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which are noticeable in Christian lands
and which has made of them indeed
what the Germans so POLITICALLY term
Gods Acre" There are no flow
'ers, no shady walks, no well-kcpt
lawns, no stately mausoleums, grave
epitaphs, monuments and symbolical
mementoes of those who arc sleeping
under the green sod. The graves arc
oil huddled closely together; so closely.
in fact, that to look at any one of them
it is necessary to climb over the neigh
boring ones. The slabs, uncouth and
roughly hewn, are turned topsy turvy,
and the INSCRIPTIONS on few of them
never wax poetic nor express single
elevating thought.
Take in proof the largest and finest
cemetery that exists in Moslem lands
the one in Slsutari-that suburb of
Constantinople, situated just across
the emerald waste of water on the
Asiatic shore, and where since the day
that Mahmoud's Gcrce warriors stormed
the last stronghold of Greek culture
and Greek corruption every faithful
Moslem in Constantinople caused him
self to be inferred, fearful of the hour
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Holes in tho Drinking Guns.

Every drinking cup in the police sta.
tions of this city now Inns hole
punched III its bottom. The police com.
missioncrs wondered at the disappear-
ance of so many cups some time ago
and caused an investigate ton to be made
This showed that the policemen were
in the habit of carrying cups of water
to their sleeping rooms to quench their
thirst during tie night. In this way
the cups were mislaid and never re-
turned TO their proper places. Many
remedies were suggested, but without
avail. The cups were tied by chains
and strings, but they continued to dis
appear. At last an ingenious member
of the department suggested punching
a hole in the bottom of every cup
Then it would be impossible for them
to hold water any length of time. The
inventor did not secure patent, and
in all the station houses his plan has
been adopted.-N. Y. Times.
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TRUsrBRs safes

RYYIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST FROM
~ Daniel Harvey. dated the 10th OF April, 1891,
ana recorded III the clerks once of the Hastings
Court ios the city OF Roanoke, Virginia, in deed
oook "a, page 3S to the undersigned trustee TO
n 20 s sss North Side Land Company the pay
payment OF said debt, shall, ON THURSDAY
~ 18TH OF MAY, 1893, AT IL O'CLOCK IT.,
IN front OF the courthouse In the city OF Roanoke
a aigaest bidder all the property covered by said
a certain parcel of land in the city of Roanoke
virginia, known as lot No. 12 section 1, as shown
oy me map OF the North Side Land Company.
IEhMS: Cssh as to the past due notes and
OF executing this trust, 800, payable in ontbiy
payments OF s. each, with IL terest from the 10th
day OF April, 1891, on each payment, said paw
ments beginning to fall due on the 10th day Of
June, lS'S and continuing TO fall due ON the 10th
gay Oh cacn month thereafter for twenty consecu-
and two years from day OF sale
423tds II. S. TROUT, Trustee.
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or hnal reckoning when he and his
waning power would be driven across
whence he cume-to Asia-is beauti-
fully sitting by the bosom of the sea
that sewers two continents. Poets have
often sung it's lorics. But the real facts
as to that vast conglomeration of stone
slabs and withered cypress trees arc as
follows: y tumbled mass without the
slightest claim to picturesque effect
spreads far before the eyes.
NO walks, no symmetry, no attempt
at order even. Layer upon layer Of
stone graves Thousands of them have
caved in under the weight above them
and through numbcrlcss crcviccs in
the black earth the bleaching bones
ana the dccayed garb of the dead NAV
be seen. At the head of many of these
graves there is slender column of
stone, chcaply and roughly chisclcd,
and on top of it hangs n turban or a
fez, likewise carved in stonc-the sign
that the deceased was hadjee, n pill
grim to Mecca and the prophets
shrine. The effect of this coarse
sculpture is grotesque and monot-
onous. On many OF these small col
umns lines from the Koran have been
cut. The finest l saw there dated
from the beginning of this century
and it contained that passage from
the one hundred and eighty-second
surah wherein Mohammed promises to
his followers the sensual iovs and Che
interminable lusts of his paradise.
Who the happy man was who thus
went to the next world with the en-
pcctation of finding great deal more
fun there than he enjoyed in this the
stone did not tell. That, too, is n ne
culiarity of Turkish gravestoncs-no
names. Since the Purl has no real
family name, but knows only the sur
name given him on his formal intro
duction into life, and otherwise dis
tinguishcs himself only from the in
Vulnerable other Mustaphas and Ais
and Isllepders and Soleimans by his
profession, his trade, his official title or
some peculiarly or nickname like
"thc lamc," ''thc stuttering," "the
lazy etc, it will indeed be difficult to
fl: his identity after death.
1t is perhaps, partly due to this very
lack of family names that the Turk
knows nothing Of family pride or fam
lily traditions, so that the grandson does
not even know the name of his grand
father Growing irregularly between
all this sea of glavestoncs, dividing its
roots where it listeth, is the cypress,
whose dropping, dark foliage aid mel.
ancholy appearance seem to render
the WHOLE scenc even more desolate
and forlorn than it would be with
out it. And under its shade there is a
somber half-light even at midday, a
sort of perpetual dusk, where nothing
else will grow and live and thrive
And in summer time, when the glaring
sun outside drives everyone to shelter,
the little Turkish urchins will PLAY on
these graves, where it is cool, and will
knock down the slabs and pillars, and
pursue their gambols without let or
hindrance. For there is no one there
to guard these graves from dissertation.
Such is Turkish graveyard. The
sentiment which is strong within our
breasts, which has inspired SO many
touching songs in all western tongues
and which is alive even in the heart of
the atheist and the murderer, is abso-
lutely foreign to these Orientals.
WOLF Won ScuIERBRANp
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FUNERALS IN TURKEY.
A Country Where the Dead Are
Soon Forgotten.
Theatrical Features Attending the Fuaersl
OF Greek Girl Tho Cemetery ut
skutari-Monotony ana Neglect
Rule Everything.
Especial letter.


Constantinople is CITY of surprises
In nearly everything it is found difer-
ent from what imagination painted it.
10 is much more oriental and uncivil-
1zed In some respects, and more Euro
pean in others. During stay of three
weeks in 1886 thought had seen and
heard just about everything character
istic and remarkable. One afternoon,
though, l saw n funeral procession
pass by, and that convinced me there
were some things knew nothing
about as yet. saw magnificently
attired corpse borne by in an open cof-
Tin. 1t was the body of young Greek
girl Eight men carried the coffin on
their shoulders, and custom requires
that each passer-by who is met OH the
way relieve the bearers for short
time of their burden. saw the whole
street along this incessant change of
pall-bearers. Each man who thus
acted-generally only for five minutes
or so as assistant all-bearer-fulfilled
this social duty in Al purely mechanical,
perfunctory way-dumb, without a
trace OF emotion or sympathy, until a
new arrival relieved him in turn.
followed this singular procession for
some time. The first halt was made at
n Greek chapel, where the coffin was
put down, and l had occasion to view
the deceased from close by.
The checks, hollow and emaciated
(for death had come from consump-
tion), had been painted brilliant car
mine, and the lips bore the same hue.
The forehead had been chall,cd over,
black, while the fingernails and the
teeth were brightly tinted with henna
The Greek national costume-such as
the descendants of the luxurious, de-
PRAYED Byzantincs have retained to
this present day-long, loose garments
of silk and satin and velvet, were beau
tlfully embroidered and thic1ly en-
crusted with precious stones 1t was
fearful sight to me-this theatrical
attempt at cheating the grim destroy
or even after it had irretrievably
claimed the victim. These painted
roses on n young face whose every
lineament spoke of suffering and of
pain and pitilcss disease, together with
this display of finery and worldly van
ity, looked to my untutorcd eye sim
ply like q dcsecrator of the awful
majesty of death.
But that was but the beginning of
1T. After very brief ceremony con-
Quoted by priest in glittering raj
ment, conducted in the same formal, I'M
sympathetic manner without tremor
in his rich, sonorous bass, without a
tear glistening in the eyes Of his
hearers-nll relatives and friends of
Il
which for brutality could not easily
he equaled. The coffin was quickly
removed into an ante-chamber, and
then the women and girls formed
semi-circle around it and among them
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they stripped the corpse OF all those
beautiful, costly garments and orna-
ments which had delighted the eyes
of the crowd on the way to the chapel.
All this finery was borrowed, and
nearly every woman and girl present
claimed her share in it, 1t had been
nothing bpt deathly farce in the full
sense of the word. When this last act
had been performed, rudely and with
out the slightest regard TO dccssinicc1y
even, a common. somber cloth was
wrapped around the dead, the ccffin
was closed and the journey to the
cemetery was resumed.
Such is Greek funeral in CONSTANT
nople, and the same utter disregard
zor decorum, the same lack of feeling.
and the same absence of mourning and
weeping and sympa thy are noticeable
in the Turks as well. The Greeks since
time irnmemorial have had deep
antipathy towards death, and that SEN
timent has come down to them, along
with few other undesirable qualities,
in undiminishcd force from their clas-
sic forefathers. With them, there
fore, it is due to historic transmission.
In the case of the Turks, think, it is
owing to the impressive, dignified char
acter of that race, whose emotions are
barely perceptible on the surface at all
times. Yet their funerals are not
quite so sad Il travcsty on death, for
they close the coffin during its Journey
to the grave, and they wrap the corpse
in shawl of oriental make. In the
case of the wealthy this shawl is OF
line cashmere or of Persian web The
poor are merely embodied in shawl of
coarse cotton cloth. AS far, however,
as the method of transferring the coffin
to the contemplating carried on the
shoulders of eight men, who are being
constantly relieved by passers-by-is
concerned, and as regards the co.nplcte
neglect of the graves of their departed.
the Turks are exactly like the Greeks.
Graveyards in Turkey, in fact.
whether the resting place of "ulbelicv
ing dogs" or of the faithful disciples of
the prophet, all bear the marks of desc
lation, of disrespect and irreverence.
Everywhere you see them; there is no
trace of that loving remembrance. ex-
auisite care and tender solicitude
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TRUSTEES SALE-BY VIRTUE OF DEED
4 OF trnst executed TO me by Cyrus Lair and
K. 4. Kindred, DR., dated December l. 1890, and
recorded in the clerks Office of the Hustiugs
Court of Roanoke, Virginia, in deed book No s.,
page ZIG, etc, and to secure to the Virginia Real
Estate and Investment Company the payment OF
the sum OF tive nty-four hundred and atty Collars
($245O in eighty lSo) installments OF thirty
dollars $50 each, and one final instalment OF
eghty-onc (si) months respectively, next succeed
ing the date of said deed, with interest thereon
at the rate of 6per cent. per annum from said
notes, dated Dcccmber i, $50, for thirty dollars
$50 each. payable on the first day OF the eighty
50 months nc 1ths, next ext snetssdng the date OF said
payable in cighty-o one (s1) months from said date
respectively, with interest as aforesaid, and de-
twenty-fourlh Oath, twentyfifth (25th), twenty.
sixth (s6th) and twentyseventh 27th) OF the above
instruments and notes, and having been required
so to do by the beneficiary in said deed OF trust,
shall offer for sale to the highest bidder, by
public auction, In Roanoke, Virginia. on SATUR.
DAY, APRIL 18TH. 1873, AT u O'CLOCK NJ,
all that certain lot or parcel OF land in the city Of
Roanoke, State OF Virginia, designated and de
scribed az follows. to-wit:
Beginning at point or the south side OF Tazc.
well street forty four (ii) feet west OF Wheat
street. theIce south i've degrees and nine
th,rtj two hnndredths (so Spy feet TO an aey.
thence with said alley south seventy -four de.
gEees and fifteen minutes CA $50 west thirty one
, stiu SIX lentns loi.o ieet 10 point on same,
hundred and thirty.nve and thirty. eight hun.
dredths Q35.Ss) feet to Tazewcl street, thence
Tazewcll street north scventy-four degrees aud
fifteen minutes Gie $50 east forty.four (iD feet
10 the place OF beginning, together with the
house situated thereon.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash.
EDWARD ILSLEY, Trustee
NOTE: The deferred instalmcn,s OF purchase
money on this property are said 10 have been
assumed by Mrs. Laura tormfeltz. ~ 3Ot.
BY mutual consent the above sale has been
postponed until Saturday, May g. 1893, nj same
place and hour. EDWARD lLSLEY,
Trustee.
BY mutual consent the above sale has been
again postponed until Saturday, May Goth, 1898,
at same place and hour and upon same terms.
EDWARD ILSLRY,
slot too Trustee.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
Estate in the City of Roanoke, Vain per
snance OF an order of the board OF directors OF
the Lynchburg Perpetual Building and Loan
Company made on the 25tb day OF April, 1893 tho
undersigned trustees in a deed OF trust exc cuted
by Thomas E. Brennan and Catherine Brennan
his wife, to them on the 10Th day of August, IS92
to secure the said company, will proceed to sell
at public auction on the premises ON FRIDAY,
MAY TiiE 18TH, 1893, AT 1920 O'CLOCK a. NJ,
desirable house and lot in the city OF Roanoke
Va, and described ne follows:
BEGINNING at a point uhc southeast corner
OF Brook and Pat on strccts) and running thence
now called Fifth avenue IL c.) south Sc degrees
east SO feet to point, thence south degrees
west 10 feet 10 point, thence north IS degrees
west so feet to Brook. street, thence with latter
north 2de Grcce east 100 feet 10 the place OF be.
ginning. The improvements on this lot consist
of nice, comfortable dwelling, outbuildincs.
etc, all in good order and repair
TERMS: at sale.
SAML. TYREE,
JAS; i GILLIAM Trustees.
W. McC. WAUGH,
5 4, II, IA, II, is 10
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL

n Estate IN The CITY OF Roanoke, Va In pur.
suancc of an order OF the board of directors of
the Lynchburg Perpetual Bulldog and Loan
the undersigned trustees in a deed of trust
executed by Jeremiah H. Glats and Anna M
Der, 1858. to secure the said company, viii pro.
coed to sell at public auction on the premises ON
FRlDAY, MAY THE 18TH, 1893, ATS O'CLOCK
Roanoke, Va, and described as follows:
certain real estate In the city OF Roanoke, Va :,
on the west side OF Holiday street 1857. rs feet by
70 feet, being lot No 9, section 9, on the map OF
the lands OF the Park Land and Improvement
Company. The improvements on this lot con.
buildings. etc, and the property is in good
order and repair. We will sell only the re.
from the trust deed.
TERMS: At sale.
SAML. TYREE,
JAS II. GILLIAN, ! Trustees
571f IL IL Is 10.
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10y VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST
n D from NJ dutn

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
I'D from NJ. Forman, dated the a1st day of
February, 1880, and recorded in the clerks office
OF the Hastings Court for the city OF Roanoke
Virginia, in deed book 81 page $50, to the under
signed trustee to secure 10 the North Side Land
ing been made in the payment of said debt
shall, ON THURSDAY, THE 25TH OF MAY.
is9S AT u O'CLOCK NJ, in front OF the court
to sell ut public auction TO the highest bidder ali
the property covered by said deed, to wit:
Virginia, known as lots Nos. 8 and l. section is ms
shown by the map OF the North Side Land Com.
pany.
TERMS; Cash ms 10 the past due notes and
interest amounting to about S395, and the cost
OF executing this trust; balance, II any, payable
In ono and two years from day OF sale
p IDS ii. S. TROUT, Trustee.
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PY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST FROM
ID Henry W. Howard dated the 2nd day of
APRIL 1870, and recorded in the clerks office Of
in deed book IS, page 800, to the undersigned
trustee to secure to the North Side Land Com
pany the payment OF $40, and default having
been made In the payment of said debt, shall, on
THURSDAY, THE a5TIl MAY, 1893, AT IL
O'CLOCK NJ in front OF the courthouse in the
city OF Roanoke. Va, proceed to sell nj public
auction TO tie highest bidder all the propcrty
covered by sa ii deed, to wit:
;, certain parcel OF land in the city of Roanoke
Va, known as lot No. 5, section o. as shown by
the map OF the North Side Land Company.
TERMS: Cash MS 10 the past due notes and in
tercst, amounting TO about $l25. and the cost OF
executing this trust. Balance, II any, PAYABLE In
one and Two years from day OF sale.
i - tbs II. ). TROUT, Trustee
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL

TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
Il Estate in the City of Roanoke, Vain pur-
snancc of al order of the board of directors of
the Lynchburg Perpetual Building and Loan
company, made on the esth day OF April, 1893,
the undersigned trustees, in deed OF trust exc.
cntcd by s. ii. Kefluvcr ard a. b. Kefauver, his
wife, to them on the 18th day OF March, 1851 to
secure the said company, will proceed to sell at
a InG,I on o the premises, ON FRIDAY, MAY
estate in the city of Roanoke. Va: A lot or par.
eel of land, 1t being of the sane property con-
yeyed to said hefanycr by deed from Jas. Mundy
the clerks Office for the corporation CONT for
said city, deed book 81, page is, and described
As follows
BEGINNING at point on the south side OF T'azc
well avenue l60 feet cast of Belmont boulevard
thence with said avenue In an eastcrlv direction
!: feet to point on same, thence in a southerly
direction l3O feet TO an alley. thence with said
alley in westerly direction Sa feet TO point on
same, thence III Lorthcrly direction 1910 feet to
TazcI avenue. The improvements on this lot
consist OF handsome dwelling house and other
TERMS: At sale.
SAMUEL TYREE.)
JAS. X. GILLIAN. Trustees.
w. Nice. WAUGH,I
81. II. II. II. is. 10
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TRusrEHs. saLns.

RY VIRTUE OF A DERD of TRUST FROM
so henderson, dated the 9th day OF De-
the Hastings Court for the city OF ROANOKE. Va
trustee to oU seeu S pagS 2 tS The undersigned
pany the payment Of $780, aud default having bcen
df * EE sT Fl s oF S Sse ssa
city OF Roanoke, Va, proceed to sell M nnbiic
suction to the highest bidder, all the uropept re
covered by said deed, to.wit: F'
", certain parcel Of land in the city of Roanoke
Va, known as lot No. 10, section 4, as shown by
'n TR msP OF TIE ben North Side Land Company
terest, amounting TO about Sl67. and The cos. ~
n ments on his trust S5 payable in monthly
OF December, 1890 on each payment. sssd ID may ruy
m vm sSSeginning to fall due on the 9th day or
Sav ~ io ss ana continuing TO fall due On the 9th
i've months Balance, II any, payable in one
ana % sTS years from day Of sale:
RY, VIRTUE OF a DEED OF TRUST FROM
iSW; and recorded in the clerks ofice of the
musings Court for the city OF Roanoke, Virginia
oUSS s to S to s shS
RRs snS the payment OF $40, and default having
mrfs II the FAYE ssTt9 ssa shall
y o.ULOCR ~, in front of the courthouse in
n 1nG city OF Rosnose Virginia proc.ed to sell at
property covered by said deed to.wit
Va CERTAIN parcel Of land In the city OF Ro ,po&e
"" Auown US lot NO. -, section 10, us shown nv
the map or the North Side Land Company.
TERMS: Cssh as to the past due notes and in
eaesninp to about gu! and the cost
one anu two years from day OF sale
4 . ids Ii. $. TROUT. Trustee.
RY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST FROM
Il. ,o MDaiter C. Cole, dated the 18th day OF Octo-
per- is, and recorded in the clerks Office OF the
d hmsathngs Court for the city of Roanoke Va in
oeeo DOCK OIL page 355, to the undersigned trustee
10 secure to the North Side Land Company the
bayhment OF $40, and default having been made
IN the payment OF said cebt, shall, On TIIJIR RS.
DAY, TIE 18TH OF MAY, 1889, AT IL O'Clock
a.; IN front of the courthouse in the city of Roa
nokc, va proce cd to sell at public auction to the
deed, to wit: " s"iu
", certain parcel of land in the city O, Roanoke.
va, known az lot No. 49, section ?, az shown by
inc TR map S OF the ben North Side Land Company.
terest, amounting to about S160, and the cost of
executing this trust; $50 payable in monthly pay.
ments OF So each, with interest from the 18th
nay Of oe Sner 1890 on each payment said pay
each month thereafter for seventeen months.
Baianec, II any, payable in one and two years
423tds
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TRuBTnRs, aAI.rs
DY VIA rUEOEA nrFn M mo

by viz UE OF A DEED OF TR UsT I,ATFn
So Dec; ~ isyo and OF record In the cltrks Of
nee OF the corporation court for the city or
Roanoke Va, In deed book u, page 400, fr IN
J., Jas. M RAnson, Jr to JAS. .. Simmons, Trustee.
$sa sso oo 10 two equal annual instalments OF
SSsso.0o with interest on each from the date
sSo .w Tose 81 per
fSf tSSst esSh bearing even date with said ced
thereof TO the eaid W A Mceks or order. and r de-
lault having occurred in the payment OF tho last
thereof es w ON 'os o5sfbss Of MH ths e ssNS
lses. At 10 O'CLOCK. NOON, in from. Of s The;
t tSer b Guss IN said city eel at public auction TO
ecrihed MS follows: 'H'' "-N W
oampoell street and the westerly line OF tho frat
ailcy west OF Roanoke street, thence along the
%es. Of Ss a iss p no h. degrees 10
me OF ANOTHER alley, thence with same north So
degrees 90 minutes west 4a.i5 feet TO a point,
northerly line of Campbell street thence with
zane TsR RSEsh F segress east 50 feet to beginning
the cost OF executing this trust and to nav The
ABOVE mentioned note OF SS90.OO with interest on
zane "a IRON Dee So 1890 ane the residue, il any,
purchaser to execute negotiable notes for suchh
amounts "a aSs and deed Of trust 70 a.:are came.
pY VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST FROM
ID Thos. Davis, dated the gath day OF May. iSoo
and recorded In the clerks office OF the Hus,ir rs
Court for the city OF Roanoke, Va in deed hook
Is page Boz; to the undersigned trustee to sec re
20 20 me North SIDE Land Company the payn cnt OF
ment OF said debt, shall, on THURSDAY, Tile
2oTH MAY, 1893, AT 10 O'CLOCK NJ, in front OF
the courthouse in the city OF Roanoke, Va, pro-
coed to sell at public auction to the highest bid
DER all the property covered by said deed. to wit:
, a certain parcel OF land In the city OF Roar oke
Va, known US lot No. 1s section 10, as shown by
the map OF the North Side Land Company.
TERMS: Cash IS to the PTS due notes and iu-
tcrcst, anon, ting TO about Sl42, AT the Cot of
executing this trust. Balance, IL any, payah,9 in
one and two years from day of sale
~ tbs HIS. TROiiT Trus.so
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EAGLE dairy restaurant and ice cream
parlor, 1a4 Salem avenue, best tableser-
vice in the city. Breakfast, 25 cents;
dinner, 35 cents; supper, Is. Parties
served Q. T. LUKENs, proprietor