
But there's laughter and tears,
Hopes, ycarning and fears,
For some loving heart in tho scrcc6.
Each quaint line OF rubbishy nothing,
Jagged and nll turned awry
Tells to the eye OF some mother,
A tale for O laugh or cry.
Each cute little upstroke or downstroke
That dot, and this dash over here,
Bent this way 3ad that,
Make some heat pit-a-pat
With the THRU of q smile or a tear
Beneath the blue sky OF heaven.
No science, religion or art,
No poet, no painter or preacher,
Can thrill the love strings OF the heart,
Like the pencil marks, criss-crossed and
crooked,
Some upright, and others that nod
Sweet babyhood's scrawl,
Meaning nothing at Gil
But containing letter from God
ALI Cougar, in Peoria Ill.) Transcript.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12

l. INSTALLMENT STOCK. = Mem
bership fee, 81 per share, which carries
the stock the first month, after that the
monthly dues are 60 conts per share.
Q. PAID UP INTEREST BEARING
STOCK $3.50 per share (par value, 81oo),
yielding dividend, payable semi-an-
nually, January 1, and July 1, of per
cent. per annum on the $50 paid in, which
is duly RENTED by check to the share
holder.
8. The stock is expected to mature in
seven years from date OF each series re.
spectively, the same being issued
monthly.
4. There is no investment anywhere
safer or more profitable than its stock.
With the assets of the Association in.
vested in first mortgages on improved
town real estate, duly insured for the
benefit of the Association, on q basis
not exceeding SO per cent. of its value,
as ascertained by appraisers who are
themselves stockholders of the Associ-
alton, while the debt of the member
borrowing Is being curtailed every
month of its existence, it is difficult to
conceive OF q safer investment than its
stock affords to the prudent investor.
Apply at Home Office, ITO jefferson
street, or to
JAMES B. TERRY, or to SIMMONS,
CARPENTER & TINSLEY, Roanoke,
va. apr1e-1y
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
EVERAL old

ting across lots toward the railroad
tracks below this station just at dusk
one November day" said Caleb Sweet,
''when saw a bear on top of the
iwater-tanll. between here and Henry
vile. He was walking around the
edge Of the tank, and every little
while he stopped and looked up and
down the railroad. l crouchcd be-
hind ferAe as soon as saw the bear,
where got good sight of him. After
he had walked around the top of the
tank nine or ten times he gazed over
the fields and scratched his right ear
with his hind foot Then he took an
other walk around the tank, and finally
backed down the side next to the rail-
road. How it happened don't know,
but before the bear touched the
ground, the watcr-pipe dropped, and Il
stream as big as the pipe could hold
Began to pour down on the ties. The
bear jumped to one side rs though the
rushing water had startled him, but he
didn't run away. lie looked ut the
spout. and then he went. to prancing
around it, acting as if he liked
to sec it and hear it roar. Pretty
soon the bear seemed to get the
idea that it was q pretty good chance
for him to take Il bath, and right
away he began to run back and forth
under the pipe. The stream drenched
him from his nose to his tail, and he
kept dashing through it till he was as
clean as whistle. While the bear
was taking his bath the track walker
came in sight from the direction of
Cresco He saw the water spouting on
the track. and lie Immediately ran to-
ward the tank as fast us he could to
turn it off. He didn't see the bear, and
the bear didn't notice him till he was
pretty close to the tank. When the bear
caught sight of the track walker how
ever, he legged it for the fence
and started to climb over it within
three feet of where / was. had n
beetle that had been splitting rails
with, and as the bear climbed over l
hauled off and gave him a blow on the
head with it that laid him out He
kicked and tried to come to. but an
other blow fixed him. lie had the
cleancst fur | ever saw on bear. BY
that time the track walker had got the
water stopped, and when l told him
the story he was mad at me for not
soaring the bear away"
/, Porter Seward told the next story.
zone fall, " he said, 81 was hunting on
the barrens between the Buckhill
creek and the middle branch of Broad
heads creek. Thirty or forty rods
away | saw q bear dancing around
something on the ground, and | laid
my rifle across stump and got be-
hind it. l watched the bear lust as
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12

Mr.. Sweet did the enc on the water
tank, knowing that could reach him
with bullet the minute he undertook
ITO make himself scarce. From his
factions I judged thet the bear was
inngry about something, but couldn't
lsee what he was dancing around, and
kept my rifle aimed at him, so as to
fire the instant saw that he was 90
ling to leave the open for the brush.
tThe bear kept hopping iri a circle,
iquiclsly jumped to one side every little
zyhile and appeared to be getting
paddcr and madden. All of sudden
5e bear waddicd away few yards.
bead on him, and I was almost
to pull the trigger, when the
Astopped. wanted to see what he
tgoing to do next. and SO didn't
He paved in the dirt spell
In he picked up round stone,
han his head. lie took the
his paws, Rugged It to his
walked on his hind feet
s 4, IN spot where I'd frs. seen
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
RUMsLlNGs ON THE RAILS.

BALTIMoRE is soon to have an elevated
railroad costing $1,000. 900.
Two RAILROAD cars are now being
completed in California which were
made from the trunk of one tree.
MORE railway trains pass Clnpham
Junction, London, than any other sta
ton i'll the world. Between n. m. and
10 p. IN. fully 1000 trains pass-an aver
age of one in every fifty-four seconds.
AN enormous bowldcr, said to be the
largest ever moved in railroad construc-
ton, was cScavatcd recently on the
line of the Mexican Southern railway.
1T was 120 feet in height and measured
1000 cubic meters
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12

We'll, did the train they missed
!'un off the track and kill lot OF pco.
pie. : asked Fangle. as Cumso stopped.
mo; but something dreadful really
did happen" 'What?" "When we
got back TO the house there were seven
relatives from the country sitting on
the porch waiting for VI They Etaid
a month"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
The Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association
OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, sa5, 600, ooo

OFFICERS:
PREsDENT--GEN. FITZHUGH LEE,
Ex-Governor of Virginia.
1sT VIOE-PREsIDENr - PEYTON l..
TERRY, President Roanoke Trust,
Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
Sd VICE PREsIDENT-S. w. JAMESON,
Secretary and treasurer Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
SEoRErARY-JOHN OFT. late Cashier
City Bank of Richmond.
TREAsURER-J. @. DAVENPORT, Cash.
Ter Commercial National Bank, Roa.
noke, Va.
GENERAL COUNsEL-Hon. @. A. Mo.
HUGH, Counsellor-atLaw, late OF
Charleston. S. @.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12

GENERAL TRUsTEE-HoN. HENRY 8.
TROUT, President First National
Bank, Roanoke, Va.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY - Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
WOMEN WHO WEAR CROWNS.

QUEEN VICToRIA's household numbers
one thousand persons.
The young empress of Germany is
champion lInitter, and uses big wooden
needles for the most of the work she
does.
The Empress Eugene always has on
her writing table a miniature statue Of
her son made by the late Prince Victor.
1t is of solid bronze and supported on a
pedestal of four French eagles.
ONE of the crowned heads-a woman,
by the way-has presented the shah of
Persia with the costliest pipe in exist
ence. The pipe is richly studded with
precious stones, and its value is said to
be $500, 900.
THE czarina has been presented with
memento Of the French exhibition at
Moscow in the shape of a large egg of
enamelcd silver, inside of which is a
bouquet of violcts composed of dia-
monds, with ribbon made of the same
stones
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
RAILROADS
N : = : horfo|ksWesternRR
RAILROADS

SCHEDULE IN EFFRCT DRCEMBRRe 9. 1891.
wksTBouHD, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
VSo e. M for Radford, Pulaski, Br,stoI. also foa
blucdeld, Pocahontas Elkhorn Ssjtn "joo vsi 81
icy Division and Louisville Via Marion
ruiiman sieepers to Memphis and New on.
leans and to Louisville via Norton t'e" Va
lVSO a. IN. for Radfordand intermcd,ata ata.,or.
NO connection beyond s~sioi''
6:1b p. M for Radford Pulaski Rr,s,o, ~,
meets at kndford for Bluedeld and Poca
E9ntas Pullman slcepers to Memphis v;c
Chattanooga. VIE
E M0RTH AND EAsrBoUFD, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY
t ~ r. IN. LOT Shenandoah; no connection beyond
iz'o9 p. m: Tor Hagcrstown. Pullman sieepcrs Ia
,,.,t NeW fork via harrisburg and philadelphia
iA:l9 p. m for Hagorstown. Pullman sleepers r.,
Mashington via Shenandoah Junction and IN
..oo new York via Harrisburg.
o:o o o. IN. Tor Petersburg and Richmond.
la'4o p. m. daily for Richmond and Norfolk PM
80 man parIor car to Norfolk.
IVY p. w. LOT Lynchburg; no connection beyond.
i1lo p. m. Tor Richmond and Norfolk Puilmam
sleeper TO Norfolk and Lynchburg 60 Rich
Clinch Valley Division-Leaves Blucfeld daily
!OO a. m: for Norton and 2:p5 d. m. for Nor.
ton, Louisville and points on l.. a. N r. r.
North Carolina DivisIon-Leaye Pulask, dali,
foo q. m for lvanhoe and 1870 p. m for Ivan.
noe and Gossan and $40 o. m (oxceut Snn.
dayl for Betty Baker.
Office or to w r kEV1TSIiI eAos
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke. Va
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
Ills Desire.

Trotter-I don't owe You five dollars.
do L?
Barlow-No.
Trotter-"eil, l say, old man, I'd like
to.-Judcc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12

Husband What on earth did you get
that new gown for?
Wife, expect new servant girl
to-day, and of course, my dear. | must
receive her properly.-Cloals Review.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
A Successful SI,o,

First Circus Man-lIow do you man
age to fill your show with only six per-
formers?
Second Circus Mani carry twelve
bill posters.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
A FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENT.

We offer the best security in the city
and pay semi-annual dividends.
AS A WINGS BANK
this institution offers special induce
ments. Paid up shares $50 each. In.
stallment shares 81 per month. Shares
may be subscribed for at any time For
further information address
THE PEOPLES PERPETUAL LOAN
AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
WIN. T. WINCH,
Secretary. and Treasurer.
Masonic Temple. ian4-tf
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
A suggestion.

II music hath charms TO soothe the savage
breast"
Is found TO be rule tia, seldom varies.
my can VIC not 90 GOOD. ana get n rest
BY Seeding organ grinders os ss rctssioaaries
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12
Dangerous rrnrimiir-

Dangerous Proximity.
us your father in immediate dan.
ger?"
Indeed he is. There Is a doctor up-
stairs. new."-Brooklyn Life.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12

TUE EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND
II GEOkGlA RAILWAY SYSTEM PASSRN.
s GER DEPARTMENT. KNoxvrLLB, TENN. Dec.
TIME CARD IN EFFECT DEC 9TH 1891
SOUTHBOUND
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-12

THROUGH CAR ARRANGEMENT *
nos II and IL arc Vcstibule trains. consisting
and elegant day coaches and run solid between
o. S'.a Aaugnstne and Cincinnati leaves Cincinnati
ia:N a. m arrives Chattanooga 1890 p. nj. Re
Cincinnati $3.50 p. m.
=, No 10 carries Pullman Buffet Siccpers, leaving
Glhcinnati ut SUI p. M, to Atlanta, thence to
Jacksonville by No. 49, ~
No "a carries Pullman Buffet Sleeper, Jack
sonvillc to Macon, thence by No. 10 to Cincinnati
Nos. l3 and II carry Pullman Bufrct Slccpers.
between Atlanta and Savannah, Atlanta and
brunswick, Ashcvlllc and ST. Augustine; also.
Alfalfa. '~
Nos, II and - carry Vcstibulo Slccpcrs he
tween Knoxville nnd Atlanta, via Chattanooga
b. w. WRENN,
Gcn' Passenger and Ticket Agent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20
A Queer Relic.

Some years since Lieutenant Peary,
who is now somewhere in the frozen
north, had charge of certain govern
ment works at Key West, While the
work was in progress he noticed on the
bottom of the harbor near where a
breakwater was being built, something
which shone through the water. He in
quired what it was, but he was able to
get no response more satisfactory than
the assurance that it had always been
there. The boatmen of the neighbor-
hood had seen it shining there in their
childhood, and had in turn been assured
by their fathers that it had been there
all their time.
Although the inhabitants of that sub
tropical cline might be content to live
and die with au unsolved mystery at
their very doc S, it will easily be under
stood that the temper Of Lieutenant
Peary was different He sent divers
down to investigate and after much diff
ficulty succeeded in bringing to light a
small copper cannon of the Fifteenth CEN
fury. He was able to satisfy all the
claims of the government to the piece
for the price of old copper and the inter-
esting relic became his own.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20
An Amusing Trick

Select boy who will be easy to man
age and seat him at a table with COB
let between his teeth. Now tell him to
groan and make other doleful sounds,
still keeping the glass between his teeth.
This part of the performance having
passed off, say to him, Il think, my
friend, that the results would be more
satisfactory if should cover your head
with this towel" Accordingly his head
is then enveloped in a cloth on which
two marks have been previously made
with charcoal to represent the eyes.
Care must be taken that the glass is still
kept between his teeth.
When all is ready he is told to con-
tinue to make the sounds he had made
before. If all goes well the resonance
of the sounds, amplified by the presence
of the glass and the curious aspect of
the boy, will form combination quite
sufficient to please the most oxacting.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20
advertisements.
Secretary WINDOWS
Last Words Should be Read by all who
Value Good Health and Happiness.

Secretary Window, in his last speech, delivered in
New York City before the leading financial men oil
this country, said " that poison in the blood per.
meates arteries, veins, nerves, brain and head and
speedily brings paralysis and death" lie but issued
a warning that should be needed by every person,
old and young. It Is impossible for the human body
to grow strong and vigorous with deadly poison
lurking there.
Science has given us corrective ia the form Of
DR.. Kennedys Favorte Remedy, which will cleanse
the blood of all impurities and restore the weak aud
debilitated system to health and vigor.
Mrs. Annie Barton Catskill, n. Y, says it is the
best medicine have ever known for purifying the
blood for it cured my husband of running ulcers of
the leg when skilled physicians failed to do him any
good" From the common face pimple to that most
dreaded of all skin diseases Scrofua. 1t Is the
master of, and will the most stubborn cases
Dr. Kennedy's Favorte Remedy is not a de-
coction' recently put on the market but old and
tried medicine, and is the household remedy in
nearly every home in the Eastern States, for the
cure of kidney and liver complaint, salt rheum
erysipeas rheumatism and all ills that brought
about by impure blood. Mr.. John r. Stephenson of
Albany n. ", writes that DR.. Kennely's Favorte
Remedy is a wonderful medicine and for sick or
bilious headache, or arrangement of the stomach
it has no equal on the face OF the earth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20

used well. The cripple watched them
with all his eyes.
DO you Think" cried Mrs. Alden,
thrilling through every nerve, "can it
be possible that he means the box is in
the well?"
1--WE can see," exclaimed Anna, " it
is not deep"
Midway between the manor and the
cabin was shallow well, that for
twenty years had lain idle and disused,
and like flash of lightning it dar ed
into Mrs Alden's mind that on thai
dreadful night of the raiders visit us
curbing was discovered broken down.
Oh, why had she not thought to look
there before? In moment they were
at the spot. 1t was crumbling, grass
grown and decayed, and at the bottom
the froids of ferns were dimy visible
Will was in the field, but they did not
wait to call him. After all, it might be
nothing. There Was light ladder at
the house, and they dragged it to the
orifice. Both were pale and painting,
and the girl started to descend, but her
mother stopped her.
"pm afraid to let you 60" she said,
"I'm afraid you'll fall"
But Anna had her feet on the rounds.
"1'll not fall, mamma" she replied.
Don't hold me. just must 60"
AT the bottom she CROPPED cautiously
with her foot She struck something
hard, then a square corner, and then
another. ITS here, mammal It's
here " shouted her resi- young voice
out of the dark; "it's here among the
weedsln
What more is there to tell? How the
great box came numbering up at a
tackles end; how the blacksmith broke
it open and found the store intact; how
their loving hearts rejoiced at the dissi
patton of their clouds forever-all that.
as Mr.. Kipling says, is another story.
Aud as for Abe, when he saw the gold
and realized that the message of years
had overleaped at last the barriers OF
his beleaguered brain and had been
heard and understood-then Abe burs
into the most coherent speech of de
cade. GOOD lot a hundred! he ex
claimed, and Herewith lapsed into
blissiul silence.-Orth III. Stein, IN at
ldnta Constitution.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20
HAPPY HoosIERs.-William Tir

HAPPY HoosIERs.-William Tim
mons, postmaster of Idaville, Ind,
writes " Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines
combined for that bad feeling arising
from kidney and liver trouble" John
Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same
place, says: Find Electric Bitters to
be the best kidney and liver medicine;
made me feel like new man" j. w.
Gardner, hardware merchant, same
town, SAYS: "Electric Bitters Is just
the thing for man who is all run down
and don't care whether he lives or
dies" He found new strength, good
appetite and felt just like he had new
lease on life. Only fifty cents bottle,
at G. Blakely's, Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20

AFTER the grip and after typhoid
fever, diphtheria, pneumonia, or other
prostrating diseases, Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is just what is needed to restore
the strength and vigor so much desired,
and to expel all poison from the blood.
1t has had wonderful success in many
such cases.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20

The railways of the United States pro-
vide living for nearly 5000, 900 per-
sons, or nearly one-twentieth of the
population of our country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20

Mrs. JULiA LEE. of Saybyooh, CT. writes:
~ suffered from Kidney troubles ouey thirty
years, and was told by doctors could neUey
be weH. One bottle of kichapoo indian Sagwa
helped, and six bottles cured me, ana am
noW entirely Wsh."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20

1t is not likely that, save in Russia,
Persia and China there will again be
such dreadful loss of life as has been ex-
perienced from the failure of the crops.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20

Love that is love is not veneered or
grained timber, but is solid oak clear
through, and is never one bit afraid of
the auger or buzz saw.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20

HOOPS PILLS act especially upon the
liver, rousing it from torpidity to its
natural duties, cure constipation and
assist digestion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20
NOTICE.

SOUTH WOODBURY., VT, April l3, 1892.
By order of the selectmen the treasurer of the
town of Woodbury., Vt, will pay all outstanding
orders drawn before the last day of March, lsS2 at
his office in South Woodbury., VT, and the said
treasurer gives notice that forty days from the
date of this notice all orders against the town of
Woodbury., VT, drawn previous to March 81, lS92,
will cease TO draw interest.
RUFUS NJ. PRAY, TONR Treasurer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20
JAPANESE SOAP.
Agents Wanted!

To Introduce the best selling article on the mar
ket. Agents, both male and female, make SO to
IS per day at home. No lady will be wtho ut IL.
Everybody buys Send % cents in silver for sample,
or SIPS for goods and fun instructions-enough to
start in business. No letters answered without
return stamp. Address
NATHANIEL ALLEN,
No. 81 Church Street, Lowell Mass,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-20

In the parrots beak both mandibles
are movable-a popularity unknown in
other species of birds
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-07-09

IN the original Democratic Platform the Free Trade plank meant qualified protection to American workmen, but that was expunged and the following substitute adopted.
 'It makes no difference to us whether the workmen of England receive less wages than you dO or not; it matters not { us whether your wages are re- ducod to point as low as are paid to similar workingmen abroad; We propose without regard to such side issues to levy duties simply for the purpose of getting revenue. We deny the consti- tutlonal right tO pass any law which shall in anyway benefit the people who work in thIs country. Our ann Is to levy duties so as to let the goods of for eign countries into this Nation, the more tue better. The duty which the government receives o1 such goods is the only thing we propose to take into Consideration. IT our 8 ton shall re- duce your wages or throw you out of employment, that IS no concern of ours. Indeed that Is a matter about which the CodstitUtlOn oes not permit US to think. 1t may be hard on wo kIngme2, but that We cannot help"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-07-09

THE character sketch of Benjamin Harrison in the July number of the Re- view of Reviews is by General Thomas J. Morgan, a personal and political friend of the President. While natur- ally friendly and Hppreciative, the ar ticle is yet discriminating. The Review of Reviews is non -partisian magazine, and publishes this sketch of the Repub- lican nominee now on account Of its time.iness, for the same reason that 1t gave in the February number a charac- ter sketch of Governor Hill, and may be expected to give in thd August num- Der a character sketch of Mir. Grover Cleveland,