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eggs, which are put inside four at n
time fitted into wire stand. II is of
silver-plate, hardened, and at the top is
n little knot of ivory, non-conductor
of heat. This is but SD.
An extremely suggestive gift is
sterling silver gridiron, of open work
design, horn handle, inlaid with silver.
1t is trifle cXpensive-two hundred
and twenty-five dollars-but l was in
formed that great many were pre-
scented to young couples starting in
housekeeping. 1t would scarcely do for
any practical use, but would be quite
an addition to any kitchen.
One could hardly believe that those
beautiful presents would be indiffcr-
emily received, yet numbers of them
are actually sent back Immediately,
either to be stored in the warehouses
sometimes for years, or else to be cred
tied to the sendcr's account. Many of
them come back still containing the
cards which accompanied them, so lit
tie are they valued. But such is life
New York life, at any rate.
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MOUNTAIN MAKING.

Evidences OF Mighty Convuision Ia Long.
Past Eras. :
Visitors to Mount Washington can
hardly have failed to notice in many
places by the side of the road leading
from the Glen to the summit curously
bent and twisted rocks, some of which
strilxingly resemble layers of rumplcd
cloth. The evidence which the forms
or these rocks furnish of the action OF
some tremendous pressure in long past
times, which was able to bend and fol d
the layers of the carths crust, is of a
kind that appeals to the eye and mind of
the most uninstructed observer.
The effectiveness of the slow con.
traction which the earth has under
gone as its interior mas gradually cooled
off, in upheaving and dcforming it's
surface. has recently been beautifully
illustrated by the experiments of the
French gcologist, Prof. A.. Daubrec
llctook distcndcd ball of caoutchouc
made to initiate the form of the earth,
slightly flattened ut the poles, and COW
cred 1t with IL layer of bceswax. Then
the ball was allowed to contract n lit
tie. Immediately tho bccswax surface
was thrown into folds. and fractured,
and upheaved in some places and de-
pressed in others, the effect being to
produce q striking resemblance to the
earth with its mountains and valleys
and vast beds of broken and tilted
rocks.
So in n few minutes. by this ingcn-
ious experiment, geological history
OF the earth in miniature can be enact
Cd, and while watching it, with the aid
OF n little imagination. we may behold
some of those mighty processes which,
acting through millions of years, hav c
gradually brought our planet into the
condition in which we see it to-day
Youths Companion.
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NEWSPAPER MEN.

They Arc No Longer "Bohemians" or
tho Old Type.
The typical newspaper man" of to-
day is young man. lie is college bred;
he comes from good family, and is a
gentleman by birth and breeding. lie
is brighter, quicker, has broader
knowledge of men and affairs, and he
makes and spends more money than his
brother who goes into business" lie
is we'll dressed, well housed and we'll
fed. lie has learned that bohcnianism.
as eXemplificd by irregular hours, in
frequent baths and incessant rum does
not pay, and he has left that sort of
bohcmianism to chronic bummcrs and
greenhorns. The tone, the morale o.
the profession have changed within the
past twenty years, and the public is
only just beginning to find it ont
Educated people who keep their eyes
open realize that their notions of the
typical newspaper man" are sadly out
OF joint, and they are revising their
types. The profession is slowly moving
toward its rightful place in public est
nation and the time is not very far Off
when it will stand, not on par with.
but ahead of the law. the pulpit, mcdi
cine ana the other liberal professions
In the meantime, we will be OBLIGED to
endure with what grace we may the
would-be brilliant sketches OF play
wrights and novelists and the unintcn
tionally stupid conclusions of misin-
formed outsiders who see in every
whisky sorcheaded scribbler typical
newspaper man.-Printer's Ink.
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was no gold in it. After that gave up
my profession and went back to Paris.
There attached myself to the Gieyre
studio, which Whistler had Just
quilted. Then I went to Antwerp,
where I met with an accident that
nearly destroyed my eyesight- Indeed,
for fifteen years l was allowed to work
for only two hours each day. I came
to London in 1860 and began to work
for the English magazines. worked u
good deal for Once u Week and did an
occasional sketch for Punch. Then
Lecch died. some twenty seven years
ago or more. and took his place ut the
Wednesday meetings, ut which the
plans for the next issue of Punch are
laid. Since that time have attended
the meetings regularly"
Then you may be considered aa
Leech's successor" suggested.
well. no, / scarcely think So" said
the artist. IL trust that our styles are
different. You know get my cue from
Mark Lemon, who was editor of Punch
when joined it lie said to me:
Don't do funny things, Do the
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wine OF morning glories, painted In
natural colors. The small door opens
and reveals cubby holes and shelves of
All siz.s, SO that the most anxious wife
could keep medicines for almost any
known disease, to administer with her
own hands to her dearly beloved. I'm
sure he'd get better good deal sooner
81 he saw her fussing among all these
little compartments. just for his sake.
But II you are ambitious to get some
thing little handsomer, and IL the
amount you have laid apart for your
gift is s25 or $50, you may go to one of
the fancy furniture places and get a
very pretty chair for the music room
for that sum. 1t will be of gold, tho
back in the shape OF some musical in
strument, n harp or violin or some
other. The seat is of very fine tapestry
or brocade in the old Louis XIV. colors.
You can get pretty little lounging
chair within this limit, also; or even q
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graceful side oflifc; be the French tenor
In the opern bouffe.'
II don't affect broad caricature. 1t is
not in my line"
You draw great deal from real
life, Mr.. Du Mauricr?" said, when tho
artist had thus laid down his own idea
us to his limitations.
Yes, do" was the reply
AS for his daughters, he admits that
he puts them in many of his sketches.
He says, too, that he knows Sil,
Georgius Midas personally, and that
Muudlc and Postlcthwuite have q real
existence.
Then we chatted of the jokes that ac-
company the Punch pictures, and was
impertinent enough to ask Du Maurier
if he wrote his own jokes
YES" came the quick reply, "every
one. do not mean to say that actual
ly make up the stories that underlie the
pictures in all cases. but the letter
press that accompanies them is always
mine. In most cases, doubtless, it is
really my invention. Oftcntimes, how
ever, friend will call and say: George,
l heard thus and thus ut such and such
place, and il it strikes me as funny I
use it. Frankly, it is terrible task
sometimes to get up tho picture and
the fun which is required for the week
~ Punch, and get perfectly wild over
it. walk up and down the room, tear
my hair don't know what in the world
l shall draw, and at the very last mo-
ment, quite likely when the printers
arc waiting for copy, either find a sug-
gestion in my own brain or some happy
friend drops in and gives me the sug-
gcstion."
Then the conversation drifted to IL
Illustrations in American magazines and
journals as compared with the same
work in England
American illustration strikes me
very favorably," said Punch's master.
hand. "Of course, the political car
toons in Puck or Judge, and other of
your celebrated illustrated journals, do
not appeal to inc strongly, because do
not understand your politics, but they
seem to be very we'll done, and tho art
of printing in colors has certainly been
brought to a ycy high state in the
American publications"
Then we talked of his coming novel.
YES" he said, II am going to pub
lish another one. The Harpers wero
kind enough to accept and publish my
my first effort, and am going to try
again. Whether write any more after
that will depend almost entirely upon
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venient for a lady's sewing or for news,
papers. AS a music holder, also, it is
very acceptable. The prettiest China
vases and porcelain ornaments can be
had for this sum, dainty China silk
scarfs, to drape on easels; wood
basket for the crate fire, with the sido
adorned with handsomely embroid-
cred band of plush, and big bow on
the handle; pretty little bedroom clocks;
quaint flower stands; tiny lamps for
sealing wax; little silver postage stamn
boxes, or chased silver sugar tongs. A
cut-glass atomizer, with silver noun,
tings, is nice little gift.
But for little more-say from $40 to
Sl5-one can get very pretty little
feather duster with white feathers.
The price seems somewhat high till ono
examines the finely chased field flowers
on the silver handle. A young and
lovely bride surely could not resist the
temptation to dust her valuable bric-a-
brac, which she dures trust to no me,
NAL, with that little buster.
Or sterling silver shoehorn, marked
Sl3, would not come amiss to draw on
her pretty slippers. There are very
PiSeeJ edIii-IiHcu CtlScS IOr ~, with
broad silver knives for serving fish; lit
tie jewel cases of porcelain, with Cupid
for driver; in his hand he holds a
spray of forget-me-nots, and his sleigh
is sprinkled all over with them; his
runners are laid with gold lines. There
are, also, porcelain ornaments shaped
like mandolin, with roses and
forgetme-nots in raised work, forming
the decoration. They show to the best
advantage laid ON n soft plush mat, and
are, also, less likely to be shattered
there. A miniature spinning wheel,
suggesting industry, is rather unique,
1t is of blue Dresden china, and has a
tiny bundle of flax. all ready to begin
work. Then there is Japanese silver
card tray, with storks flying graceful
ly over it in all directions; big square
glove box made in gray linen, lined
with white crepe, and painted with
great daisies on the cover; band OF
old gold plush finishes it off. There Is
IN awfully pretty medicine chest in
white enamel, all inlaid with n flowe,
design in gold. Around this, again, is a
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the appreciation which this work NAV
meet. If find that the reading public
cares for my stories shall write many
more, for have vast amo'alt of MAJ
terial which seems to INC should be in.
tcresting, but, if don't find that they
like my style or the material which l
have to present, shall drop it and con
tinue to work solely as an illustrator
like your Mr.. Abbey very much, by
the way" he continued, ''hc is n most
excellent artist, and the manner in
which IIarper's, the Century and the
Scribncr's Magazine bring out pictures
in black and white is worthy of all ad-
miration."
Du Mauricr is of the opinion that the
daily newspaper of the future will be
an illustrated journal.
The sun had set behind the stecples
ri Harrow before Du Mauricr conduct
ed me to the threshold of his hospitablc
home. AS we were passing out no
pointed to n large frame in the hallway
in which were gathered some two score
drawings of streets and people.
There" he said, sis something that
can never be surpassed in black and
white. don't care how the art may be
developed. That work is superb. 1t
was done by Meissonier.
"Say Il good word for me to the Amer
lean people" he said, as he babe me-
good-by. 81 like them and they have
been very kind to me-"
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-
or great flower holder, which stands
on the floor near the fireplace, filed
with ferns or grasses; it is of yellow
Leeds ware, and is n handsome orna-
mcnt in almost any room. A Japanese
vase, tall and slender, with beautiful
gold work and quaint figures spread
closely over it in slightly bewilGering
confusion after the manner of the Jap
ancse, is also ticketcd ut $50, and .
| queer salad set, made of green lettuce
leaves of different sizes. The main
| piece is n big lettuce head with out
stretched leaves and the small dishes
of the separate leaves. The edges are
ragged, just as they are pluckcd from
the field.
But perhaps $50 is not enough in your
| estimation to eXpend on the fair bride
| OF your acquaintance, and you want to.
get something truly handsome. If so,
YOU will do we'll to go to Tiffany's and
select some choice gift Of rare design,
For $50 you can buy sterling silver,
bread tray and basket which will adornl
the attractive dinner-table, or n cake
basket, also silver; very pretty celery
vase, claret jug, silver mounted; o.
fruit bowl in silver; n travelling bag
well furnished with silver mountings,.
just the thing for a flying wedding trip;
beautiful bronze jardinieres, with
cupids sporting all around; sterling sill
yer manicure sets, twelve pieces, on a
silver tray, that my lady can sit down
to and find great pleasure in using; a
silver soap dish to put with her toilet
implements; beautiful candelabras in
crystal and gilt; bronze statuettes, ban.
quet lamps, in fine cut glass; dainty
shades to adorn them with, and exquis-
lite hand mirrors, silver mounted.
For ST5 there is such pretty clock,
harp-shaped, of deep turquoise blue, in
laid with fancy gold work. The face is
surrounded with brilliants, and on each
side is small figure in gold. The stand.
also is of gold For $3.50 can be secured
little tete-a-tete set-teapot, cream;
jug and pitcher-and some of these are
marked rs high as S325. The one in the
illustration is that price, and is one of
the late Mr.. E. c. Moore's special crea-
tions. The style of work is a combina-
ton of the Indian aud Saracenic, partly
repousse and partly etched. There is a
silver glove box for the modest sum of
S-"0' VI AIouiS ~ 4. SlJlc, WIFI CUPID
and rosebud design. There is also n
silver siphon case to hold the bottles of
mineral water. They look quite differ
ent when slipped into these silver
cases, which are only S45. The top
slips around and is fastened together
with silver stick suspended from a lit
tie chain. Egg steamers are quite
novel, made in the shape of an egg,
standing on chickens feet, with a little
sauce pan underneath, which is filled
with sufficient alcohol to steam tn.
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RAILROADS
N i = :: w hOrfoIksWestern


SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DECEMBER6 8, 1891.
wEsrBouED, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
@So 3; M for Radford, Pulaski, Bristol; also for
blue1eld, Pocahontas, Elkhorn, Clinch VAL
ley Division and Louisville via Norton
Pullman elcepcre to Memphis and New or.
an leans and to Louisville Via Norton
iVoV a. IN. for Radfordand intermediate stations
ne, NO connection beyond
oio p. m. for Radford, Pulaski, Bristol Con-
meets at Radford for Bucleld and Poce-
GE 11!as. Pullman Shoppers to Memphis via
s soRTH AND EAsTBouNp. LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
WV u. ior petersburg and Richmond. No
10y y. II; LOT Aagerstown. Pullman eleepers TO
,o.. Vow fork via Harrisburg and Philadelphia
A~''D y. IN. daily Tor Richmond and Norfolk. Pull.
k.ox nan parlor car to Norfolk.
20 =. Ii. hor Lynchburg; no connection beyond.
NV spc =, IN; Tor Shenandoah and intermediate
1116 p. m. for Richmond and Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper to Norfolk and Lynchburg to Rich.
1ll5 p m for Hagerstown. Pullman eleepers 70
Maehington viz Shenandoah Junction and to
new YORK via Harrisburg. Also sicepor To
nrrtan snnIn1gton via. Shenandoah Junction
"i Im Dr1vdlelon-Lcaye Lynchburg $40 a. M
gaiiy, T:O0 @, m. (Monday, Wednesday and
aud Durham. ava Sou'n "oe'on
"nston-Salcm Division-Lcave Roanoke 7.3O n
IN. except Sunday for Rocky Mount. Mar
tinsville and Winston. Salem Arriye Ros
=, noko $50 p. IN. Except Sunday 49,
office or to w n kisVSfEIII eAoe
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke. Va.
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BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
The Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association
OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, s2s, ooo. 600,
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
OFFICERS.
OF ROANOKE, VIRGIN

OFFICERS
PREsIDENT-GEN. FITZHUGH LEE,
Ex-Governor Of Virginia.
list VIcE-PREsIDENT = PEYTON L.
TERRY, President Roanoke Trust
Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
ID VICE PREsIDENT-S. w. JAMESON,
secretary and treasurer Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
SEoRETARY-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-at-Law, late OF
Charleston, S. G.
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l. INSTALLMENT STOCK. = Mem.
bership fee, 81 per share, which carries
the stock the frat month, after that the
monthly dues are go cents per share
Q. PAID UP INTEREST BEARING
SToCK.-s5o per share (par.value, 5000,
yielding dividend, payable semi-an-
nually, January 1, and July /, 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. Thcre is no investment anywhere
safer or more profitable than it's 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 a basis
not exceeding so per cent. Of it's 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 safer investment than it's
stock affords to the prudent investor.
Apply at Home Office, ITO Jefferson
street, or to
JAMES R. TERRY, or to SIMMONS,
CARPENTER & TINSLEY, Roanoke,
va. aprl9-1y
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THE EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA AND.
l. GEORGIA RAILWAY SYSTEM. PASSEN-
GER DEPARTMENT. KNOXVILLE, TENN. Doc.
9th, 1871. S'
TIME CARD IN EFFECT DEC. 9Th, 1891.
SOUTIIBOIIND
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TO LAY AT HER FEET.
What to Give Fair Young Bride
Of This Season.
Gifts Dainty and Ine1pcnsivo-some That
Cost More = Fine Trifics In Silver
II Porcelain and Cut Glass-Quaint
s Pieces In Chairs.
IcopYRIcHr. 1927

4 The subject of wedding presents is
!one that lies on almost everyone's heart
lust at present. We all know some
body that is going to be married, and 1t
is rather convenient to have list of
ipresents to select from. The prices
paid vary from SIS to $4,000, but there is
just as much variety in gifts to be had
Ffor the low price as for the high.
/ Well start, then, with SIS. For this
one can get q very dainty paper and en-
velope case of white enamel, painted
with graceful punches of violets. 1T
has three compartments, one above the
other, increasing in size, or n very pref
ty stand with white sticks, filled in
with deep, full pocket of China silk in,
"a soft light shade. 1t is equally con-
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GENERAL TRUsTEE-HoN. HENRY s.
TROUT, President First National
Bank, Roanoke, Va.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY - Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Company.
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Vice In Iordon

1t Is said that one woman in every
sixty in London is a gin drinker, or in
every twenty pauper and one in thir-
teen illiterate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-23

open the door and will be there directly ~
1t was lively crowd that gathered
around the wide door Of the store-room
For each of the older ones there was a stiff
dram apiece and for all, both old and Young
there was present of some kind. The
presents were of substantial character
too. Those who had made crops of their
own found a profitable market right at
their masters door. Some of them had
made as much as two bales of cotton on the
land they were permitted to cultivate, while
Others had made good crops of corn-all of
which was bought by Dr. CASTOR.
Then the big six mule wagon was brought
into service, and into this were packed the
horse-collars, made of shucks and waboo
bark, the baskets, the foot mats. the
brooms, the walking canes, the ak helves,
that we're to find market in the town nine
miles away.
1t was indeed happy time for all, and
when night came Lucien and Lillian needed
no rocking to put them to sleep As this
may be the condition of those who try to
struggle through these vague reminis.
cences, perhaps it is best to tiptoe out and
gently close the door.
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True Christmas Charity.

No charity can be more beautiful, more
typical of the Christ spirit than for those
who can afford to do so to send glimmer
of light into the lives of thousands in our
great cities who can only exc out a bare
existence. And it speaks volumes for the
generosity of our wealthy classes, and the
heroic work done by our charitable organi-
cations, that in no other nation on the
globe are those who live in want and pow
erty so well remembered on Christmas
are the poor classes of America. But
there is class which is not reached by
the donations Of the wealthy, or by the
work of charitable organizations There
are in this country thousands of HON, 5
into which reverses of fortune come each
year, where death or business failure causes
the keeuest heart anguish and the sew, rest
self-denial. These homes contain sensitive
natures which shrink from the outstretched
hand of cnarity Poor and proud is the
name the world has for them. Perhaps:
but let me tell you, my friend it is not
easy to receive charity when all your life
you have dispensed it. a reversal of for
tune is the hardest thing in this world to
bear, The poor know not its tortures 1t
is the keenest kind of poverty Into such
homes would ! direct, at Christmas-tide,
some loving kindness. In this country
vi here one is up today and down tomorrow
there is not one of us but who, in his or her
acquaintance, knows of an instance OF re-
versed fortunes. Let something from you
90 into such home The born poor will
be remembered by others; the newly made
poor may be forgotten Edtcdrd Box in
the Ladies Home Journal