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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09
Meeting of Council.

The principal business transacted
Thursday night at the meeting of the
council was the acceptance of the $50, 900
bonds of the secretary and treasurer and
sergeant. Tho moving OF the scale
house was reIcrr d 70 the committee on
r rnnh,.c property viii power to act. A
proposition from the Electric Light
Company to sell out the plant to the
town was laid on the table for further
action. Messrs. S. A. Wilson and r.
w. Kline, OF the town board OF school
trustees, appeared to ask that the
school levy be made, but this matter,
after some discussion, was passed over
to called meeting. During the consid
atom OF the school question one Of the
councilman was very outspoken regard
Ing the important position Of county
superintendent of schools being filled
by one who was chronic invalid and
who, for weeks at time, is confined to
his bed, The councilman substantially
told the trustees that ho was of tho
opinion that il the true interests of the
school children were to be protec ted,
the present superintendent of schools
should resign, and a man should be ap-
pointed who would always be in con-
dition to attend to business.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09
THE oRPHANAGE.
Meeting of the Executive Com
mittee Yesterday.

The executive committee of tho Bap-
fist Orphanage met in the Evans build
ing yesterday morning and transacted
the following business:
The report OF Superintendent HOLIDAY
was read and approved. The committee
on reception of orphans reported ten in
the building and about twenty more ex.
pected.
A prepared statement of facts con.
corning the Orphanage and certain reso.
buttons were read and ordered to be
printed for distribution at the district
associations. Resolutions of thanks
were passed to the Times-Register and
the Salem people for the recent gen
erous pound party.
AIT p. m. the executive committee
adjourned to most excellent dinner
prepared by the orphanage chef" after
which Prof. Cooke, of Holiins, made a
very pleasing address to the officers and
children.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09
Safe Blown Omen.

Thursday about midnight or possibly
early Friday morning burglars broke
into the laboratory building at the fur
mace, and blowing open the large iron
safe in the office, got nearly ons hun
dred dollars in money, and scattered
papers around everywhere. Friday
Manager Bachman offered reward for
o white man who worked two nights in
the stock house and twice during Fri
day on some preten,e or other walked
into the office. This man was about 35
years old, dark hair and eyes, thick
upper lips, brown moustache, wore light
pants, brown coat and flannel shirt, was
about S feet 1O51 inches tall and
weighed about lao pounds. Yesterday
this man had vanished and it is thought
he was an export burglar getting the
"laY OF the land" for himself and part
ners. The same night the warehouse
OF Darst, Smith e. Co. was broken into,
but their safe was not touched as r. r.
Campbell sleeps close to it, and anyone
who has heard him snore once in dark
room will receive such shock as it will
be many month before they will re
cover from it,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09
We Cha Yum Entertainments

Hon. We Cha Yum and wife spent yes
terday morning at Roanoke College,
where they were entertained by DR..
Dreher, DIR. s C. Miller, and Rev. C. A.
Miller. They were accompanied by
Miss Davis, Of Abingdon, who will sail
on the 10th of August. from San Fran
cisco, with seven other missionaries f +
Corea. Miss Davis is at the Lucerne as
the gnest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ye. The dis
tinguished visitors were much inter
ested and highly pleased with the co..
lege, and Mrs. Ye was rather surprised
that the college had SO much better
equipments than she supposed, although
both she and her excellent husband had
received the most favorable reports of
Roanoke College from Hon. Aimaro
Sato, secretary of the Japanese Lega-
ton in Washington, who visited the
college two years ago Yesterday after
noon Mr.. and Mrs. Ye, in company with
DR.. Dreher, drove over to Roanoke. Tho
Corean minister reads the American
newspapers with avidity, and amongst
those furnished him daily is copy of
The ROANOKE TIMES.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09
Duststorms on tho Atlantic.

Ships crossing the Atlantic in the
latitude of the Cape Verde islands often
encounter duststorms of longer or
shorter duration. One of the most re-
markablc of these paradoxical storms
swept down on the German steamer
Argentine" in the summer of 1880. It
lasted for four days, during which time
the air was so full of dust particles as
to make high monday almost as dark
as the blacklist midnight. When the
storm" was at its height the sailors
were kept busy shoveling the dust from
the steamers decks. The machinery
was made to work with great difficulty,
and at one time the captain, j. G..
Schcon. had grave apprchensions that
they would be dashed upon the Cape
Verde reefs. AS mentioned in the
opening, duststorms frequently occur
on the Atlantic but the above is the
only instance of n regular dust blizzard
of four days duration in the memory ot
the oldest sea captains
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09
BREvITIEs.

The Cleveland and Stevenson Anti
Force Bill Club, of Salem, met in the
courthouse Friday night, President
Stearnes in the chair. K. s. Strayer,
chairman of the MON bership committee,
reported one hundred new names. Vari-
GUS committees were appointed by the
president, and the ono TO secure room
and banner was continued. 1t was an.
nounced that next Thursday night two
speakers would address the club in the
courthouse, and that ladies were speci-
ally invited on that occasion.
M. L. Huff vest rday sold by auction
for the Norfolk and Western raj road
eleven car loads of lumber which had
been accommodating at the Salem depot
for the past two years. The prices
realized were all the way from S5.75 TO
81. 80 per thousand feet
L. w. Spindle, of Roanoke, WAS in
town on business yesterday.
At a meeting yesterday Of the board
Of directors OF the Victoria Land and
Improvement Company the resignation
of Frank A. Lovelock as secretary and
treasurer was received
The Salem Silver Cornet Band played
from 5 to 10 p. N. Thursday night in the
courthouse band stand
Mrs. l.. q. Langhorne, her sisters and
several friends had a delightful hay ride
Thursday night, and upon returning
| nomu were s.rcnaded
Whilst there will not be any cards
| issued for the marriage OF Baker w
Armstrong TO Miss Mamie Nugent, as
stated recently In TIE THINKS. the re-
porter Is informed mat the marriage
will take place in Salem on the 14th.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09

The'narwhal, or sea unicorn Mono
don monoceros), whose long and screw
like tuslS is supposed to have been tho
original of the tabled unicorn of song
and story, is yet fairly abundant in the
waters of Alaska, the only part of tho
United States where, according to the
Detroit Free Press, 1T is found at
present.
1t disappeared from Europe nearly a
century ago, the last one seen in the
German ocean being in the year 1916,
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New Business Wagons

See our wagons just built for Roanoke
Brokerage and Storage Co., jennings y
Body, G. f. 1;NuRt, &. H. Stewart Fur
niture Co, CAtOgni Bros. and others.
Catogni Bros hickey pokey carts are
dandies. All built by Salem Carriage
Co, Salem, Va. Call and see us and get
CLARKE & SADLER, Preprietors.
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THE MODERN UNICORN.

and on the British coast in 1900, so thu
only specimens to be met there now are
those that are stuffed and laid on
shelves in the various museums.
The sen unicorn, can, at present, be
found only in arctic waters, it being
comparatively free from foes there and
possessing an ineXaustible commits
sariat from which to draw its supplies.
Gentle, if not timid, and comparatively
defenseless, it is not fitted to fight the
battle of life in regions where foes are
numerous and the lord of creation can
put forth all his power. Numbers are
killed annually by the Aleuts and Es-
quiInauX and their tusks sold to the
captains of whAlers, who pay for them
In goods and provisions A tusls is
worth all the way from $40 to $50 in
American and European markets, but
the man who first secures it does not,
in oil probability, get SIS for the finest
specimens.
Most of the narwhal ivory found In
the markets of the Atlantic states is
imported from Denmark, Copenhagen
being the principal shipping point
An adult narwhal ranges from ten TO
sixteen feet in length; is blackish in
hue, and has the caudal fin and much
the form of the white whale. 1t is in
clined to become notified or whitish as
1T advances in years, and also moro
cautious, an old male being very diff
cult to approach and female with
young more SO.
1t is said to lose its teeth at an early
age and to be therefore compelled to
live on fish which it can easily overtake
nd cf;o 20
stump left with which to cut its food.
The tusk, which Is In reality modified
tooth, extends from the left side of the
upper jaw to length of ten or more
feet and is its sole weapon of offense
and defense. Fighting not being
prominent traitof its character, it Is not
compelled to use its lance very much,
yet when the occasion arises it can give
q Prussian uhlan of the guard few
points in thrust and parry.
1t is almost irresistible in o charge,
owing TO Its strength, weight and speed,
h2d any ehepy II may bit is likely to
Tecefye mortal thrust, as the t;cc;;rrt Of
its lance is Very Sharp and tie blade
strong enough to go through q Whale.
It has been kn6%n to force its tooth
through Bic side Of whaling boat, and
more then one case is on record where
it disabled an Esquimaux canoe and
made its occupants fee for their lives
to g Convenient iceberg or broken,
floating ice, over which it could not
scramble.
1t is the only animal known that
fights foes with single tooth and, as
II is usually victorious against all of
them except man, it deserves much
credit for its courage.
The single-toothed creature cannot
travel on land, It's pcctoral fins being
rather long and flexible and its tail
broad and too bifurcated to be of much
use in terrestrial locomotion. It's dis
appearance from Europe and the greater
portion of this continent would indicate
that it is doomed to early extinction,
I and the probability is that it will be as
rare as the great aux or mastodon in O
hundred years from now. member
of the cetaceans, it's flesh and fat are
appreciated by savagcs and it's tusl1s by
white men, SO that it has every quality
requisite for its early determination
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09
Dict of Worms.

y German living at Pottstown, Pa,
ate one dozen angle worms on a wager
reccatlG. He says he learned to eat
them when lad, and that they gre rs
palatablc as raw oysters, especially
when eaten with vinegar, pepper and
salt.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09

TTAIR MATTRESSES-W MANU-
II facture all kinds of mattresses for
sale, wholesale and retail. Hair mat.
tresses re-made speciality. Practical
workmen employed, work warranted,
prices low. Orders by mail promptly at
tended. Will buy clean shucks and straw
]. B. RICHARDSON g. SON, Alabama
st, Salem Va. P. D. box 326. 35 1y.
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BLOWERS AND PLANTS.

ny wagon will be at the Roanoke market
every other morning. with choice plants. Parties
having lawns to plant would do we'll to get my
prices on bedding plants, as l can save you
money ON all foliage plants.
j. SHARTZER,
Florist, Salem, Va.
River Side Flower Gardens. 34lyr
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-09
THE MODERN UNICORN.
1t Is Fairly Abundant In the Wa
tors Of Alaska.

Its Commercial Value, However, Is So
Great That 1t Is Gradually Approach
Ing Extinction-IIabits of tho
Queer Creature.
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PROFESSIONAL.

T ERNEST WALKER.
Insurance, Real Estate and Collecting. Room
billiard 81 Pcrsinger building, College avcnuc.in
INIT
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HARDWARE, WHOLESALE AND RE.
TAIL.
BROWN " JOHNSTON, II Jefferson street
Telephone IS.
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r. J. ECKLOFF, 81 Jefferson street
Il. Ii. WALKER, Campbell. ct, door cast of JET
fersOn.
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LUMBER. LATHS AND SHINGLES.
W. II. CLARE " Co., Office 100 Henry street.
TINES building, p. o. box ISL. Everything
carload only.
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HAY, GRAIN, &c.
DANIEL Il HOLLADAY, IA Kirk. rear p. o.
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ROANOKE DRESSED BEEF Co.
N. RENSCH, Stall No. 8.
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DIAMONDS, WATCHES & JEwELRY.
D. L. SOLOMON, 1Os Salem ave.
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FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
q; w. SISLER, 407 Second st. L. c. (coHins, cas.
kcte, robes, &c., Tel. 109 ~''''
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COAL, WOOD, LIME AND CEMENT.
NOTTINGHAM u HALLET (sawed stove and
kindltng wood, z Commerce street
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COURT SrENOGRApHER.
CHAS. E. GRAVES, Office room COG Terry Bldg
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IRON CONTRACTOR.
CUSHMAN IRON CO., Commercial Bank Bid
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CORNICES. SLATE AND TIN ROOFING.
THE ROANOKE ROOFING AND METAL cor.
NICE CONTRARY, room iC3 Terry Buildinp
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-26
ON cEsAR's HEAD.

fiannels were sight to behold. our
carriage has a fringe around a canopy
ton. and even long after the rain ceased
this wet fringe, which had been full OF
dust, shed mud all over us as the venice
iostled over the stony roads and Jared
the soiled water in our ears and down
our spines.
Yet we were not cast down. think
that at such time one should still be
CAV. especially if ON picnic or excur-
sion. Before starting on picnic we
should have decided fully to be merry
under the most adverse circumstances
so as to mislead spectators. Dld you
ever see q group of straw riders VINO
did not have tin horns and an air OF
false payety and assumed mirth!
So have learned to put on society
s1nirk even while having my teeth bored
ont and filed with hot lead. This is the
proof of refinement. This is the differ
ence between the thoroughbred and the
''hoy pulloy." The barbarian swears
and hops about on one foot when he hits
his crazy bone against the gothic end OF
the pew while taking his accustomed
place, but the refined and high church
communicate clinches his teeth, leans
his head forward, smiles a periton1tls
smile and bites his hymnal till you car
read on it the name of the man who
made his teeth.
So we moved calmly on with sub
! dued gayety and now and again little
burst of chastened, English humor, I'll
at half past 8 at night the welcome lights
of the hotel at the summit doomed up II
the darkness. No hotel was ever more
welcome. Nolandlord ever looked more
angelic, and how we slept An appren
tice in the business could have robbed
me of my all A plain woman in middle
life could have come in and carried me
away to her eyrie without waking me
but through some strange oversight l
was not attended to.
In the morning the view burst upoi
us as it would if we had been brough
there by enchantment. ! wish that
had a command of language and coulC
make nuisance of myself by taking al
a column of valuable advertising spac
here with description of the unlimite'
view, A friend of mine, who has won
derful command of language, and who
a great reader, being regular subscribe
to The Century Magazine, said yesterday
rather tersely, it seemed to me, that ]
seemed to him the scene beggared DE
scription.
This flow of language with him seem
to be a sort of gift, and he has strength
ened it a good deal by a careful cours
of reading. He has read all the standar
works, he says, and is a good gramma
rian. was with him eight days on
trip once, and he spoke so correctly, eve
when under the influence of liquor, tina
it was almost relief to hear the drive
violate rule of grammar now and the
in pronouncing curse on his mules.
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nnnhtfnI snccess.

Imagination sometimes creates diff
culties, and sometimes, but not SO often,
it helps to overcome them. A maiden
lady, living at a fashionable watering
place on the western coast Of England,
is said to have had great curiosity to
see Napoleon.
When he was prisoner on board the
Bellerophon, tossing in Tor bay, she
braved the dangers and discomforts in.
cidental to trip in a small fishing boat
on a windy day in order to get look
at the captive. who had whipped the
world"
On returning to shore late in the even
ing, exhausted but rejoicing, she was
asked by less enterprising friend if she
had really seen 'the monster"
To this question the enthusiastic spin
ster replied by lifting up eyes and hands
of fervent gratitude to heaven, and ex-
claiming:
Eyes, thanks for the sighti At least, "
she continued, dropping her voice to
doubtful mutter, 81 believe almost saw
his coattails. youths Companion.
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We were told that IN two miles we
wouid encounter signboard which
would tell US the way, and there we must
k.sxa 10 the right. We were also told
ekoA The signboard was eight miles away
.:ut: that We must turn to the left. One
sind friend said it was eleven miles and
that the main bridge was washed away.
He would keep us, however, if we could
mt mn with his humble fare and rather
pronounced views regarding the exis-
fence of Literary hell" Literal hell
was doubtless the term he desired to use
We afterward learned that he was not
man of his word. The bridge was not
in bad repair. Also, there is no bridge.
The Jones Gap road is marvel of en-
cheering. It was laid out by Solomon
Jones, who is still living. His method
of laying out mountain road was to
employ a large sow in winter time
which, by driving gently down the hill,
would naturally select through the snow
the gentlest descent and the easiest
grade. As q result of this method, the
Jones' Gap road is well planned and the
descent from Caesars Head as gradual
as it is from Queen Victoria to the Prince
of Wales.
AS the thunder doomed louder and
the torrents of rain beat in upon us and
injured our costly and beautiful cloth
ing, signboard of some kind glim-
mered in the uncertain fash OF light
ming that split the drenched and 1nky
world. It was then that duplicated
the experience of Mr.. Burdette years
ago. i got out into the pelting storm,
and with the icy torrent running down
my trapped spine climbed the post and
waited for another flash. had tried to
light match, but the place where
generally strike match was all wet St
l gave it up.
The lightning did not make any re,
marks for a long time, but remained
where it was, looking roguishly down
ON me as chung trembling to the guide,
post, wiping my spectacles on the tai
of my coat. Finally glare of intense
light tore open the somber robes OF
night and lighted up the silent guide
post. 1t went on to say: "Faclal blem
ishes, warts, eczema and superhuou'
hair removed without publicity at YOU
own homes. Also, cash paid for hides
pelts and furs.
We have now Travelled some thirty
odd miles over two or three still oddel
roads and shit a-raining."> My spirit
were greatly depressed and my outing
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BAG GUNS.

To BE Heard at jackson Tennessee on
August so.
West Tennessee Democrats are
going to show their interest in the
Important campaign this year by an
opening day at Jackson on the SUN
inst, when there will be q great as
sembIage which will light the camp
fires of the organized Democracy ana
set sn example of earnest ana en-
thusIastic effort. The meeting VIII
he addressed by eminent speakers
Among those expected to be present
ar. Judge Peter Turney, Hon. John
Allen, Of Mississippi, Hon. James A.
Mckenzie, of Kentucky, Bob Taylor
and other public men of note.
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AHermit,a Trensnre.

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Aug. 29.-Conrad
Burch, a hermit, who has lived for
thirty years alone in an out of the way
place in Porter county, died several days
ago. and a search of his lonely habita-
ton has just brought to light his i'm
rcense wealth. Several jars of coin were
found in almost inconceivable places.
He died alone and unattended by either
a friend or neighbor, and in the absence
of heirs no disposition can be made Of
his fortune. a thorough search win be
made for his children.
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What Your Great Grandmother Did.

She hetcheled the flax and carded
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