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three hundred and sixty niles long, the
stones being carefully hown and fitted,
so that, after tho rough usage of ten
centuries, it remains in better condition
than many of our modern roads.
Ma ooleon, like Hannibal, crossed tho
Alps, but in different way, his en-
gineers having constructed the Simplon
Road, from Geneva to Milan, a distance
of two hundred miles, and at the cost of
three and a quarter million dollars.
These are only few of the splendid
roads traversing the Old World. Ii
system OF splendid highways did so
much for Rome and other countries, less
advanced in civilizations and arts, what
can il do for US, who have harnessed the
giant steam, and laid hands upon the
subtle and mighty force of electricity?
It. is at once evident that it is impos-
sible TO calculate tho benefits accruing
TO our land through tho construction Of
good highways and wagon roads.
1t is true that the invention of steam
locomotion has in a measure rendered
unnecessary the construction of long
highways. yet system OF good wagon
roads will always he necessary, as
they can ascend grades that can neither
be surmounted by steam nor electricity.
Even should the farmer harness cleo
tricity for his steed, good roads would
| be necessary for his electric wagon.
| Good country roads are the nourishinG
| fibrous roots OF the great commercial
| tree whose limbs and branches are made
| Of steel. In view of these facts, DC
argument is required to prove that the
greatest need Of our country to-day is
the construction and maintenance O
good roads.
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onicers of the vigllnnt Fire Company.

The Vigilant Fire Company met last
night and elected the following officers
for tho ensuing year: President, G. Il.
Whaling; first vice president, r. II.
Angel; second vice president, A. S.
Cook; treasurer, w. r.. Hesser secre-
tary, Il. l.. Engleby: financial secretary,
Don Gravatt; assistant financial secre
tary, NJ. w. Sublett; board of directors,
c. r. Whaling, A. S. Cook, j. G.. Knepp,
NJ. S. Wilson, L. H. Angel, w. G..
Baughman. &. w. Ammon and George
Gravatt; foreman, John Engleby; assist
ant foreman, A. 5. Cook; captain of
hook and ladder truck, X S. Wilson;
hook and ladder men, w. q. Baughman,
w. e. Malone, L. d. MCCARTHY, C. l..
Miller, y. w. Davis and j l.. Engleby.
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NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

II AKELAND LODGE, NO a
A. 100, a. +. and a. NJ. ANEMS
called communication will be w
held this (Tuesday) evening at
TAO o'clock, Masonic Tempo i'rw Is
All Master Masons in regula TAM d.
are invited. by order OF tn : rsh
Master.
GEO. w. RAMSEY, Secretary.
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AUCTION SALES.
SALE OF STOCK.
CAnS OF STOCK.

In obedience TO the direction or rcsolutiou oe
the board OF irectors OF 1hc Roanoke Cold StGr-
age Company the undcrs igu ed will ofror for sale
at bhc risk OF the below mentioned Subscribers
the following shares c; stock or the Roanoke
Cold storage Company. the par vaiue OF which is
$50 per share, and upon which the ontiro amoant
hcnp llaL
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BUSINESS COLLEGE

NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
~ Roanoke, Va.--The regular session
OF this popular institution, which has
boon partially suspended during the
heated season, resumed yesterday, Sep
tembar list, with full corps OF instruc-
tors. Remember that over IS per cent.
of tho two hundred students who
oatered tho school and completed their
course are to-day filling positions sue
cessfully and most OF them IN this,
Magic City OF progress and enterprise.
Young man. come here and prepare for
business. Send for oue new illustrated
college Journal containing iull tnforma.
.on, Address rs above, ~
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LOST AND FOUND.

r OST-CERTIFICATE NO. 81 FOR
A. ten shares OF the capital stock of
the New Lansdowne Land Company,
dated June 4, 1890. Same was endorsed
by me on tho back; the company is
hereby notified not to mako transfer Of
same. L. b. HUFF. / % law ON
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Ohio Extension Edition now ready at
THE TIMES ONCE. Price cents.
An ENJOYABLE Occasion.


At McGee's Mission in Carr's Woods
about thirty.ave grown persons and
thirty children enjoyed table Of good
things spread for them on Monday at
p. IN. The little folks also secured a
bag of candy, an orange and some cakes
each. This school was started abont
two years ago In Carr's Woods on
benches beneath the trees. From there
it continued in she house of j. Z. Me-
Gee, just at the edge Of the wood on
the Vinton electric car line. This past
summer permission was obtained from
the owners of the land to erect small
building (2O by 90 feet This has been
completed, and is now the homo of the
school, numbering about thirty adults
and children, j. =. McGee being the
superintendent. In the same building
each Lords day evening at = p. M.
there is preaching Of the gospel by John
| Nj. Peddicord, who has been with Mr.
McGoo actively engaged in this work
since it began. A Bible study is also
conducted each Friday evening. AL
this is intended for the benefit OF the
people in that neighborhood, who are
| isolated from tho balance OF the city
Everything is absolutely free. No col
J lections are taken, either in the meet
ings or in the Sunday school.
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Ohio Extension Edition now ready n
THE TIMES ONCE. Price cents.
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OLD papers for tho next week at II
cents per hundred.
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FOR RENT.
} ROOM HOUSE, CHURCH STREET,

G ROOM HOUSE, CHURCH STREET,
. $50; broom house, Henry street,
$50; 5-1oom cottage, Campbell, SIG, =
room house, Campbell, SIS; Groom
house, Centre street n. w, Sa3.75; s.
room cottage, Shenandoah avenue. $40.
See HARTSOOK, the Renter, los JEFF
fersOn street. 2 2S tx
FOR RENT-ONE FURNISHED
4 front room, suitable for gentle
men, at 365 Church avenue ". 1899 1wh
nor RENT.
S25 Salem avenue, 10 rooms, bath. SS5 u
new houses ncar Lock Works, rooms. =. /. "
new houses Iicf rWcst End Rolling Mills.
Il rooms. Observation-Disclosures III q
new houses, West End, rooms. ........ IL SC
new houses, West End, 3 rooms........... &c
new houses, Belmont, 6rooms. .......... IL %
2cottages, L. Roanoke near Machine Works "
". /. WATTS ~ CO.,
t101y TIMES Building.
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Ten piece antique oak chamber suits
with beveled mirror for S2s at tho Il. II.
Stewart Furniture Company.
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FOR SALE.

EOR SALE-HWJSE AND THIRTY
IL seven acres OF land. Apply to
postmaster, Salem, Va. IL 52wks
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IN ths city "f Roanoke nj ~ O'Clock EOon on the
3lsi December, l>t2. Terms cash.
I.Set.;s X. SCHlCK, Secretary.
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TOR SALE,
HAVING A LARGE SUP
PLY OF OLD PAPERS ON
HAND WE WILL FOR THE
NEXT WEEK SELL SAME
FOR 10 CENTS PER 100.
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sNPECIAL NOrIJb-l Will Utt IL
~ for sale for tnc next few d,Ns ON
private terms the following prop cy:
Lot 10 feet front by 2rO feet Gcsp, 81
Jefferson street, near corner u' Niull
avenue, $. W, with house go. "ti( con
tanning eleven roomS. win mod"r', con
venlences loo ltcd thereon Ala 10
200 fee. front on Clark avoruc, :. w..
near corner of Walous nv. nue. ard JET
ferson street. o. HOWARD ROVER.
Apply to w. NJ. Wager N Co.. j. Z.
Winghold or J 5, Groves, agents.
l2lS2W
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Hand-pained MOuChOr Cases, 25C TO $780,
Umbrellas in all styles and at all prices, $I25 to $3.50.
We are closing out great bargains in Coats and Coaks.
Ladies C0akS from SIS to $35.
Misses and Chidrtns coats and Coaks from $3.50 10 So
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THE NEW YORK BAZAAR,
ENOCK Bros Proprietors.

and o eandv he
O
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BOARDING.

DOOMS AND BOAR.IDs BEST TABLE
Al in town. MRS. PRICE, 80 Sixth
avenue 3. w. ~ 9 I'm
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UNDERWEAR silk, Cashmere Isle thread
selling splendid ladies Sleeves &c., eqaIed Roam
price and quality hIme oCset including all the popular makes
, 1892-02-06

Herman Rohde, of Berlin, was another
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE in real life
Fol many years he has been the secretary
and treasurer of the fund for Supetan-
nuated Royal Bandmasters Of the Prussian
army. He was regarded as the personif-
cation of honor and his word was consid-
cred as good as his bond, and perhaps it
was, for subsequent developments showed
that neither was worth anything. Rohde's
exposure was brought about in an unusual
manner Some Nemesis went to the trouble
of writing letters to the member of the
fund. So persistent was this ANONYMOUS
correspondent that an investigation was
ordered. TIL result was sensational in the
extreme. His shortage is believed to be
about 10000 marks. Rohde maintained
two establishments, each presided over by
a woman not his wife. He also gambled
heavily, and was beautifully illustrating
the axiom that n man with a salary Of
1000 marks IA year cannot spend 20, 900 and
be honest. When Rohde learned that he
was to be arrested he committed suicide.
He was none too soon, for a policeman with
the warrant reached the room before the
body of the self destroyer was cold in
death
, 1892-02-06
WE APPEAL UNTO CLARK
Dickinson and the TraiDmen
Have a Rupture.
He Absolutely Refuses to Con-
slider Their Requests.
They Are Now Awaiting Mr..
Clark's Ultimatum.
II Grows Darker.
[By Associated Press.l

OMAHA. Neb., Feb. 5.-The confer
moe between Manager Dickinson and the
grievance committee of the Union Pacific
today was short and ipconcluslve. Dick
inson refused to discuss the proposition
for a general increase 10 wages and the
employees withdrew without presenting
the minor complaints They have APP
pointed a press committee who will make
a statement to the effect the committee
submitted a new schedule of wages more
than a week ago and at the conference
Dickinson made a ststement purporting
to give an aggregate increase of wages
under the proposed schedule.
figures are based Oh the service of the
three busiest months 10 the year. Care
full estimates by the committee indicate
that the aggregate increase of wages will
not exceed 60 per cent. of the sum
named by Dickinson. Tbs committee
article by article, but Dickinson positive
IL refused to entertain the proposition for
an increase of wages until the schedule
was withdrawn. That would have lett
the committee without a cause. The
members felt agrieved at the scant cour-
tesv shown them as representatives of the
great organizations of railway men, and
left Dickinson, resolved to appeal to Gen
eral Manager Clark. He will meet their
officers in this city mex week.
, 1892-02-06

A special meeting of the stock holders
OF the Union Mercantile company is hereby
called, to be held at the office of the com
pany OF Tuesday, the 9th day of Febru-
airy A. d.. 1892, at 2 o'clock q. IN. of said
day.
The purpose of SAID meeting is to act
upon a proposition to diminish the capital
stock of the said company. The PROPOSE
ton is to so reduce the said capital stock
that the same shall be hereafter one hun.
dred thousand $500, 000) dollars, consist
ing of one thousand Q.000) shares of
the par value OF one hundred (sl00) dol
lars each.
And the further purpose of. the said
meeting shall be to determine the method
by which said diminishing shall be accom-
plished. provided it shall be voted to so
diminish the said capital stock.
CHARLES F. MILLER,
President.
, 1892-02-06

Copyrighted 1892 by N. Y. Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-The cabinet set for
nearly three hours Yesterday shaping the
speech from the throne with which par
lament will be opened Tuesday. The
unusual length Of time spent was at:rib-
utei to a difference of opinion as to
whether any reference should be made to
the coming session as bringing the pres
ent parliament toward the close of its ca
reer. Finally it was determined that
nothing should he said on that subject.
The speech opens with reference to the
sympathy of the nation for the royal
family over its recent bereavement; al
ludes to the d. ath of the khedive as not
severing British relations with Egypt;
refers to the continued prosperity Of the
country and says there is no reason why
England should be ultimately affected by
foreign taIltf legislation, and conRratu-
lates the country upon the prospect of an
early settlement OF the Bering sea dispute
and the pacific aspect of foreign affairs
generally.
1t mentions the Irish local government
and education bills as adding a complete
ness to a series OF measures for securing
order in and the welfare of Ireland.
Other measures announced are the small
holdings bill, district councils bill, and
bills to reform the India council and
Scottish private legislation. This last
measure has importance beyond its appli-
cation to Scotland as affirming and extend
ing the principle of local government.
Archbishop of Canterbury has a clergy
discipline bill which the government will
support. This constitutes the business
of the session. The leaders of the oppo-
sition do not intend to make any amend
ment to the address. Gladstone will not
appear in the house the first week of the
session. He was delegated to a hard
court task of questioning the government
as to its intentions in regard to the disso
luton of parliament.
, 1892-02-06
Grandma TaIks Wildly.

LINCOLN, Neb, Feb. Stu view of
the fact that conflicting statements have
been sent out relative to the gubernato-
rial controversy of this state, Governor
Thayer today furnished the Associated
Press with a statement outlining the
course he intends to pursue. Said he:
MY attorney Is waiting to get a full text
of the United States supreme courts de-
cision. AS yet they do not really know
what it contains. because of the conflict
ing reports. l am anxious to surrender
the office, but do not propose to precipit-
ately act without a full knowledge of
what the decision means.
The clerk of the supreme court wired
my attorneys that the decision of the
Nebraska supreme court was reversed and
the cause remanded for further proceed.
iugs. The fact that the case was re-
manded certainly means something fur
Their to he done before | can surrender the
Office. The question is as to the right to
turn over the Office to any person until
the decision OF the Nebraska supreme
court placing ne in Office is reversed by
that court; because, as quoted above, the
supreme court remands the case here for
further proceedings"
Il is the opinion of the best attorneys
that | have no right thus to dispose of
this office. Governor Thayer leaves Mon
day Tor Texas 10 be rome ten days. He
and the lieutenant governor unite in de-
%claring pure buncombe the report that
the lieutenant governor, who in his ab
sence will have charRe OF the office. CEN
templates calling a special session of to
legislature
, 1892-02-06
CoNG EssIoNAL NEWS.


WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-The census
bureau. its management and the extent to
which it has been subordinated TO politi-
cal ends, were the subject of two hours
spirited discussion in the house today.
While the discussion IN a general way was
upon party lines. the superintendent OF
the census was not without his supporters
on the Democratic side, Stone of Ken
lucky being among the warmest cham
pion's OF Porter's efficiency and official
zeal.
Savers of Texas, who was in charge of
the bill, made an explanation of its pro-
visions and brought out a charge of ex-
travagance against the administration of
the bureau. lie said hundreds of men
and women who never ought to have been
employed had been employed at the lu-
stance of members of congress. Had the
superintendent OF the census been left to
operate his bureau without pressure from
the outside to put in Office a large number
of incompetent persons. the expenditures
would rave been much less
Henderson of Iowa contended that the
office had been economically administered
Savers said MANY employees drawing
500 a month were unable to discharge
their duties. He believed a committee
should be appointed to investigate the of
fee.
Dingley oil Maine regretted the gentle
man from Texas made charges against
the superintendent of the census that
were never made from the committee OF
appropriations. 1t seemed to him such
charges made from anonymous sources
should have been brought to the attention
of the committee. de believed the
superintendent had faithfully performed
the duty entrusted to him. If the ex-
penditures OF the bureau had been lu-
creased 1t was due to the fact congress
had imposed upon 1t the new and unheard
of duty OF ipquiring into the private bust
ness of citizens and compelled them to
disclose the amounts of their farm
mortgages.
DUNCAN of Ohio opposed an appro-
priation for the census bureau until the
charges were answered satisfactorily. 1t
bad been said that tons and tons of
statistics had been destroyed and that a
lot of punching machines THE invention
of a relatively which could be purchased
for $40 had been employed at a royalty of
So.
Cooper of Indiana criticised the census
office on the ground it Disseminated
against certain limestone industries of
indiana in favor of others.
Stone of Kentucky paid a high tribute
to the ability and efficiency of the super
intendent of the census.
Savers offered an amendment appropri-
ating s1l5. 5l4 for the subsistence of the
Sioux Indians and calling upon the secre-
tary of the interior for a report to the
house as to all employees under the direc-
ton and supervision of the Indian bureau.
Tue latter clause of this amendment was
the first general legislation incorporated
upon the appropriation bill, but no otiec-
ton being made the amendment was
adopted. The committee having arisen,
the bill passed.
The private calendar was then taken up
for consideration. but no progress was
made and the house adjourned until to-
morrow, when e~ulogies will be delivered
upon the late Representative Lee of Vir-
GINA
, 1892-02-06

New York, Feb. 5.-There was
a marked improvement in the stock mar
ket today despite the strenuous efforts OIL
the bears. A pressure on Atchison secur.
tiles in the forenoon caused a dropping
tendency in the whole list. Distillers,
however, after a decline of ]. rallied oyer
8, aud this together with a brisk move in
Coalers and Western Union, lifted the
whole list. The close was strong at the
highest point. which. as a rule, is only
insignificant gains.
'Governments-Steady.
Petroleum-59a.
Wool-Steady Domestic, fleece, 30
"a Soc.
Copper-Weak. Like $40. 7O0 10. rs.
Lead-Elsy. Domestic, $4.123(94l5.
Tn-Steady. Straits, $40. 60.
Money on call easy; closed offered at 3.
Bar Silver. 9o5.
Following are closing Dr1ces OF stocks:
U. 5. As registered, ll64, coupon, lI6t;
2s registered, 100 bid; Pacific 6s. I09
bldi Atchison, 3Ss; Canada Pacific. SGT;
Canada Southern, 60: Central Pa
clic, %; Burlington, 1914, Delaware
Lackawanna Il Western. l40: Denver 4
Rio .Grande. preferred. Az; Erie. 300
Kansas & Texas. l7s; Lake Shore. 1924;
Louisville 4 Nashville, 74t; Michigan
Central. 1913; Missouri Pacific, 621; Nor
thern Pacific. 234; preferred. CIT;
Northwestern, HI; preferred. l44 bid;
New York Central. ll4t; Oregon
improvement. 252; Oregon Naviga-
ton. SO; Pacific Mail, 81; Reading.
425; Rio Grande Western. SO; pre-.
ferred, 81; irsts. rs: Terminal, liza;
Rock Island, 9ls; Milwaukee Il ST.
Paul. 79f; st Paul l. Omaha. 49k;
Texas Pacific, II: Union Pacific. 46:
OREGON Short Line. oct; u. S. Express,
40; Fargo Express. 40; Western Union,
SIT: American cotton oil. 334; Lead
Trust 1913.
CHICAGO. Feb observation-disclosures,
6,000. Market steady to iirmer. Good to
choice steers, a. 50@ 100: no extra steers
on sale; others, 50 05@42 %; stockers,
81 9063 Is.
Sheep Receipts. $500. Market
higher Native ewes. SO. 25@4 %; mixed,
S3.40(d4 20; wethers, s. O095 40; west,
ems, IS. 00(6 5.45.
, 1892-02-06
Administrator Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters Of
administration upon The estate of. William
j.. Vannice, deceased, were issued and
granted to the undersigned by the district
court of Laramie county. Wyoming. on
and under date of the 18th day Of Jan.
uarv, 1892. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to exhibit
them to the undersigned, the adminlstra-
trlx OF SAID estate, at her residence in
Cheyenne. Wyoming, within six months
after the date of said letters or they may
be precIuded from any benefit from such
estate. and If such claims be not exhibited
within one year from theNdate of the said
letters they shall be forever debarred.
NELLIE T.. VANNICE,
Administrators.
Cheyenne, WYO.. Feb. G. 1902
, 1892-02-06

The tendency of this disease toward
pneumonia is what makes it dangerous.
La Grippe requires precisely the same
treatment as a severe cold. Chamber,
lain's Cough Remedy is famous for its
cure of severe colds. This remedy
etfec:ually counteracts the tendency OF
the disease to result in pneumonia, pro.
vided the proper care be taken to avoid
exposure when recovering from the
attack. Careful inquiry amonp the mauy
thousands who have used this remedy dur
ing the epidemics of the past two years
has failed to discover a single case that
has not recovered or that has resulted 10
pneumonia. Fifty cent and 81 bottles for
sale by druggists.
, 1892-02-06
Notice To Creditors.

Estate of Charles NJ. McCarty, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration were on the 22ud day of
January 1892, granted to the undersigned
in the above estate apd all persons hay-
ing claims against the said estate are
hereby required to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers Tor allowance, to the
undersigned Administrative within six
months after date Of SAID letters. or they
may be precluded from any benefit from
such estate. and if such claims be not
exhibited within one year from the date
of said letters. they will be forever barred.
Dated Jan. %, 1892.
OLLIE McCARTY,
Administering of the above named es-
, 1892-02-06
Certificate OF Publicnnon.

Insurance Commissioners office, State
OF Wyoming, Cheyenne. Wyo.. Jan. 30,
1892. 1t is hereby certified that the New
Hampshire Fire Insurance company OF
Manchester, in the State OF New. Hamp-
shire, has complied with the insurance
laws OF this state and is authorized to
transact the business of fire insurance in
this state for the cusrent year.
Witness my hand and seal of Office the
day and wear first above written.
SEAL G. W. BURpICK.
Auditor and ex oficio insurance commits
sIoner.
W. A. RICHARDS.
Agent Cheyenne, v 70.
, 1892-02-06
What wit Is.

No n has aver told us exactly what
wit is. DR.. Isaac Barrow, a famous
English divine and a man of brilliant
wit himself, has given the best definition
yet known, and he copfesses that .'often
it CONSISTENT in one hardly knows what
He says, in his old fashioned style:
Sometimes it lieth in a pat allusion
to a known story, or in seasonable appli-
cation of a trivial saying or in forging
IN opposite tale. Sometimes it playeth
in words and phrases. taking advantage
from the ambiguity of their sense or the
affinity Of their sound; sometimes it
lurketh under an odd similitude; some
times it is lodged in a sly question, in a
smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a
shrewd imitation, a tart irony, a lusty
hyperbole or a startling metanhor; some
times al affected simplicity and some
times a p~resumptuous bluntness giveth
it being; sometimes it arises from o
lucky hitting upon what is strange;
sometimes from a crafty wrestling of
obvious matter to the purpose"
Isn't this excellent? Study this clause
and find a witticism to match it. |
have not given the entire definition, but
Just enough to stimulate some one to
look it up for himself. -New York Home
Journal.