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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-05
TIE WORLDS ODD COUNTRIES

THE Egyptian is taxed fifty cents on
the palm tree that grows in his garden.
TIE average depth of sand in the
African desert is thought to be thirty
to forty feet.
TIE natives in Vera Cruz do large
trade in fircilics, which they catch by
waving blazing coal at the end of a
stick. The insects fly toward the light
and arc captured III nets.
y NUMBER of remarkable figures of
hammered silver, representing men.
women and animals. have been cxlulncd
from a peat bog in Jutland, Denmark
and placed in the National museum at
Copenhagen.
TIE highest place in the world ragu-
larly inhabited is the buddhist town Of
liainc, in Thibct, which is 10000 feet
above sea level. The highest inhabited
place in the Americas is at Galcra, Peru,
1850 feet above sea level.
\ DONKEY named Miranda was Henry
II. Stanlcys chief reliance when pass
ing through one OF the most savage dis
tricts OF Africa. At the explorers word
of command, he would bray in the most
stcntorian manner, to the great alarm
of the natives.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-05
PRETTY FASHIONS.

SLIPPERS laced with ribbon to ilni-
tate Il sandal effect arc worn with ell
pirc gowns.
y HARP of crimson wood berries set
against Il bank of moss was Il recent
bcaUt!f,;l church decoration
ClX:;AMo@ is the favoritc brown this
year. II looks particularly we'll trimmed
with fur or s:lartoncG upwith colorcd
vaistccat
PLAID slcc*cs with rcvcrs 20 match
arc vory i.shicr&bic inst row. and may
&c worn Win cithe" -rccn or blue cloth
OF even blael.
I,osn-coI.oRED vcn5 ere suggested as
bccoming Tor winter wear. adding ono
moro 20 the long list Of colors pcrrnissi-
bic nowadays in face coverings.
Wo,E3 will do wcll to substitute
soiac other nccllwoar than feather boas
to rear III high WINDS. y strong
breeze makes them 'moult" disastrous
IS.
Iris = f2voritc fad just now to cover
book with = scrap Of brocadcd silk,
sometimes padding il by i layer Of cot
ton waddinG underneath. Two ribbons
are attached to opposite sides by which
to tie it together, and Il dainty gift is
formed which is inexpensive, but rich
! il appearance.
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FASHION NOTES.

IN five o'clock tea no two cups and
sauccrs should be alike.
a GIRLS coat of red cloth is trimmed
with gold and black braid.
BUTTERFLY bows with aigrcttcs sug-
costing antcnnip are among some OF
the most approved hat and bonnet trim
mings.
IT is sid that five hundred persons
worked for ten days on the beautiful!
Lace bridal veil of Princess Marra
rcthc of Persia. 1t was made =, HRS l.
berg, Silcsia.
SricK-r!Ss are shown in every i:aaG,
'Hah!e s;Jlc. from tho plaiacst oHd most
iEc%p9asi~c ,ptic elegant AID e. acrG.o.
2inc IL .a,.n haii:g OF cno..noGs v;.le
from so!Ac very expensive atoaa c.ia.r
set sinSly or surrounded by sr:a!!o-
ones
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THE STUDIO.

BARRETT BRowSISG, son of two
famous poets, wrote verses of promise
when he was five years old, and John
Rnsllin said he should be great poet.
He is a painter instead.
TIE monument to the late emperor of
EusSia at Moscow will be completed
within a few months and next spring it
will be dedicated. 1t has been for seven
years in course of erection.
Mrs. HELEN ELIZABETH KING, of
Cleveland, has been copying, to be OK
hibited by the state of Ohio at the
worlds fair, lIuntington's portrait of
Gen. Sherman, which belongs to the
national government and hangs in the
war department at Washington.
THE illumination of Whitticr's CEN
tcnnial hymn, done in 1876 by Miss
Annie Lewis Whitley, of Pennsylvania,
will hold Il place in the Woman's build
ing at the worlds fair. An autograph
letter from Whittier in regard 10 the
hymn will probably be placed with it
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an inducemcnt to early picty, that cent,.,
bags would be larger that year, nno
that tho contents would have NOV.
"chaw" to it than ever before. This
news gave great satisfaction to the ris
ing generation; and the feeling rose Ia
wild enthusiasm when it became known
that the EpwOrth league had decided
to have tree, and that its decision
had forced the Christian En.lcavorers
the Kings Daughters, the u:,tY club.
the Masons. the Odd Fellows and the
Sons of Temperance to take si:nila.
action. As Sloppy had said, VIC were
to have more Christmas trees than h;;d
ever been seen before in Goose Falls
Most of my dear little paymatcs
promptly Joined all three OF the Sunday
schools. l did not. last at this point
i'll my career, | was attacked By one o.
these. better impulses which have SO
frequently prevented me from enjoying
things. | determined 10 rcm:n trnc tt
my convictions and stand b. the Uni,
tarians for better or for worse. Other
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Jennings. lie was fourteen years old
2H Dig us the side of /: house and as
;'ri:wart as 4 young calf When ne sat
down he looked as if he had beer
poured from some gigantic receptacle
over all the neighboring furniture
This popularity had earned him the
name of sloppy" He was a boy to be
cnvicd at Christmas time, for he hello
more candy than any ten of the others
But he was the only one OF us who
showed no sorrow at the prospect OF
Christmas without trees and we
couldn't understand it. Urged to OK.
plain his calmncss in misfortune he ut.
tered, on the 18th day of December
these memorable words: "Ecllcrs
thcrc'll be more Christmas trees in
Goose Falls this year than ever you see
before. iou leave it to me"
We left it to him because we couldn't
do otherwise, and he showed himself
not unworthy of our confidence. His
plan was very simple. lie went to Aunt
Sally Clarke, who was, perhaps, the
most influential person in the Unitarian
church.
Aunt Sally" said he, II saw Deacon
Hudnut down at the Head to-day,
Deacon Hudnut was orthodox, and
the Head was a point heavily wooded
with spruce trecs-with Christmas
trees, in fact.
Did you, Willy?" said Aunt Sally.
What was he doing thcrc?"
Dunno" replied Sloppy. "IIc had
an AK, and he chopped down tree
about the size of the one they had n,
thpir ,.bt1rcl loc+ f'h,.;cf,n.,e d.. H.,
left it a-lyin' there. guess he only
chopped il down for fun"
Fun exclaimed Aunt Sally. well.
yon are stupid boy. Those orthodox
are sly, but m Il match for en- They're
goin' to have a tree. Very we'll, so aro
VIC; an it'll beat theirs out o. sight"
I'm thinliin' q comm back To your
Sunday-school class, Aunt Sally" said
sloppy, but, somehow, | thinl, I'm
most too big"
Don't you worry about that" replied
Aunt Sally, promptly; 1.-The bigger the
boy the bigger the present he get
at Christmas. That's my way O. think.
i'm"
Aunt Sally" said the gigantic young
humbug, you're my idea of n Christian
woman, and Solomon want wiser nor
more just than you arc"
1t is, perhaps, needless to say that the
story of Deacon Hudnut and the spruce
tree was as true as Jack and the Bean
stalk" 1t is also unnecessary to state
that everybody in town had heard it in
side of twenty-four hours. The Meth
odists instantly decided to have n tree,
ana they let 1T DO generally known, as
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-05

active: options quiet, strong; January,
j''s' February, 2Sis; No. white, Jan
uarY' Az; mixed Western, 37@ 80:
white do ,4l@4G13. Coffee options opened
STEADY, 10 points down to 10 points up,
closed barely steady, 5 down to S up:
January 16G9 10: February, Is 81; Nav,
Is. toC@Si; September. 1000 SIS: Docomber,
10 90; spot Rio. dull, steady; No 7, 17c
FORK stronger, old mess, 1850; now
mess 10 goo l6 70; prime, nomi nal. Pea
nuts quiet; fancy hand picked, AZ; far
mers' a}lG0ah. Beef duh, firm; beef
mans quiet; ticrced beef quiet, firm
Guy meats Hctive. stronger; picked
neli'"', % Go9as, tniddles ilrmer; short
clear, 20 Lard quiet, stronger; ,Ianu-
airy, 10 %; March, 10 So: May, 40; re-.
hhro hrmor; continent, 11.4O Frnirh,s
moderate; demand firm.
PEERLESS COAL AND CoKEcoup,N
Began shipping Coal on Monday, january
= iS03-General Manager Znchnrias in
Town.
H. c. Zacharias, general manager OF
the Peerless Coal and Coke Company,
whose mines and extensive works AFRO
located on tho Ohio Extension of tho
Norfolk and Western railroad at Vivian
station, was in the city yesterday and
in conversation with TINES man stated
that his company began shipping a.,
on M ndsy last.
This is breaking the record III miuc
opening and construction, al tho p.cr-
less began operations last jun. and au
Immense amount Of preliminary w0ri,
nau 70 be lone in tho way Of side tack
ing Tor both railroad and nining cars.
this lncluding some very ho4vy s.dp hill
grading, exc
The occasion o: the frs shipncna
was celebrated by gashrring os loc..
officials and lnincrs, and IN" first cos.
was eElp,iCd into tho frs. car by iitiia
Miss Hazel, daughter OF thn ron.rni
manager, by her litiirS tho lever d, the
foot OF tho coal schultz.
Officers of the I.nnsdowne improvement
Company.
The stockholders OF tho Lansdowne
Improvement Company held meeting
yesterday and elected board OF diroc.
tors, consisting OF tue following gentle
men: q. 5. Asberry, + III Williams,
Q. Markley, John Sexton, Mai S Grif.
Tin, of Roanoke city, and DR.. II. w.
Stone, OF Winchester. The annual re-
port Of the secretary showed the com
pany TO be in a good condition. The
directors also held Il meeting and
elected the following officers: f. M.
Williams. PRESIDENT: DR.. f. w. Stone,
vice. president; Chas. l.. Markley, secre.
tary and treasurer.
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Produce and merchandise.

New York, Jan. 4.-Fiour moderate
demand, strong; low extra, 21o@2. So:
city mills, 3.90@4 90; city mills patents
4.35@450; winter wheat low grade,
=. lG@ = sc; patents, 3.S5@4.25; Mime
sofa Gear, 50@S.+0; patents, 425M
4 70 southern -four quiet. steady.
to choice do. 3 1901 % Wheat firmer
options moderately active: No. . roc
~ stor"',"d c',var or SaM alioat.
Co|1 ijm"r. duii; y =. SO elevator
5o]S@oi. aloat steamer mixed, 5Ol4
y" ere. r.; options dul, and 80
80 ujgO. /; Way. most active: January
81; May. 52is. OATS iirmer, moderately
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boys might violate the dictates of their
conscicnccs for the sake OF Il few bags
of mere transitory candy, but not I.
This resolution was highly applauccd
by my Sunday-school teacher, and
figured that the state of hcr feelings
onght to be worth at least Il new pair
of skates to me. 1t was given out open
~ that every scholar should have some
thing on the tree, and that the tradi-
tional bag OF candy, consisting largely
of lnusty popcorn, should not count rs
4 present.
The tree festivities began in the
morning of the day before Christmas.
and for thirty-si:i hours there were il :
least three in simultaneous operation in
various part5 OF the town. Children
passed through the streets laden with
Methodist presents on their way 10 get
some ont of the Kings Dauyhtcrs.
Orthodox children who though. i. was
wicked 10 60 into the L ntariau church
went i'll just the same, and the pros
pcct OF eternal punishment lent az,
added Icst TO their employment OF the
exercises. Our friend. SLOPPY. after
visiting al the trees mentioned hithcl-
I
was entertaining the very smallest
children in The attic OF the village
school building. Tho stairs groarcd
under his enormous veight-auerlncntc
by vast quantities of candy of three
different crccG:r-and lie was so OK
haustod with the ascent that they
hadn't the heart to turn him away.
Meanwhile had conferred my virtu-
Gus mind upon one tree. had run cr.-
rands, and IN short. had done weeks
work to make the Unitarian tree Il sue
cess. ] expected that about four of the
largest boughs of the tree would be re-
quircd to hold the rewards of my virtue
did not know the actual state of the
ease; that it had been decided To give
educational presents to those boys who
had nobody to buy them anything
worth having; that garrcts had been
ransacilcd for old books, and that mine
had been selected by an old lady who
had left her glasses at home and
knew no more than that the book had
pictures in it,
lie won't care what it is" she said,
hell like one thing just rs we'll as an
other at his age"
And so it happened that | waited till
Santa Clans had nearly stripped the
tree, and that shed some secret tears
OF disappointment as skates, trumpcts,
tin swords and other glittering treas
urcs went to boys who were already
laden with tributes from the other
churches. But at last a package was
put into my hands. Its shape made me
fear the worst. 1t must be Il book.
We'll. even so. 1t might be an Indian
lighting story. or Il sea yarn full Of lee
shores and topsails taken aba.i1 |
opened it with trembling hands There
was Il picture on the cover 1t repre-
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MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS.
howard Flooding Tolls How He
Tried TO 30 Good.
One Sunday school Was Enough for Hin
When all the Other I;oys lad Thrco
Ills Reward Was OF the Kind
Which NO Bay Ever Eorgcts.
icopY,,rcUT, 1891

was the innocent kid in the days OF
which | write. The care of me, as is
usual with orphans, had dcvolvcd upon
that one of my relations who was lcas,
able 10 bear it. My Aunt Martha had
seven children OF her own to provide
for, and the eighth was the child OF
calamity, the writer of these lines. ]
didn't mind poverty nuch III those days.
Most of the things wanted were free
The essentials OF life, as they appear &c
a hcaltliy boy. are thin ice and frozcr
snowbnlis in the winter, Il pond with
deep holes in it us . place to acquire the
art Of swimming in tic summer and
anothcr boy to fight with all the year
around. | had these simple ncccssar
les, and seldom cravcd Tic Injuries O,
life. True, ut Christmas time | woulc
have hccn glad to get moro presents
but as some OF rly moro fortunate com
panions were much smaller and
weaker than myself was able to use
their toys almost rs much IL, they could
But I gricvcd, along with the other
children. when, in bleak November. il
began to be whispered about that there
would be no Christmas trees in Goose
Falls. The year before every one o.
the three churches had had a tree, anG
they had strivcn to surpass ncanothcr
with mad, un-Chrstian rivalry
Every church had beaten the other two
III its own opinion, but there was nc
gainsaying the fact that victory haG
been dearly bought. There are a hal.
dozen people i'll every church who dc
all the work, take all the blame. anc
get their reward hereafter, if at all
The representatives OF this long-suifcr
ing class. in Goose Falls. had come to
tacit agreement that Christmas trees
did not pay, and had said openly that
there would be none in The town ir
this particular year.
For all that, rs Christmas approached
there was Il general feeling Of unensi
ness lest somebody Should break The
boycott, for Of course, ii auy Church
had 4 tree all would be forced to do ii
There We're rumors OF trcc plots iminc
diatcly after Thanksgiving, and every
society suspected the others OF secret
preparations With tho design of captur.
ing for its Sunday school those chill.
drcn whose love of religious instruction
could be awakened only by the hope @:
Spots. However, nothing definite was
done, and the young Goose Tailor:
viewed the cherries prospect with dis.
may.
At this point Providence raised up for
Us prophet in the form OF William
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
New York stock Market.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-The tomper OF
speculation at tho Stock Exchange was
bullish during greater part of the day
and dealings wero somewhat better dis
trlbuted than of late. Among the in
dustrials, American Sugar Refining was
special card, selling up from 1laN 20
lis for common AID from 100 to lOl4
for preferred. Manhattan dropped from
1855 to l53H and quickly rose to 1856.
Western railway shares were stronger,
moro particularly for Union Pacific
group, which scored advances of lY( per
cent. The raise was checked by SUD
don break in Distilling aud Cattle Foed.
ing from 65M 6l36 on stop order sales.
Other industrials sym pathizod to an OK
tent of Is in Sugar and ~ in Chicago
Gas. AT the sailc time the Coal stocks
were subjected to saarp pressure aud
yielded rs to per cent, except for
Delaware and Hudson, which remained
steady. The general list reacted 4 to
per cent. from tho highest, but the
market closed firm at some recovery.
The sales for tho day were 3l2, coo listed
and I'll, 900 unlisted stocks.
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above was the title, the promise OF an
cnthralling narrative to stir boys
heart and make him dream:
HARRIS on TIE PIG"
That was all. Even my bag OF candy
missed me. But | was too young to
mind it, and if cried it must have been
from natural pcrvcrsity. did not
read Harris on the Pig" Ihavc since
learned that it is an exhaustive. tcchni-
cal treatise, containing almost every
thing which anybody would care to
know about the pig, except the motive
which led some individuals of that
species to treat ME so, on that old
Christmas day.
AS for sloppy, he had never had so
good time in his life before, and the
day after Christmas he obtained per-
mission to strip all three Of the trees OF
thcir popcorn steamers, and, as n re
ward for this work, he was allowed to
eat seven hundred and eighty yards OF
che popcorn, including the woolca
Irvine on which it was strung.
HOWARD FiEI.DIHG.
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Cash quotations: Flour steady, hold
ors asking 10@15 advance on better
grades, brokers not sharing in upward
tendency. No. Q spring wheat. 7236@
72T. No. . oats. 3O}6@31: No white.
February. 33N@3tM. Mess pork, 49, 81
@15.75. Lard, 1910. Short ribs, 9.12L
@9.15. Dry sailed shoulders. 8 37HM
$50 Short clear, 9 5O@9. 60. Whiskoy
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-05

ZEN piecc antique oak chamber suits
with beveled mirror for S2S at the E. Fl
Stewart Furniture Company.
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The National Building Company
Q. OLeary & Co., Managers,
Room BOB Terry Ruildia
Room 3O3, Terry Building

inH NATIONAL. BUILDING COMPANY OF BOSTON ou =,
'e' anu arrest be tho
"e""n IL guarantees por dividends to tho sockb,s
~ u"'s"'s homes to tho workngman what he now navs -
~ """ should and This COMPANY furnishes th
safest cheapest plan of gcttingit
IS called the city Of years work.
'6 '"' oSsh cnaoied to buy his upon rental terms
why shouldn't Roanoke the Same and oyorv man hav
home of his
~ anu "N with us On tho subject satisfy you that all
we promise III DO done
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Mr. HARRISON need not be introduced
to the public, being one of the ioadrg
jewellers of tbs city for he last ii.,.
years lie will be- ple's,.t - sc ga, al,
HarriSon's Jewelry fazaar, % salem
avenue.
YoU can't give more trair.b'r ..r, (
ent than piece of fine j"p.r~y ".
will find it at Iiarrison's .ir.;.i.- -.
zaar, 30 Salem avenue.
Do YOU wish to ma" pr 80.
Sweetheart. brother, .i,,.r f,li, cr
mother fine present.? You will fl, -
watches, diamonds, jewelry. clocks. sill
vor"arc, optical goods and novelties in
abundance at IIarrison's Jewelry Ba-
zaar, % Salon avenue
Do you need pair Of glasses, in gold
silver or nickel frame? You eau have
them adjusted to your sight at Harri
sons Jewelry Bazaar. Mr.. Harrison hay.
ing had ten years experience in that
line.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-05

CARPETS at from Is cents to % per
yard at the E. II. Stewart Furniture
Comp anY.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-05

INHE OLD RELIABLE AND Pop
Il ular Dye Works IL the only place
to have your clothes perfectly dyed,
cleaned and repaired.
Prices very moderate. Goods sent
oy express VIII receive prompt uttcn.
sion. L. WALSAK. PROPRIETOR cor.
ner Commerce ind Campbell et-cete,
hoHnoke, Va. may2S+jm.
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FRRDKRICK J. AMWK9, G. e., M.
n Am. Soc. G. Z. d Engr's Club of
Phiisdelpnia;engineer, contractor and
builder, Commercial Bank Building,
ROANOKE, va. apr92-f
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'TNHERE WILL BE AN ANNUAL
II meeting OF the stockholders of Vir-
GINA Land Company at tho Office Of w.
NJ. wager y Co Tuesday, January II,
lS9i business OF Importance will be
transac'"d. All stock holders will
please be prs sent either by proxy or in
person. GEO. c. MOOMAW, Secretary.
!? 10 I'm
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Prxnsr cabinets 81 sldolinver's. 40, Ienersoo
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800 .:4ANuEE TfA:;spEfs
d" t''epuny - ptciAi ca to 60 all
&lro, q h.ulinc. Tnc, hAcr good
Hl:sr.s. .,o0d teams AMI rceDon.
e.6lo d,ivcrr. Prompt attention.
Offices, Freight depot snd Jcfierson
greet, south. I'clopnonu. ils
lLBi-s
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~~''.
LooKABILLS PRINTING HOUSE.
WHERE:
ROANOKE, VA.
WHAT:
PRINTING"
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MOTICE OF MEETINGS.

MI URRAY ROYAL ARCH
AVA Chapter, No % A calieu\ falNNI
convocation will be hold in the Nj jan
Masonic Temple this Crhure- NH
DAY? evening at 7:3o o'clock for ~
work IN the several -proes AL Royal
hrch Mtsons in regular standing arc
Iratcrnaiiy invited. BY order o.. the NJ.
e. High Priest.
s. M.WOODWARD JR.,
"Nh""'F '' Secrct2ry
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the annual and general meet
ing of the stockholders of tho Roa-
noke Development Company will be
hnld ut the Office Of the company in the
city of Roanoke, Va, Tuesday, January
2ith, 1893, At IL o'clock NJ
The object Of the General Moetipp is
to consider an amendment to tho char
ter allowing tho Company to accept it's
common stock in payment OF tho pur.
chase y ice Of lots; and, second, to re-
wise, a'n',d end CORE ct the bylaws OF
The Company. By order of the board of
directors. LAWRENCE r. SOLLEN1
BERGER, Secretary. 12 % I'd