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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-20
The Grent Size of London.

The greatest popularity of I.ondon--;ha,
which most distinguishes it from all other
towns-ls its overwhelming size 1t con
tains many open Spaccs, parks and even
metropolitan commons, which are fast be-
coming parks in fact, but now virtually
no unbnilt on ground. and beyond the
London of the county council and the cen
sus on many sides we are still in town. The
borough of West Ham-in itself an enor
nous town-returninS two members to
parliament, and under represented with
it's two, the borough of Croydon, the dis
trict of Chiswick and many others are
indistinguiShable from London, although
outside London.
Without them London proper is so vast
as to make the crossing of it OH the outside
of an omnibus from Chiswick through
Hammersmith and Kcnsington and
knightsbridge and Piccadilly, the Strand
Fleet street Iudgate hill, Cheapsde. Corn
hill, l.ricnhall street, Aldgate, White
chapel High street, and the Mile End rc;i,.
or Commercial road east. one Of the .,rc:;:
sights of the world. especially when wr
remember that in London this is not II ei,
gle line Of length, but that London Ir,n
north to south is aS wide as from east to
west it is long. London is IL labyrinth aud
beehive. both on an enormous scale, ami
the manner in which London contrives TO
feed itself, to live and grow, constitutes
the chief wonder of the world. Sir CHAR
Dixie III iIarCci's Weekly.
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tho Lake Superior shore. There arc
scores and scores of sheltered hooks
along the coast (Which is rocky, sandy
and well wooded in turns) where IL handy
Indian guide will rig up tent or IL hut
and make party comfortable in true
backwools style.
There is 10 trouble in securing pair
of these guides, for they prefer to work
i'll pairs, in or near the city, and their
charges are not unreasonable, though
they vary considerably with the nature
of the expedition. For Il few DAYS or q
week of duck shooting they will mako
quite elaborate preparations, and will
take the party to some one of the coves
mentioned, where a sportsman may
find all tho fun he wants.
The camp is hidden tolerably well in
the first place, for the duck, even in the
wilderness, is wary and shy, and will
pass your tent at IL distance if he sees it.
But it may readily be placed among the
trees or behind some friendly rock not
far from the cove where tho ducks will
settle mt nightfall.
To get your birds YOU must go through
the same discomforts that duck shooters
always have to face, excepting here there
arc no game laws that forbid YOU to
shoot after nightfall. At least, if there
are any such, there is no one here TO tell
you about them. Your Indian guide will
profess the dcnscst ignorance on the sub
Jcct If you have the curiosity to question
him, and naturally enough you are not
over anxious to press the query.
So, if you choose-and you will choose
go to the blind Mt the waters edge
in the afternoon, when the raw air
does not nip so cruelty as before dawn
in the morning. There are shooters
here who use the sinkbox, but the
conformation of the shore makes the
blind equally effective when it is we'll
placed, and it is vastly to be preferred
for comfort.
Your decoys are out, and your guide,
close by, but hidden, as well as yourself,
will call the birds with an imitation of
their notes so exact as to startle you.
They come i'll swarIns. 1t is a true
'fiight," and You need hardly look for
pairs or single birds, though these come
too.
Wheeling i'll toward your decoys they
SNAA'N, '"N'eS iihtN III IL II VIII
test your mettle. fyou prize your sport
in proportion to the slaughter, you will
have no trouble i'll bagging half a dozen
or dozen at shot. There are gunners
even here who will shoot at IL flock on
the water and follow the shot with an
other before the birds have risen. Tho
single birdshOt, however, NAV do rs we'll
here MS anywhere else OH earth and keep
his conscience clear.
From early dusk to dark you may
have an hour of good shooting. 1t is
enough to whet Your longing for more,
and when Mt an unrightcous hour next
morning your guide arouses you it is
with no laggard steps that you follow
him to the waters edge. Your coffee, or
it may DO a taste of something little
stronger, has warmed you up, and for a
whole forenoon you are tingling with
the delight of good, wholesome, manly
sport. G. A. DAVIS.
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TO DANTE.

oh, Dante. If You had lived in later years,
think the regal radiance of your brain
Would not have spent itself on all those vain
Sarcasns and ironics. where vengeance rcars
crest so vipcrous! Not the gronns and tears
Wrung from your foes in their eternal pain
Would best have pleased you, but that lolticr
gain
Or pity and pardon for the worlds worst jcers.
This house of hate you have builded. wroug.i;
dread
With gargoyles that lccr scorn below above.
WIN huge dark spires, with noisome cryp:
and den
All, Dante. if You had fashioned it, instead
From the pure marble of mercy and of love
How mightier and more beauteous were. il
thcnl
-Edgnr Fawcctt in Cosmopolitan
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-20

CITY or ROANOKE,
~ OFFICE OF THE BOARD or PUBLIC WORKS
ROANOKE, Va, October 10th, lS99
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
until IL O'Clock noon November 2ist, 1892, for
except the terra Gotta and iron pipe) for the
construction and completion OF the following
~ six. Putting in place 12nch terra Gotta
pipe from the point where the present sewer dis
charges near the gas house to Lick run ut or near
Nicholson street and there connecting with the
main outfall sewer by means OF an iron nine
sphon across Lick run. Section "a seven put
ting In place l5-inch terra Gotta pipe in Shen-
andoah avenue from the sewer now in jefferson
street ut Its intersection with Shenandoah ave-
nue. to connect with the siphon on the north side
OF the ~ " w X. X. track near the Randolph
street bridge, Section IS eight. Putting in place
a2i inch terra Gotta pipe from the point where
junction OF Campbell with Norfolk avenue along
Lick run distance OF about 500 feet connecting
With tne sewers from the Roanoke Machine
sewer '' '"'ii
Ench bidder must Admit with his bid eerti
ncu chcck FOR the sum or two hundred and hfty
dollars $500. All work To be done In accordance
win plane, drawings and specifications on dle IN
The Ci,y Council reserves the right to reject
my or all oidS, or an' part OF bid; TO com
mr. nc or complete the work upon any of the sec
named.
The CITY Council reserves the right TO waive
any defect or informalty in any bill, il 1t no
decmcc in the interest OF the city to do so.
Within ten days after the award OF the contract
the successful bidder, or bidders, must furnish
bond with approved securities, resident in Vir-
gihia, IN pcnaly OF forty per cent. of tho con-
tract price, for the faithful performance OF tho
wors. All bios received after tho time stated
will be returned To the bidders. Proposals mist
he enclosed in sealed envelopes marked FRO
posais for the construction of sewers on scctione
9. and 5 In the city ot Roanoke" and addressed
to the Board OF Public Works. Roanoke Va.
S G a HaSn; coLEMAN,
j. j. SIBERIAN,
lO?l 3Ot Board OF Public Works
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SALE OF STOCK.

~ MONDAY, NOVEMBER Is. AT IL O'CLOCK
" NJ. we will sell in front OF the Roanoke
Savings Flank. al0 Commerce street Roanoke.
Va. the following .tocks, notes aud certificates
deposited ~ collateral by W. j and j.. Blair
Jr.. to secure The payment of $l,50n and interest
from October, Ii, isga. as evidenced by Their
note or De- obcr II, iSl2. the same being past due
ard unnais together with the costs OF this sale
the following hcing the aforesaid collateral
10 wit: Ono note M ". :. and l. Blair Jr
Endorsed by W. Vt. Yagcr ~ CO., for 81 OCn; on,.
notco or ID. G. Moomnw. Si5I; QUO note o. w y
Pole. 500; one certificate No 1850 OLD ID minion
Buiicing and Loan Association. IL shares, SIN,
each. SitO estimated vsluc one certificate No
a,llW Nat onal Mutual building ana Loan Also.
citation, ~ New York, * shares, 500 each, Sla5
estimated value; ono cesthcMc no 25O OF the
Rmkers Loan and Investment Company o;
New ork. Of aiN shares 800 each. SS15 estimated
value: ono certificate 90. 3nl oil the Virgins.
Land Company, 81 shares, $40 each, $500 csti.
mated value; one certificate no. ~ Powell Real
Estate and Investment Company. 10 shares Sl6Q
each SiJl paid in. csiim,t,d value $50; one cor
tihcatc 60. l3 Randolph investment COMPANY
10 shares 500 each. $3.50 estimated value
Terms OF sale cash
TIIE ROANOKE SAVINGS BANK.
II Il tbs. {. X. EVANS. Cashier.
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LOST AND FOUND.

G10 ARD.-STRAYED OR
qp " stolen from the City stables on
the night of November sth, one medium
sized. heavy built black mare mule. a
scar on tho withers, and small scar ON
each knee; had halter on when taken;
rather difficult to ride; $40 reward will
DO paid for her return to tho City sta
bles. Board of Public Works, CLAIR
ENCE COLEMAN, Secretary. lll5lw
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Especial Corrcsnon,lrncc.l

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, Nov. 17.-It
is more than two and half centuries since
the Jesuit missionaries established one of
their wilderness outposts in tie little
Indian village which then occupied the
site of this city. The Oiibways were not
unfriendly, but the mission was after
ward removed to NIackinac. The French
name which the priests gave to the rapids
remained, and today it is hard to find
one of tho degenerate half breeds who
hnger around the locality who can tell
what the original namo was. At all
events, have not learned it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-20

NOTICE.-ALL TRAN.
~ sient advertising must be
paid cash in, advance, to save
cost of booking and collecting.
Advertisements In the one
cent-a-word column are one
cent for each of the first two
insertions and half a cent a
word for each subsequent In
seTtion.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.


IN ROANOKE, Va, Nov. 8, 1892.
BY virtue OF the powers vested in me
by the circuit court Of Roanoke, State
of Virginia, as receiver for the Roanoke
Paper Stock and Metal Company, 1 will
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash on the 2lst day
Of November, 1892, between the hours
of 10 m. 4 and p. m., at the store house OF
said company on Holiday street, all the
effects belonging to said company, con-
sisting Of lumber, paper bags, cast and
wrought scrap, iron. rags, press, pair
scales, anvil, l piece betting. lot OF
old rope, ETC., etc, and the unexplred
insurance and rents.
JUNIUS MCGEHEE,
ii tbs. Receiver.
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PROPOSALS..

CITY OF ROANOKE OFFICE OF TIE
- board OF publ works. Roanoke Va, Novcm-
ner IL, Sealed proposals will he received at
December, 1872. for furnishing all the labor and
material necessary for the construction OF side
walks OF vitrihed brick with stone curh,n" IN
the ely or Roanoke Tor the period ending June
~, lS!i} in accordan cc with plan- and spccincn
tions on iilc In this Office. Each bid must he
right Is hereby reserved to reject any or ali bids
ana 10 waive any defect on niormalitv i'm any
ma IT II Is deemed to the best interests OF the
stated Will he returned To the bidders
Proposals must he enclosed in envelopes sealed
n al, mHgu III oposais FOR the construction OF
Vltrlhen orick sidewalks in the city or Roanoke"
and addressed to the board OF public works, Roa
noke, Virginia.
CLARENCE COLEMAN.
J.J SHEEHAN.
II l?3Jt Board or Public Works.
IlTY OF ROANOKE, OFFICE OF THE
~ Board OF Public Works. Roanoke, Va. No
vemDsr Is H. lS2-Scalcd proposals will be re-
cclveu NJ TINS office until IL O'Clock noon on De-
cembcr 18th. iS!'2, for furnishing all tne labor aud
material necessary for the construction OF board
Walks III TN" city OF Roanoke for the period end
Ing June tn, 1899, in accordance with plans and
spccihcniious on file in this office Proposals
VIII, VIII DC received ut the same time for all the
labor necessary for the construction OF board
walks In the city for the period ending j II ne Stth
lS9i all material to be furnished by the city
inc work to be done in accordance with the plans
and specifications ON file In this office The
right IL hereby reserved to reject any or all bids
ana TO waive any defect on infurmality in any
city to DO so: All bids received after the time
stated will be returned to the bidders Pro
posas must he enclosed in envelopes, sealed and
marked proposals for the construction OF board
walks In the city or Roanoke" and addressed 10
the Board OF Public Works. Roanoke, va
cL a. H.S'Na COLEMAN,
J.J SI!EEHAN
II 10 BOD Board OF Pub ic Works
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Playing Crouuet.

Abner and Hal were playing n most ex-
traordinary game on the croquct ground
the other day. Abncr would tap Hal with
his foot, and Hal would crawl under one Of
the wickets.
Abs mother watched them for awhile,
ana then called out, What arc you doing,
Abncr?"
"Playin croquct, mamma" he replicd.
HAL is the ball and I'm the r,auiek. -
Iiarpcr's Bazaar.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

DIG REDUCTION FOR NEXT FEW
40 days only on railroad tickets to
Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Chicago, Rich.
mond, Norfolk and other points. Call
at No. Jefferson street, Roanoke, Va.
'Phone No. 2G6. SAM'L A. WICK.
79tf
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Attention is called to the advertise.
mept OF the Brown Dry Goods Company,
EOS Commerce street, on the fourth
page. 1t is under the management OF
Mr.. IL. u. Brown, one Of the bost known
cltiz MS OF Roanoke. Nearly 100 years
ago. K. G. Brown established store
In Botetourt county Now there are
four managed by descendants of tho old
stock, two at Salem and two at Roa-
noke, of which the Brown Dry Goods
Company is ono Their advertisement
will repay perusa.
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Jefferson, Nlaw e krlanger's COM
pany in Tho Prodigal Father" will
leave Fall River, Mass, on Saturday
night by special train for New York,
and they will leave that city about D.
M. Sunday and will arrive here Mon.
day morning ut 7:l5. Their "Soudan"
Company, which opened tho Academy Of
Music, also jumped from New York CITY
to Roanoke. These gentlemen must have
great faith in tnis city, as it as far
South as the "Prodigal Father" Com
pany will go this season.
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MICE FARM.

$50 acres ia Bedford county, on the n.
& W. II. r., with good improvements 3
miles from Bedford City. Price 81, 800
one third cash, balance one and two
year. j +. WlNGFlELD,
J ~ PIG Commcice street.
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THIS rs GREAT SPORT
DUCK SHOOTING AT THE LOWER
END OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

A Visit to Whitcnsh Bay, Where Gnmo
Is Abundant and Sportsnen Are Few.
Fine Fishing and Splendid Shooting.
Growth of Snult Ste. NInrlc.
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VERY CHEAP.

0 room house on Campbell street.
$4,000; $500 cash, balance $40 per month.
j. +. WINGFIELD,
112O ZIG Commerce street.
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WE WANT YOUR PRINTING!
LOOKABILL'S PRINTING HOUSE,
ROANOKE, VA.
DRACTICAL STAIR BUILDER.
i i GARDV

Corner Roanoke street and Salem avenue.
Rcfcrcnccs-E. II. Stewart, Dr. j. ID. Kirk. r.
N. Daniel. Architects holland Il de Sauesure,
Gustaf Bottigcr, Wilson ~ lIuggns, II. u Wa.
ter. Contractors and Builders j. f. Barbour, j.
w. Shields. j. b. Pollard. Mahoncy Bros. 8Siy
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-20

4 GENERAL MEETING OF THE
~ stockholders Of the Powell Real
Estate Investment Company will be
held at the Office of Hardaway & Payne,
Kirk building, Roanoke, Va, Thursday,
December LIST, 1892, at 4 o'clock o. m
business of Importance will be trans.
acted and the officers for the ensuing
year elected. by order OF the board OF
directors: A. L. PAYNE, Secretary.
IL sod
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-20

THE OLD RELIABLE AND Pop
Il ular Dye Works is the only place
to have your clothes perfectly dyed,
cleaned and repaired.
Prices very moderate. Goods sent
by express will receive prompt attcn.
ton. K. WALSAK, proprietor, cor
ner Commerce and Campbell streets,
Roanoke, Va. may29 6m.
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GOETZ'S BULLETIN.

We have again accepted the agency
for the celebrated LADIES TEN
DER FEET SHOES" Will sell
them again under the same guarantee
and as low as ever.
Goods damaged by food will he sold
at a great sacrifice. Come and look ct
them, there may he u pair to flt you.
QOETz'S,
No. 101 Salem avenue, Cor. Henry.
4156m.
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THO TIE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
Il Commercial Land Company: You
are hereby notified that meeting OF
the stockholders of the above-named
company is called for Tuesday, Decem
Der q, 1892, at l a. M, ut the office OF
c. OLeary, Terry building. BY order
Of the board of directors j. r. SCHICK,
secretary. IL S 3Od
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-20

NOTICE OF MEETING.-TH AN.
~ nual meeting of tho stockholders OF
the Columbia Land Company will be
held ut the companys office, room 3O4
Terry Building, Roanoke, Va, on We'd
nesday, November sOth, 1892, at IL
o'clock n. m. HUGH w. FRY, Secre-
tary. 10 27 law 4w
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ENHR RoANOXE TRANSFER
a Company is prepared 10 do all
kinds OF hauling. They keep good
wagons, good teams and respon-
eiblc drivers. Prompt attention.
Offices, Freight depot and Jefferson
streei, south. Telephone, III.
ocu-I-yr
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

EREDERICK J. AMWEG, G. E., M.
= Am. Soc. G. 4. Il Eugt's Club OF
PhilGdelphia;engiDccr, contractor and
Roanoke, Va. apr22-tf
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TWO LARGE ROOMS, SUITABLE
Il for light housekeeping 81 Sixth
avenue q. w. 10 IS I'm
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ROARDERS-TWO YOUNG MEN
- wanted at 3lS Church street.
IL IL 2w.
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FOR RENT.

9 ROOM BRICK HOUSE, CAMP
. bell street, sac; l0-room house,
Campbell street, S25; 7room house.
Rutherford avenue, Sl2. so: 7-room house.
Luck avenue, SIG; Broom cottage, Fourth
and Wells avenue, IS. See HARTSOOK,
the renter, los jefferson street.
228 tt
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M NTED-ROOM AND TAELi
W boarders at 400 Church street.
81 II
, 1892-01-13

hospital, n of them dying of com
sumption, another Of disease of
me brain, and the other .of
Brlght's' disease. Those were all the
deaths among men who were
exposed to the malarial or sickly in
fuences, real or imaginary, Of the
climate, men whose habits were bad
Whodld not care for themselves. and
who were, as he said. exposed to all
the causes of disease. Not one had died
OF any disease peculiar to the colony.
He had come to the conclusion that
Georgetown was one of the healthiest
ports insthe world.
, 1892-01-13

sions from his observations IN either
case. He had within easy reach a
source ofreliable information in the
local Directory, in which he would
have seen that during a period cover
ing fully thirty years, the annual
rainfall on only two occasions has ex-
ceeded one hundred inches, and the
average has been under eighty inches
Thunder storms we are told usher IN
and close the wet seasons, and "hur-
.'ricanes and earthquakes are frequent
"0ut they occur without any seeming
regularity" This last o~bservatlon,
we are forcedto admit, exposes a de
feet in our seismographic economy
that we can only acknowledge without
~endeavouring to explain. We never
know, and almanacs never mentioR'
when the earthquake season is going
to begin and we are obliged to take
it asst comes, without any seeming
regularity. From this and no doubt
other causes spring effects that are
dreadful to contemplate by the man
in Bermuda, albeit they do not rest
with overwhelming gravity upon our
selves. The prevailing diseases are a
source of depression to the people.
''and a n incubus on commerce, threa-
.tening not only to the community
where they originate, but spreading
1.-The blight of death far and wide IN
1.-The wind, in clothing, through the
mails. and in countless methods OF
s'contagion wherever congenlal ele-
"ments are met with in their way.
Just at this present moment 1t seems
heartless in us to publish this dread
full description Of what q man has 20
expect when he visits us, and what a
dangerous character he becomes 20
others whom he leaves us, for, as tate
will have it, the esteemed Governor OF
Bermuda, General Newdegate, Is
spending a few days in Demerara IN
%specting our defences, and mourning
a danger that, brave soldier though he
be, might we'll appal him. we
will freely back the chances OF his
getting away from here in safety and
probably not at all %displeased with
the little he has seen and experlenc-
ed but we tremble to think Of the
fate in store for him when he returns
to Bermuda, carrying with him the
''blight of death" for even a brave
man may shudder to think of being
smoked in 8 fumigator or washed
down with diluted sulphurlc acid:
but either Of these processes, or some
thing worse, he must undergo before
he will cease to be an incubus on com
merce. a threat to the community, and
q congenial element for the transmits
sien Of countless methods Of contagl-
on. Of all the ills which beset us
through we presume the i%rregularlty
of the earthq uakes, yellow fever
is the most dreaded; and in this ut
terance we seem to recognise thesentl-
ment of certain anxious members of
our own Medical Service, who, having
never seen an epidemic Of yellow
fever, and knowing nothing obout it,
plunge themselves into lady-like hys-.
terics when a sporadic ase case is re-