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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
THE NEW CITY JAIL.

THE TIMFs presents this morning the
details of the plans for mayors office
and city Jail combined, which will be
recommended to the Council tonight by
the pablo property committee.
Now that the plans of the building
are practically decided upon, the next
step for the public property committee
to take Is to secure a suitable location
for its erection. When the old Jail,
small ns it was, was full of prisoners,
it was not only an eyesore to one of the
most public parts Of the city, but often
the nights were made so hideous by the
noise OF prisoners that people in that
vicinity who were permitted to sleep at
all dreamed that they were in the
jungles of Africa. instead of in tho
heart OF city in civilized land.
Should the new Jail be erected on the
same 81 @, sleep-produc will be in
greater demand when Roanokes law
breakers are gathered in from the Gus
tody of her accommodating sister cities
and counties.
It is to be hoped that the public prop
erty committee will not be SO rash as to
recommend the erection Of the new Jail
directly in front of the Greene Memorial
Church, as has been intimated. This Is
even moIe Objectionable than the site
1.-THE old Jail, for obvious reasons.
There is no ques ton that the people
of Roanoke desire the Jail to be erected
in less conspicuous place, and it re-
mains to be seen whether the desire of
the people will be considered by the
Council
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

Because His Family is In Want of Food
and Raiment.
A sad case of attempted suicide was
reported to the police last night a nd the
demented victim was arrested and
locked in the station-house About 10
o'clock man came to Officer Freeman
and told him that his half brother had
come down town declaring that he in
tended to throw himself in front of a
moving train and end his life.
The officer started to arrest him but
the man ran, and after pursuing him for
some distance he was finally overtaken
and placed under arrest. When at the
station house he said his name was ii.
Nj. Sloan and that he had been sick and
unable to work for six months and that
his wife and children were suffering for
the necessaries Of life.
When searched only a pocket-knife
was found on him. He said he was not
going to either eat or drink, and if ever
turned out would kill himself. He had
his wife's picture in the cell, and was
continually kissing it and saying that
he could not live and see his family suf-
fer. After being in the cell about an
hour he was taken with violent fits,
clinching his hands and teeth and
showing signs of tho greatest agonies.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
THE Gondoliers," at the Opera House
Tho Gondoliers" Tonight.

The Grau Opera Company opened q
two nights engagement at tho Opera
House last night to la.ge and de-
lighted auditn nee. The 'oponing opera
was Said Pasha" which has been sung
in Roanoke before, but meyer as it wa
last night.
The company, which is q largo one, is
composed Of excellent material. The
chorus is splendid and the costumes
were magnificent Tho girls were all
good looking and fine singers and so
were the men.
There may be two funnicr men H.
the business than Herman Waldo an
Stanley FelcD, but they h.v, not w.,
shown up in this par of the countr,
as the two advent irers they we
simply great. Edith Mason Hiied II,
character OF Serena with "a .ertnc.
that captured the audi nee, and Franc
Gaillard as said Pasha" was ali a!
could b. desired.
THE Goudoliers, y at the opera House
TO night
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

GIRLS, beware of what you say of the
peculiarities of dress and manners and
other things thai are not nice. about
your girl associates and acquaintances.
If you persist in these little harmless
bits Of gossip and criticism you may
meet q razor on the street. This is the
latest fad, not from Paris, but from
Memphis, in the law-abiding and law
loving State of Tennessee, where on
last Monday Miss Alice Mitchell
emptied the life blood of Miss Freda
Ward on the pavement just because the
latter's tongue was not properly
guarded. But people will talk.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

THE Hornet Nest Rifemen, of the
Hornet Nest City, Charlotte. N. c.,
have rendered their services to the
country in case Of war with Chilli. The
Hornets are keeping up with the record
of their grest-grand-d addies. who signed
the Mecklenburg declaration of indie
pendeDce. May go, ITS.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
Ia new snddle has n serics of snrinna

"A new saddle has series of springs
connecting the upper saddle tree, or
seat, with the lower, to relieve the rider
from constant jolting. The springs are
cone-shape, working within each other,
and are of tempered steel. so as TO work
freely wherever the motion of the horse
may bring the weight Of the rider.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
Tho Additional Vocabulary.

Author have just completed n story
Of three hundred thousand words.
His Fricnd--How is that possible9
There are but a hundred and fifty thou
sand words in the language.
Author-Ah, but this is dialect
story. Judge.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
"THE Gondoliers, at the Opera House
FOR CoMMoNwEALTH's ATTORNEY.
Eston Randolph. ESQ:

ESton Randolph, esq:
DEAR SIR: AS the spring elections
are approaching and other candidates
are already in the field for the position
OF commemorative attorney for the
city of Roanoke, large number of
the members of tho bar and others of
your friends would be glad to have you
announce yourself u candidate for that
position. They are confident that your
long experience as criminal lawyer and
well.known legal abilities will insure
prompt and capable administration for
this office, and that the city can do no
better for its own interests than by
electing you to discharge its duties.
Trusting that you will shortly de-
clare yourself candidate through tho
public press. am, respectfully yours,
CITIZEN.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
Creating an Impression

Chollie (glancing ut bill of fare)-I'd
order some quail on toast if they had
it, Bella, but they haven't. apparently,
80 guess we'll have some plain
Waiter-We have quail on toast, sir,
although it isn't on the bill.
Chollic (sotto voce)-Shut up.-Life.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

The newspapers Of London are now
giving their readers pen pictures of the
spectacle of an Irish boss as diplomat.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
Never in a thousand years.

The attorney general has moved to re-
argue the Miller case, the recent deci-
sion OF which by the court of appeals
played havoc with the Jurisdiction of
the Justices OF the peace
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
THE Atlanta Constitution, in rece,

THE Atlanta Constitution, in recent
editorial, says:
Certain indications point to the went ial l'as-
ing OF the Norfolk and Western by the East Ten
ncssee. That will put tie E 1T Tennessee from
Bristol to Baltimore, an with the Queen and
Crescent system. will PIT 4.S0o miles of road
under President FELTON,.
Never in thousand years,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

MIR. JULES GRAU mas ,ho sole rirhr
for the production OF tho "Gondoliers
and tonight will be your last chanc,
this season to hear it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
Mrs. Dimmick Returns

Mrs. j. Il. Dimmick, who has been
spending several days with her husband,
returned homo to-day. The many
friends of this charming lady will be
pleased to learn that her husband is
contemplating building here and maxi
ing this his future home.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

"THE Gondoliers." at The opera IIout @
tonight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

Or COURSE you want to save money
this year; then be careful; don't buy a
piano or organ from firm who gets
their goods on consignment. If you do
you will pay Sl5 or S25 moro on an organ
and $50 to S75 more on piano. Hobbie
Music Co. buys direct from manufac-
turers at first cost. Deal with them and
save this money.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
Last Night liire.

THE Gondolierf, at the Cpera Hou G
tonight
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

~]aoI .fi6ht
The fire alarm tura-d IN last nicht
from box AZ was for the h,use Of static N
Keeper Williams, No. 40 Church street.
Ihe IRE comp MICS respondoJ pgompti,
and attached he nose, bur were api,, "a
exunguish tn FIRE by ths usc of bucket.
and the water we not tuned on IN,
nre originated IN he Kitchen mc
caught from tte q os betw"en tic ori,lnq
und plasterins. tdn d,nag can ht r.
paired with bnt lit'lc ca4r.
ANOTHER funny opera tonight. "The
Gontoiiers."
THE Gondoliers,"a, nc opera Hor SO
sa-nieht-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
WANTED TO END HIS LIFE

"THE Gondoliers, at the Opera IIous
tonight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

'"rHE Gondoliers, at the Opera House
tonight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

THE Gondoliers," at the Opera House
tonight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

"I,aE GondOliers,"as .ae opera II So
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

TINE Gondoliers, at the Opera House
10 night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28

ANOTHER funny opera o.night, "The
Gontnlierz ,;
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-28
FU r N [ / URE.
CLOSING our.

We are CLOSING OUT stock now ~ 1,,,,a
make room for spring goods. If you could Dick mn
money on the street you would not wait. Then WIN
delay when you can save IS on SIS by bGyirg furni.
tt1re now? For example:
oolla w walnut chamber suit. three pieces was
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
Lost a Valuable Relic

When the Army of the Potomac,
in the spring of 1862, moved into the
fortifcation at Manassas and Centre
vile, the boys spent much of their time
gathering relics from the battlefield of
Bull Run to send home to their friends.
One day gawky member of the
Fourth New York brought in an unex-
ploded bomb and started to extract the
load before sending it away. He should
have taken it to an artilleryman, but in
stead took it to a blacksmith shop and,
with a hammer and cold chisel, sat
down on the floor, took the bomb be-
tween his legs, placed the brass screw
at the point and gave it a heavy blow.
The next instant the atmosphere was
dense with disintegrated blacksmith
shop. A section of the batting roof had
business over in another country, and a
chunk of the side wall went down to
visit the neighboring camp. Pieces of
iron and steel that were once tools took
an immediate vacation and fled to parts
unknown.
When the boys rushed to see what
was the matter there the man sat bolt
upright in the midst of the debris, with
his legs stretched out, a hammer in one
hand and a chisel in the other.
"Gosh," he said, as he slowly crawled
to his feet, 81 guess the folks t home'll
have to get along 'thout that she'll"
The only injury that had been done
him was the singeing of his hair and
whiskers. He wasn't even very much
frightened till the next day.-New
York Recorder.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
A Dinner at an Installation,

If the dictum of the Vicar of Bray be
true, that he "who lives a good life is
sure to live WELL" then George Nevill,
who was archbishop of York, must have
been very good man indeed. At his
installation a big banquet was prepared,
and the mere perusal of the bill of fare
is calculated to give one an appetite. 1t
reads:
Three hundred quarters of wheat, $50
tuns of ale, 104 tuns of wine, l pipe of
spiced wine, so fat oxen, wild bulls,
1,O04 wethers, 300 hogs, 300 calves, 5000
geese, 5000 capons, 300 pigs, 100 pea
cocks, 200 cranes, 200 kids, 1900 chick
ems, 1900 pigeons, 1900 rabbits, 2O4 bit
terms, 1900 ducks, 200 pheasants, 500
partridges, a, 200 woodcocks, 400 plovers,
100 curlews, 100 quails, 1000 egrets, 200
rees, above 400 bucks, does and roe
bucks, 1906 hot venison pasties, 1900
cold venison pasties, 1000 dishes of jelly
pastes, 1900 dishes of plain jelly, 1000
cold custards. 1900 hot custards, 800
pike, 300 Dream, 8 seals. porpoises and
400 tarts. The walters numbered 1000,
the cooks CO, and the kitcheners 515.-
London Tit-Bits.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
No Hard Feelings.

A man about forty-five years old. hav
ing three new scythe stones tied W
with string under his arm, got aboard
the train at Smiths Centre, and as he
passed down the car to find a seat, g
passenger who was considerably young,
er, and who also appeared to be far.
me-, called out:
wall, declar', but who expected to
see you here! How are ye, Jim Tomp.
SOM"
"Oh, toler'ble well, considerin," was
the reply of the newcomer. '"How's all
your folksg"
"Able to be around, thank We. Get.
tin ready to sharpen up, seer
"Ya-as."
Look here, Jim, l want to talk to ye
bit. Folks is tellin round that you'n
me is mad at each other an ready to
fight"
"Ya-as, I've heard it"
But it amt so. | amt mad, and |
don't know what you've got to git mad
over"
'Oh, l never thought of gittin mad"
"It's jest the gossips, who want sum-
phin to blow about. l married Mary
Jane Hopkins. We didn't hitch very
well, and l got divorce. Then she
married you, and that set folks to
thinkin we orter be mad at each other.
Lands alivel but it would take more'n
that to make me madr'
"And here too"
''How is Mary Jane nowg'
"Fust rate-fust rate"
''Does she git mad and go into hyster-
icks?"
Hasn't yit."
"How's her breath?"
''Improvin right along all the time"
"Glad to hear it. Willin to git up in
the mornin?'
Perfectly willing?"
s'Kick any bout milkin the COWS and
feedin the hogs?"
"Not kick"
"Waal, I'm glad on it. We couldn't
hitch, but amt got word to say agin
Mary. Somebody had to marry her,
and it might as well be you as any one
else. Don't you mind what folks say.
amt mad nor goin to git mad Jest
cause you married my old wife. I'm
after another, and as soon as | git her
you'n Mary come over and stay all day,
and we'll make it pleasant for ye."-
New York Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
Woman Mans Equal.

Buffalo Enquirer.
Female reformers bent upon obliter-
ating the existing social and political
inequalities between the sexes should
visit Iceland. There they would find
their Eldorado, for on that cold little
island women are in nearly all respects
mems equals. In all matters women
enjoy the franchise; they hold offices and
take part in the municipal government,
though they are still debarred from run
ming for State offices.
Children are all taught by their moth
ers and in the whole land, it is said, not
IA single illiterate youngster is to be
found. Those voting mothers have
produced nation in which there are no
prisons, no police, no thieves, no enor-
mously rich nor miserably poor. All are
plain, temperate, chaste, educated and
intelligent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items from Everywhere, Condensed 70
Quick Reading.

Items from Everywhere, Condensed fol
Quick Reading.
THURSDAYS NEWS.
By the breaking of bridge at Gin
cinnati suburb 25 men were killed.
A bung factory at Elizabeth, W. Va.
was burned, loss 100000.
Adolph Schwacofer suicided at Ash
tabula, o., on his sisters wedding day
Ex-Secretary Whitney says he is not a
candidate for the Democratic Presiden-
tial nomination.
FRIDAYS NEWS.
Depew is said to be the Presidents s
choice for Secretary of State.
Five counties of Minnesota were
swept by cyclone, and 100 persons
were killed and great amount OF
property lost.
A rejected suitor of the wife of a
Methodist minister at Madison, Ind,
dying, left her $2,000,000.
SATURDAYS NEWS.
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry will
tour in the United States next year.
Cleveland has the majority of votes
now on the ground at Chicago.
Five children were drowned in the
Ohio River at Neville Island, near
Pittsburgh.
DIR. Lee Smith, of Simpson, W. Va,
was drowned while bathing.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS

North American Review,
The entrance of the college into poll
tics is a feature of the Presidential
campaign of 1892. The political club,
however, is not a novelty student life,
nor is the organization of Republican
clubs in American colleges without prec-
edent. Hardly campaign has passed
without this sign of the interest of col
lege students in political affairs. Form
erly these clubs were organized in a
spirit of fun, simply for the pleasure
they afforded those who march in torch
light professions or attended meetings
held under their auspices. This year
they have been formed with more
serious purpose; the students have come
to realize that college thought and ed
ucated sentiment are yearly becoming
more important influence upon public
opinion. As representatives of the SEN
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
IT WILL NOT DO.

New York Mail and Express.
1t will not do for the Democratic
press to print bogus or boughten inter
views with socalled labor leaders declar-
ing that the workingmen will not sup
port Whitelaw Reid for the Vice Presi-
dency, because of the troubles his
newspaper Office has had with the prin-
ters' union. We observe disposition
to do this.
1t is enough to say that delegation
of the printers union made an urgent
plea before the New York delegates at
Chicago for Mr.. Reid's nomination and
presented signed statement asking the
nomination and declaring that he had
settled to the entire satisfaction of the
printers union whatever trobles his
office may have had with that body.
1t was this urgent request of the prin-
ters' union that fixed the judgment of
some of the New York delegates, and
led them to give Mr.. Reid their hearty
support. Now to charge that Mr.. Reid
is not acceptable to the labor interests
is to charge the printers union with
treachery, of which we believe it is in
capable.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
BRIEF AND STRIKING STORIES
Some are Funny and Some are Not.
A WESTERN BANK.


Detroit Free Press.
| struck a far Western town about a
month ago said drummer) with check
in my pocket and no cash to speak of.
1t was one of those modem towns and |
had my doubts about there being bank
in the place, but l ventured to interro-
gate the landlord of the hotel.
Have you got bank here?" l in
quired politely, for the Western man
has deal of local pride and you have
to give him the benefit of the doubt.
"Yes, lot of them," he said proudly.
"Can get check cashed there?"
THAT depends"
depends on what?"
"On your luck"
whats luck got to do with it?. Isn't
it run on business principles"
course it is" he said, with not very
pleasant emphasis, 81 run it myself"
Then you ought to be able to tell me
what kind of bank it is"
II can; it's faro bank"
And all the Others were like it, and L
had to get my only customer in the place
to lend me SO, till could reach a town
where other banks prevailed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
A Chameleon's Bite.

The bite even of the largest chame-
leon does not fetch blood, though the
teeth leave indentations. l often pro-
woke them to bite me in order to
observe their habits, and only once,
when one caught me between the fingers
where the skin is tender, was really
hurt. On this occasion the thing held
On so persistently and firmly that ]
could not for some time free my finger
1T last was obliged to call some one to
get it off by forcibly opening its mouth.
Even then it did not pierce the skin; its
teeth are too fine and regular, but the
dotted triangular impression of the lit
tie teeth was very red and distinct for
some minutes.-Cor Forest and Stream
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
Son e Queer Ideas of LONELINESS.

Jenness Miller Monthly.
1t is remarkable to learn the extraor-
dinary ideas of female beauty which
characterize different nations. The la
dies of Arabia stain their fingers and
toes red, their eyebrows black and their
lips blue. In Persia, they paint black
streak around their eyes, and ornament
their faces with representations of var
ious figures.
The Japanese women adopt the sing
ular method of gliding their teeth. and
those of the Indians paint them red. In
some parts of India the pearl of the tooth
must be dyed black before woman can
be beautiful. The Hottentot women
paint their entire body in compartments
of red and black. In Greenland the
women color their faces with blue and
yellow, and frequently tattoo their bod
les by saturating threads in SCOT, insert
ing them beneath the skin, and then
drawing them though.
Hindoo families, when they wish to
be particularly lovely, smear themselves
with a mixture of saffron and grease,
and in nearly all the islands of the pa
cific and Indian oceans the women, as
well as the men, tartao great variety
of figures on the face, the lips and the
tongue.
In New Holland the women cut them
selves with shells, and keeping the
wounds open a long time, form deep
scars in the flesh, which they deem high
ly ornamental.
Another mark Of beauty consists in
having finger nails so long that castings
of bamboo are necessary to protect them
from injury. An African beauty must
have small eyes, thick lips, a large, fiat
nose, and skin beautifully black. In
New Guinea the nose is perforated and
a large piece of wood or bone insei ted.
On the northwest coast of America an
incision more than two inches long is
made in the lower lip and filled with a
wooden plug. In Guinea the lips are
pieirced with thorns, the head of the
thorn being inside the mouth and the
point resting on the chin.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
HOW lie RODE.

The Century.
The charcter of the old Illinois courts
in which Abraham Lincoln practiced
was very primitive. In one case liy'
cry stable horse had died soon after be
ing returned, and the person who had
hired it was sued for damages. The
question turned largely upon the repu.
tation of the defendant as hard rider
A witness was called-a long, ,lank west
erner.
"How does Mr.. So-and-so usually
rider" asked the lawyer.
Without gleam of intelligence, the
witness replied:
'Astraddle, sir"
"No. no." said the lawyer; mean,
does he usually walk or trot or gallOp?"
"Waal," said the witness, apparently
searching in the depths of his memory
for facts, "when he rides walkin' horse
he walks, when he rides trottin' horse
he trots, and when he rides gallopin'
horse he gallops, when"
The lawyer was angry. 81 want to
know what gait the defendant usually
takes-fast or slow?"
"Waal," said the witness, "when his
company rides fast he rides fast, and
when his company rides slow he rides
SLOW"
81 want to know, sir" the lawyer said,
very much exasperated and very stern,
now, show Mr.. So-and so rides when he
is alOne?"
"Waal," said the witness, more slow
ly than ever, "when he was alone l
want along and don't know"
The laugh at the questiOner ended the
cross examination.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-23
Electrical Wonder.

George HarZer, of Kiowa, Kan, is the
father of six-year- boy who is an
electrical wonder The little fellows
body seems to be surcharged with cleo
tricity at all times and he takes great
delight in shocking those who come near
him. He can greatly increase the force
of the shock by rubbing his feet on the
carpet, and after dark the electrical dis
charge is so strong that sparks are emit
ted when he slides across the floor and
touches a piece of metal. He amuses
himself by touching all the dogs and
cats about the place, and the result is
that they all flee at his approach.