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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20

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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20

professionalism chance FOR goo.
IN and safe inyestneut--Thc aunul
mccttng OF the Home Loan Association
VIII be held Friday evening. Scptcmbci
a3l. Shares for the twenty second scrie,
cat now be had, the first payment Son
tcniber 23i zach share eiltitles the holde
to borrow 500. Ten series have been init
turcd. and all the Indebtedness paid, max
luz good profit, with easy monthly pay
ncuts.
GEORGE W. BUSH, President.
John w. LAWSON, Treasurer,
i. 7. TAYLOR, Secretary.
sE-tm
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d. TX Reward viii he paid for the r..
AID - turn of diamond ring taken
from my res denco some time III the
month of July last. and no questions
asked. Stone was perfect. about two car
ats set In Tiffany style. with inscription
D. c. II. to u. A. H.. March 20. 1891 and
OF tho dead. SAMUEL. q. BIpDI,E Nh
"a " Washington street. sl5-Iw
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20

.NoTICETo COUNTY TAX PAYERS.
In Receiver of Taxes John 7. Uiciey
will sit at the following places during the
month oil August, at dates MS stated, for
the collection of county, poor, road and
dog Ia yes for the year I5gs
September 2U-Townsend
September "a. Wilmington.
September 2s-roy's Hotel.
September wilmington.
September 2I-HoCkessin.
September &c BlaciSbird.
september Wilmington.
September - ooch's Bridge.
September NV llmington.
September SU-k trL wood. au9tf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20

WV A. HUKILL, AULTIoNEER and
W. Real Estate Agent. No. plb Market
street. has for sale some of tho most de-
lslrsIble building iotsin the city. Also mum
Ierons dwellings, including u number OF
business uorucss IA good Local luns. be-
sides many fine farms in different parts
Ior the country. which he will soil OH easy
terms. ai-lnl-eid
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20

LNuR SAI.E-i have three OF Iiiosa very
IL desirable dwellings left on Broom .
etrect, Detwe "a and It'll streets. These
b. uses have tell rooms and bath, front
yards, front pOrchcs sanitary piunhing,
heaters gas tiNturos cellars ccrncutc l,
Portland Pavement and are pnperc /
thI oughout. If you want Il nice home
Al moderate price. you should sec John
hulvcnn, at slo Market street. once
open evenings az
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20

VToH SALE-water power roller minis
4 $50 bbls.l, one ot the best III Southern
Chester Co. ~ aci cs of land fine man
sion. also house for miller. Every thiug
IN good condition. Long established
trade. Location and neiRhhurhood nm
surpassed. Il. Il, GREEN, kenuutt Square
Pa sI2-Itw-3td-. od-
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w ANTEp-Bourder at $50 East Sew
w enth street. me6-tf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20
.soli'y' Wilmington Commercial
College an! School d Shorthand
and 7yps-VE.isg,
INSTITUTE BUILDING,
Eighth and Market Streets.

Courses OF Study that will at once give
young people of either sex II means OF
livelihood. All competent graduates So
cure positions. Last year $50 students CaS
ladies) from 50 places and States attend
ed this College 81 graduates. lndivtd-
ual instruction; therefore new students
enter Mt any time. College re-opens Sept
LIST. Night Sessions Oct. Sd. A magnin-
cent, full descriptive catalogue with
photo-enEravings mailed free. Write for
IL.
Reference: Any prominent citizen OF
Wilmington. II. S. GOLDEY, Pm IECIPAn
iy5-eod-3otn
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20

NTANTED-A chambermnid and nurse.
wv Apply 10 Mrs l.. y. Hush. Jr.. :, w.
Clayton and rccch streets. sio-Ot
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1ITANTED--A blacksmith at II. =.
w Buliock'p, ss3 ". IOth street. sI5-0t
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20

No body ad-
vertises that
his blood medi-
cine doesn't
a m o u mt to
much. They're
all of them
1.-THE best.n
But tn ere s
only one of
them Z that S
g cd enough
to guarantee
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20

<EJANTtD-w washing ut home. No iU
wv East Seventh street sl6-3t'
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-20

INoR SA LIE HALF an acre OF land with
~ tu d nTs. rented at Sl* per month.
olose to railroad and whHrf, suitable for
coal or lumber yard. and IL good mill site.
Inquire at sis Clay on s rect. slG-5t'
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11

cities he has been in peril from fire, and
his best Skill has been required to
guard against it. In the very early his
tory of England and France prcventa-
tive measures were rcsorted to, and
laws were passed for the management
OF fires during the day, and the curfew
bell was rung at eight o'clock in the
evening for their cXtinguishment. The
great care used in the enforcement of
these regulations made those countries
most free from fires, but in Germany,
in spite of similar laws, heavy losses
were suffered, until necessity became
the mother of invention.
The discovery of some mechanical
contrivance for the better extinguishing
of fires than by the bucket BRIGADE had
been one of the quests OF mankind from
the time of ancient Rome, when Appol-
lodorus applied the OK gut through
which water was forced by compress
ing and expanding large bag attached
to the rude hose" This was followed
by syringcs of various devices. Some
one in Germany conceived the idea of
making the syringe stationary in n tub
and converting it into u force pump.
Then the whole continuance was made
portable by being set on. Il sled The
tub was kept flied by the bucket bril-
gade. These improvements on the Ro-
man syringe, that converted it into a
portable engine, was n product. of the
ingenuity of the sixteenth century At
first it WAS drawn from place to place
by men; then the rope for that purpose
was detached and horse power was sub
stitutcd for man.
In tracing the evolution of the fire
engine we must now cross the channel.
At the close of the sixteenth century
the farthcst England had advanced,
Notwithstanding the activity on the
continent, was to the use of the "hand
squirt" or syringe, and this clumsy and
slow apparatus had been so enlarged in
the hope of increasing its effectiveness
as to require three men to handle it,
and then it only threw three or four
quarts of water at each discharge But
England took up with Germanys sled
engine and put wheels to it and attached
the leather hose and suction pipe, both
of which were invented in Amsterdam
toward the close of the seventeenth
century.
YIN Viz, uS'Siopcu ohe iIlOuern nanu
engine, but 1t took two centuries to bring
it to the excellence of many of those
used in those towns throughout the
country that recognize the necessity
of such provision against fire but can
MOI afford the steam engine with or
without horses.
1t is difficult to see how much i'm
provemcnt can be made upon the steam
frc-cngines now in use in the large
cities That can afford paid Gro depart
uents. The system Of exiin -uishinr
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11

n rummagin', an gougin', an scratch
in, an scrcechin' syou never hearn
sence N Ger built the ark.
ut wer' dark as sin an hot as-well
you'd halter go long ways to fin a
scorchin'er place. 1 fell down 'mongst
the coal an swinged my whislzers, an
thee lipt on me an KEEP clawin',
an Ruler, he lipt on the coon an there
we had it. tuck i'm a-comin' an
tuck i'm a-gwine. The coon growled
an yowled, an Ruler howlcd an
squalled, an KEEP acussin' every chance
/ got; an the mud an blood an hair
got in my mouth an nose an my years
an my eyes, an SIGH time as we had
thar in the dark wish may die eff 1
ever want to,speerunce ag'n.
"Finally l got aholto OF f. chunk an
riz to my knees, an fetched a swipe
at the varmint an knocked po' ole
Ruler into the middle O. next week.
The varmint lsivercd i'm, an then
fetched baclshanded lick at the var
mint an knocked him out o time, an
Ruler livercd me, an so we had it,
AT las Ruler grabbed the thing by
the neck just as cotcht Ruler by the
tail, an as he shuck the varmint I
shuck him, fur / wcr' skcered out O. nv
senses, an as / slung him around / got
in salty lick on the varmint what
laid him out. Ruler finished the lob,
an alter lie stopped chawin' on the
cyarkiss sot down by the root o. the
tree to ketch my breath, for I'll sw'ar |
wer' nigh bout gin out.
After rested bit | struck light
an tuck look ut the coon, when,
Great JechovyI hit wcr' the bggcs'
catamount ! ever seed. All that time
I'd fout an tout, thinking hit wer' a
cussed ole coon. an hit II great big val
Ter spotted wildcat.
81 tell you what, got out O. that
ere place in jiffy, an mex time /
went accom- huntin' tuck my gun. =
N. Y. Evening Post
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11
WATER TOWER AT WORK.

this has been that on account of the
failure to always direct it in the proper
course the damage from the tremcn-
dous flow of water has been entirely
out of proportion to the effect upon the
fire. Even with the steam engine and
the lesser hose, and the greater econ
omy III the distribution of the water, it
happens in the majority of cases that
the damage by water is greater tan
that by fire.
The objection to the excessive use of
water was one that chemistry was
called upon TO remove. Starting with
the principle that it was the atmos-
phcric oxygen that fed the flame expcr-
iments came to be made Mt extingu;sh-
ing fires by excluding the oxygen from
the flame. The first attempt resulted
in complicated contrivance called n
''fire annihilator." This was an ar
rangement of iron cylinders holding
water. The cylinders were heated by
pouring sulphuric acid upon compo-
sition of chlorate of potash and
sugar. The steam generated was
forced upon composition of charcoal,
inter and gypsum, and the gas thereby
generated was turned upon the fire 1t
was n complicated contrivancc, yet ef-
fective. But soon there came n simpler
invention that has held the palm for
now nearly quarter of century
This is a cylinder holding n solution of
bi-carbonate of soda. At the top of the
cylinder is Il bottle of commercial acid,
held in place by rod running from the
stopper through the top of the cylinder.
When this rod is pulled up the bottle re-
verses and the acid is CURED into the
solution. inmcdiatel! carbonic acid
gas is generated il su:h volume that
the cylinders have to y, made capa bile
of resisting pressure of as much as
400 pounds to the square inch. The gas
is discharged through the hose with the
water and coming in contact with the
flame acts as one of the most effective
cxtinguishers known. They are made
of all sizes, from the little thing upon
the merchants shelf ready at hand
for incipient blazes. to the great
double cylinder carriag that thunders
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11
STEAM FIRE ENGINES.
Tho First Practical Machine Built
in 1871 at Cincinnati.
How Fires wero Fought In the Good Old
Days-A Sixteenth Century Hand Pump
Tho Modern Water Tower and
How 1t WORKS.
Especial Cincinnati Lettor ]

This is the semi-centennial wear OF
the steam fire engine, the first one that
was brought into use with any degree
OF success having been used in New
York in 1871. The application of steam
to the agencies of civilization soon sug-
gcsted its use for directing engines for
extinguishing fires The first engine
for this purpose was built by man
named Braithwaite in London in 1880,
who two years later built n larger one
on the same plan for the king of Prus-
STA. They were of monstrous size and
tremendous weight, without the neces-
sary power, and were without practi-
cable value. After the great fire il.
New York in 1885 premium was Of
fered for plans of q steam fire engine,
and in 1871 one was built by n man
named Hodges. This was an improve
ment over the London invention. 1T
had the necessary power, but also the
cumbersome size and weight, and the
long time required in raising steam,
which allowed the fire time to exhaust
itself, rendered it of no practical value.
But it was steam fire engine, and was
used once at 4 fire, being then sold and
converted to other uses.
To Cincinnati belongs the credit of
giving the first practical demonstration
of the feasibility of this application of
steam and of making steam fire en-
gfncs the basis of fire department of
unequaled efficiency. The first sue
cessful engine was built in Cincinnati
by A. b. Latta in 1852. 1t combined
power, strength, lightness and quick
steaming qualities, and some of its
principles are retained in the perfection
engines of the present day. 1t was con-
structed of 81 stationary engine set on
wheels, hand engine pump and a
boiler of coiled gas pipe encased in
sheet iron. At the trial steam was
raised in four and one-half seconds and
water was thrown distance of 176
feet. a larger one was immediately
built on the same plan, capable of
throwing six streams at once, and was
self-propclling, horses being used only
to guide it. The day of the competitive
test of this wonder with it's hand pump
rivals was Il great event in the history
of the Queen City, and its triumph was
the overthrow of the abominablc vol
unteer system that too often permitted
buildings to fall in ashes while the rival
companies fought for the settlement of
some petty difference
Ever since man began coming to-
gether into communities and building
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11

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the stock the first month, after that the
monthly dues are 60 ,nts per share.
Q. PAID UP INTEREST BEARING
STOCK.-S50 per share (par value, S10O),
yielding dividend, payable semi-an-
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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, tho same being issued
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q. 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 basis
not exceeding so per cent. OF it's value,
as ascertained by appraisers who are
themselves stockholders OF tho Associ.
alton, while the debt of the member
borrowing is being curtailed every
month of its existence, IL is difficult to
conceive of safer investment than its
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 apr19-1y
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11
THE ROANOKE TIMEs, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY II. lss2

lsnowed hit warn't noth'n' else but
that same ole cuss of coon. picked
up my light an fetched a whoop to en-
courage the dog, an away went down
the creek. wer' in bigger hurry
than common, fur wer' afcar'd Ruler
ID ketch up wild the coon, an the fight
'ud all be over afore could get in n
lick.
But I call1ilated too shore. The
dog keep n yelpin' an a-yelpin' tell he'd
run fully mile, and then hearn him
openin' in n contrary direction; an
1lnowed the coon wcr' a-doublin' on us.
/ keep rs nigh up as possible, but the dog
keep a-twistin' an a-turnin', fust one
way an then t'other, an up an down,
an bacli'ards an for'ards, till wer' n
putin an a-snortin' wus'n ballused
boss. AT last the barliin' tuck q
straight co'se way up toards the
swamp, an | knowed f'om the wayshe
wer' a-barllin' that the trail wer' git
tin hotter.
"T'll git you now, blame YOU I
thought You're a-gittin' tired now,
an you'll take n tree presently
II walked an run, an stumbled over
the logs tell I'd gone near bout two
mile, when heard Ruler a-barlzin'
fierce, lack he'd freed. whooped to
i'm to hor faS, and then struck out
through the swamp to whar he wcr',
an every step tuck cussed that coon
fur leadin me SIGH n worrisome racllit.
Bimeby | busted into a slash an waded
across, an thar sot Ruler Mt the foot of
stoopin' bla' gum, a-lool1in' up an IL
barl1in' every now an then to keep me
posted as to his wharabouts.
'Ah, you dinged, Internal oil corn
eater, I'll git you now says I, and
begun to pcrparc.
Ruler jumped up an down wild ex-
element, whilst l walked slowly
round the tree a-tryin' to shine tho var
mint's eyes.
"At last l located 'em in thick
bunch o moss an leaves jest whar the
tree bert over, an, thinks /, thcm's-
the mastcrcst coon's eyes dat ever L
shined in all my horned days.
''Thc gum wer' big un, an YOU
know thcys the toughest trees that
ever growed, an did dread to tackle
that ere tree. 1 thought p'r'aps the
thing mought be hollcr; so laid my
light keerfully on little tussicls be-
hint me, and hauled off wild the az
an hit the tree n jarrin' lick
'Swish-shP Sump'n breshed my
head, an knocked my hat off, an
struck the light kerdab, an squinched
1T like flash; an the mex mint felt
sump'n rake me down the back, an
great Je-ru-sa-luml Ruler jined in the
row. Tho varmint fout. tout.
Ruler fout We all three fout. Such
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11

fires with water has seemingly reached
the imiteof excellence. Quick-steam.
ing engines, drawn by swift horses,
are now at the fires before the last echo
of the alarm has died away. The
water systems of the cities provide in
eXhaustiblc supplies to the engines. and
tho little giant pumps force two-inch
streams to the top floors of the highest
buildings with power enough to carry
from their feet and render unconscious
the man who receives its full weight.
; The Improvement of the steam fire
engine has kept pace with the growth
of cities, even with the fancy of man
running to those towering structures
that are the wonder even of their build.
crs. One of the most conspicuous of tho
contrivanccs designed to meet the up.
ward tendency of buildings is the
water tower" II stove pipe sort of ar
rangcment that can be run up section
upon section until the necessary height
is reached, when the upper end, which
is bent like the elbow of stove pipe,
is turned into the windows of the burn
ing building and the water poured upon
the fire in stream as thick as a mans
leg. Ono great trouble in the use of
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11
His Own Joke.

Few jolSers love jokes so we'll they
will work one on themselves, but ono
has been reported at this office. One
day last summer the joker in question
was going home in the midst of n thun-
der-storm and bobtail car He stood
the lightning flashes for several min.
utes and finally rang the bell.
What the mischief are you goinp to
do?" asked his wife.
I'm going to get off,"
What arc you going to do that for
in all thB Storm"
Safety, my dear, safety" he said
hrm'y You see there's no conductor
on this car, and If the lightning should
strike it we'd all be knocked into hash
and splintcrs." and II his wife hadn't
held on TO his coattails he would have
gone out into the storm just to have
made his joke success Detroit Frca
Press
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11
suiLDINa ASSOCIATIONS.
The Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association
OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, ss5, 900, ooo
sULD1Na ASSOCIATIONS.
OFFICERS:

PREsIDENT-GEN. FITZHUGH LEE,
Ex-Governor of Virginia.
1sT VICE-PREsIDENT = PEYTON L.
b. TERRY, President Roanoke Trust,
Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
I'D VICE PREsIpENT-S. w. JAMESON,
Secretary and treasurer. Roanoke
Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Co.
SEoRETARY-JOHN OFT, late Cashier
City Bank of Richmond.
TREAsUREB-J. G. DAVENPORT, Cash.
Ter Commercial National Bank, Roa
noke, Va.
GENERAL CoUNsEL-Hon. G. A. Mo.
HUGH, Counsellor-at-Law, late OF
Charleston. S. G.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11

liver SO alfred mad couldn't see, an
jest intermind right then an there to
fix that vnrmunt.
Gwen I got to the house hit wcr'
supper time; but wcr' too mad to eat
much. An jest es soon es Ruler had
ct bite called him. an grabbed up
the ak an torch O fat splinters, an
started TO the creek. | knowed at
suilen oil scounderl couldn't a got fur,
beca'se he wcr' busy huntia' craw-
fish long the run.
81 p'inted Ruler to tho spot where
he sot wen flung the chunk at him.
Ruler seemed to l:ctch on. an went off
in q lope down the thiclsct. an went
out to the high land to cut mo better
torch ] split the splinter, long an
kecrfully. SOS to have Il good light
w'en fetch that ole coon 20 bay.
s.A'ter a good long wniie hearu
Ruler open way down Tic .un. an
&nawed he'd got fresh trail. and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-11
RAILROADS.
RAILROADS
N 4 s :: W AeEIoIksWesternRR..

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DECEMBER 6, 1891.
wEsrBouND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY
9:25 o. m. for Radford, Pulaski. Bristol. aI.o %,
Blue1eld, Pocahontas, Elkhorn Ciincb VIZ
10y Division and Louisville Via Norton
Puliman sicepers to Memphis and New Or
,o acaDs and to Louisville Via Norton. "a
1U'aU a. IN. for Radfordand Intermediates stat,ora
No connection beyond ''A'ioAio'
o:lo p. m Tor Radford, Pulaski, Bristol Con-
meets at Radford for Blncfeid and Poca.
E0ntas Pullman slecpers to Memnhia VIC
Chattanooga. 0upnis viz
N0KTH AND EAsTBoUHD, LEAVE ROANOKE Dt,Yx
.oU a. M. Tor Shonnndoah; no connection bevnnd1
l2'o0 p M for Hagcrstown. Pullman seencra 10
New York via Harrisburg and PhiladeIph;a :"
ll:l2 2. m: Tor Hagcrstown. Pullman sjecncrs 70
Washington via Shenandoah Junctionp ana nd ~ ~
NOW YORK via Harrisburg. N W
6SO O. m. for Petersburg and Richmond
12:45 p. M. daily for Richmond and Norfolk pr,
man parlor COR to Norfolk VI
6O5 p IN. for Lynchburg; no connection ho,o,,,
LILO f y. IN. Ior iMlcnmond and Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper to Norfolk and Lynchburg to Rich.
Clnch Valley Diyision-Lcavcs Blucncld daily
CIV a. M Tor Norton, and 2C5 d. m for Nor
ton, Louisville and points on L. 81 N, R'R
North Carolina Division-Lcavo Pulaski da,,v
1:OO a. m. for Ivanhoe and 1:30 D. M for Ivan,
noe ana Gossan and $40 u. IN (exccpt sun
day. for Betty Baker. ~'A-
o0lco or to w n bEVTIiT,. eAes
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke. Va.