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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
A BUILDING EDITION.

THE TIMES is now preparing special
edition which will make every Roam
oker proud OF Roanoke. 1t will be
primarily building edition, giving a
full detailed statement of the phen-
omenal quilting boom of 1892. This
will be given with all its qualifications
and attendant circumstances. There
will be also synopses of previous years
growth and an xtensive forecast of the
development of 1898.
But an attempt to confine the edition
to these facts alone will be- i'm
possible. The edition will tell of
an unparalleled industrial and CONNER
cial development. 1t will contain Stats
tical tables on many important matters
In Roanoke's progress. 1t will show
what the outside public and not few
Roanokers are unaware of-that the
liquidation of real estate obliga-
tions exceeds that Of any year
in the history of Roanoke, rising
to figures far in excess Of those
of any city in Virginia. 1t will show
by this that Notwithstanding the in
vestment of hundreds of thousands of
dollars In building, the citizens of
Roanoke have reduced their aggregate
Indebtedness by figures running into
the millions.
If The TINES has any mission to per-
form in issuing this edition it is to back
up the efforts of the courageous business
men of Roanoke who have put their
brains, their MUSCLE, their hearts and
their fortunes into tho hard, unremit-
ting fight which is going to win for the
Magic City, the crown of commercial
and industrial supremacy over any city
between Washington and New Orleans.
THE TIMES desires to call especial at
tention to this edition and desires the
cooperation of every citizen OF Roanoke
in placing it in the hands of as many
people as possible. Every man who has
an interest in Roanoke must have it,
and every one who may be induced to
AXE an interest should have it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
VIRGINIA NOTES.

Judge j. W. Hacker died of paraly-
sis at his home in Grayson county on
Monday last. He was one-armed Con-
federate soldier and had been Judge,
commemorative attorney, mem Der of
the legislature and at the time of his
death was State senator for the coun-
ties of Grayson, Carroll and Floyd.
A week ago the wife of Mr.. J. B. Den
ton, at Dowell. died. 1t was arranged
to have her funeral on Tuesday, but the
husband, fearing that the body might
not be dead, refused to allow the re-
mains to be taken out of the house. He
has not as yet given his consent to inter-
ment and the body lies on a coffin,
which rests on supports beside his bed.
An interesting feature of the work of
the Hampt Roads Naval Rendezvous
Association in Norfolk is the arrange
ment of the sham battle between the
Monitor and Merrimac on the occasion
The association will build ship to
represent the Merrimac, and the Secre-
tary of the Navy will designate one of
the James river monitors. There are
SO veral officers and members of the
Merrimac crew resident in Norfolk.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
Not What rhcy Ate.

1t is customary for the railroad com
panies to treat witnesses well when
they are subpnnaed to court. When a
witness for railroad company has to
leave his work to testify says the Phil
adclphia Press, the company pays him
fully for the loss of his time in case the
legal witness fec is not so much as the
witness would have earned in his usual
occupation. In addition, witnesses are
given an order for their dinner at 4
restaurant near Sixth and Chestnut
streets. The other day when the agent
for the Reading railroad went to
pay for the checks turned in by wit
nesses he found one for the unusually
large sum of two dollars.
What in the world did the witness
cat" asked the agent, that his check
should be two dollars?"
st wasn't what he ate" replied the
caterer, but what he ordered made his
bill so big. After he finished his dinner
he ordered whole chicken in box to
take home with him.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
How tho Romans Gorged.

The Romans in the time of Cicero and
Augustus took an early breakfast. from
three to four o'clock in the morning, q
luncheon at twelve to one, and at about
three o'clock the coena, or principal
meal of the day, corresponding with
our dinner. A Roman dinner ut the
house of n wealthy man consisted
chiefly of three courses. All sorts of
stimulants to the appetite were first
served up, and eggs were indispensable
to the first course. Among the various
dishes were the guinea hen, pheasant,
nightingale and the thrush. The Ro-
man gourmands held peacocks in great
estimation, especially their tongues.
Macrobius states that they were first
eaten by Hortcnsius, the orator, and
acquired such reputc that single pea
cock was sold for fifty denarii-thc de-
narius being equal to about seventeen
cents of our money.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
Fairs In North China.

A writer in the North China Herald
describes the fairs in northern China.
There are but two months in the year
when the people do not hold large fairs
ut convenient contcrs, at which all i'm
aginablc wants of all customers are
supplied. The exceptions are the sixth
month, when the roads are generally
impossible, and the first, which is de-
voted to rest and recreation. There is
constant succession of these gather
ing ut any given district. at which it is
not uncommon fer ten thousand per-
sons to be congrcgated There is no
method of advertising The exact date at
which Il fair will begin except by red
slips OF paper put up in public places,
and these notices are often very mis-
leading.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
DEFENSE OF THE PEACOCK.
It Ks Not True, rs Said. That His Feet AFRO
UgIT-Iiow Ito Courts.

UEIy-loW iio Courts.
"Who says the peacock has ugly feetp"
remarked TaXidcrnist Wood, of the
Smithsonian institution, to n Washing
ton Star reporter. 81 have heard and
read that piece of nonsense ever since I
was a child, and understand that it is
recorded as an pathological truth in
classic Greek and Latin. You will come
across mention Of it even in fables. To
my mind it affords an illustration of
the fact that most people never use
their own physical senses actively but
depend for their notion of life and
things upon the observations of others.
81 have just finished mounting this
pair of pcacoclis. Isn't the male bird a
beauty? You can see for yourself that
his feet are decidedly pretty and we'll
shaped and rather small in proportion
to his size. They are very slightly big
ger than those of Il turkey and are de-
cidcdly Handsomely. The same can be
said of the hen bird, inattractivc though
the latter is in other points. Wherever
In the feathercd kingdom the cock bird
is the handsomcr he does the counting,
while in the comparatively unusual
case where the female is more gorgeous
she it is that takes initiative in the
love making.
ut is Il curious thing to observe that
the male peacock in counting his chosen
mate approaches her not with the
brightly colorcd face of his fcathery
fan toward her but backward Then,
on coming close, he wheels suddenly
about with every plume trembling in
the sunlight and dazzles her all at once
with his beauty. AS for the popular
misconccption respecting his feet, there
can be no doubt as to how it originated.
When the peacock is pointed at, being
naturally a wild bird, he is apt to drop
bis fan and scuttlc away. Thus the
impression was conveyed to the ignor-
ant that he imagined his feet TO be OBJ
jccts of attention and accordingly
sought to hide them. Ofcourse nothing
could be more absurd"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
Mr.. VIM. Donaldson Returns.

Mr.. VIM. Donaldson, tho well-known
Salem avenue furniture dealer, has just
returned from Port Hope, Canada, where
he went to place his daughters, AMMO
and Isabel, in celebrated school at
that place. They made pleasure tour
of the journey, visiting friends in New
York and Montreal. Mr.. Donaldson
returned by way of Niagara. He says
that while at Port Hope the thermom-
eter was 80 below zero, the coolest in
twenty years.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
ROANOKE. VA, JANUARY IS. 1893.
HINTS TO COUNCIL.

Chapter III, section 16, charter Roanoke city:
The mayor shall appoint for his term OF Office
from the qualified voters OF the city OF Roanoke
three PERSONS subject to the approval OF Council,
who shall constitute and be known the Board
of Public Works. COUNCIL SHALL CLEARLY DE-
FINE THE DUTIES OF SAID BOARD. which shall
be TO have special supervision over all matters In
volving work on public Improvements approved
and ordered by Council, of every charact, r, and
the proper execution of the work as authorized,
and no accounts for said work shall be paid uu-
less approved by them. their salaries to be fixed
by the mayor and approved by the Council. The
mayor shall take from such officers bond or
bonds, with surity to be approved by the
Council, in such penalty as he and they may
deem proper, With conditions for the faithful
performan OF said duty.
Chapter w, Section II, City Enginecr.-First
The City Engineer shall make field notes OF all
work performed by him for the city and for pri-
vate individuals within the city limits. and the
same shall be kept in his Office for reference and
turned over to his successor.
Second. The City Engineer shall devote his
entire time and attention to the services
OF the city in surveying the streets.
alleys, lanes and highways thereof, fur
nishing regulations for buildings, and
make all necessary plans, drafts or maps which
may be required for the use of the city for high
ways, paving, surveying or building. All instru
mcnte, paper and other material necessary for
the equipment and supply OF his Office shall be fur
nished b, the city, and all maps, drafts or plans
made by the city engineer for the purpose
aforesaid, and intended for preservation,
shall be executed upon sheets OF good draft
paper and shtll, as far as practicable, he all of
uniform aize, and the same shall he the property
OF the city and he bound in hook form, and be
kept among the archives of the city for tho use OF
The Council and the various officers OF the city
government and the inspection OF the citizens,
and shall do and perform any other service that
may be required by resolution ordinance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
AN ANCIENT SAYING.
How the Phrase "Bcatcn to n Jelly -
Originated.

How the Phrase "Bcatcn to n Jelly"
Originated.
The phrase beaten to mummy has
been familiar to me from my youth
and up, and have always understood
it as beaten to n jelly" says n writer
in Wavcrly Magazine. docs it not re-
known as mummy, which kept its place
in our dispensatories until pretty late
in the last century? 1t was variously
composed and not always of the same
Consistence, but in general appearance
would probably resemble that Of soft
pitch. speak now of the spurious
kinds, which were doubtless most COM
mon. Even the genuine sorts were not,
however, necessarily Egyptian.
"Pcnicher, in his Traitc DIES EN-
baumcmens. gives directions for the
composition of mummy from human
flesh expressly for medicinal purposes.
He recommends certain parts Of the
body to be used, and these to be dried,
maceratcd and spiced out of all likeness
to their natural condition Mummy SO
prepared entered into great variety of
'balms' and other medicants, for
which Penicher in his concluding chap
ter gives recipes from old writer's.
Some of these have the consistency of
oil, others that of an ointment. 1t is
clear, from the references in Mares,
that mummy and its preparations were
well known and from the make
mummy of my fesh,' which Mares
quotes from an old play, to beaten to a
mummy is natural and easy stop"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
FREE GREEN GROCERIES.

One of the cleanest, neatest most
telling arguments ever delivered before
Council was that of Councilman Crabill
last night against the re-ests blishment
of the market house monopoly. He was
ably supported by Councilman Loughery
and compact and clear headed
minority The result Of their fight was
the postponement of the ordinance
under consideration to special meet
ing to be held nest week
To give the public the benefit Of Mr..
Grapiils argument his main points are
summarized below. The history Of the
movement for the re- establishment OF
the market house monopoly 10 as fci.
lows: The marketmen appeared before
the publjo property committee and
ance. No housewives appeared on the
other side, nor is it to be expected that
they would The butchers complained
phat their business was being injured by
FREQ green groceries, yet the market
house receipts proved tho contrary. Tho
putchers pay only piu Is iuOhtn Tor tholr
stalls, with all convcnionces. u
they do not want the stalls there
are plenty who do. Therc was
q market house combine, the Nom
bers of which would not bid ag ainst each
other, and SO they got the stalls at tho
lowest appraisal. II there ere more
green groceries outside. there alll be
moro bidders the next time thostalls are
sold.
"A green grocer may set up place op.
posite tho market and keep open all
day, but be could not get his place for
.Si0 month. Mr.. Crabili spoke par5icu
iErly for his constituents OF the Fifth
Sward, many OF whom are railroad men
vsafEiIng nregu lar hours who needed
pheir meats and vegetables st short nc
,siiiee,s and who could not depend upon a
distant public market. He compared
the action OF tho pubic property COM
snittce hearing the butchers 10 the &C
tion 0; the Houso ways ara means com
nsttce IN hearing no 5.g protected
manufacturers ard framing the McKin-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
A new YEARS GREETING.
The Brown Dry Goods Co.
The first of the year finds us with sew
oral lines Of goods, all in season. but
which we don't propose to carry over.
NEWMARKETS.

You know what the cold snap is. A
nice, warm. we'll made Newmarket would
BIO com Portable. II your husband bought
an overcoet as good as one OF our New
markets he would have 10 pay SIS to Sl8
for it. These Newmarkets were held at
that. They are good material and we'll
made. We are closing them out at SIS
to $3.50. We mean what we say when
we say that the cloth is worth that. But
We don't want them left on our hands
for next season. There are only ten
left. Be quick.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
THH TIMES can Do found regularly on
nayo OF tho foiInuSpc nIRCaq.

THH TIMES can be found regularly on
Gale at the following places:
Roanoke-George Gravatt, Jr., M. L.
Bmith.e. Hotels Roanoke. Ponce de Leon.
Mlk's News Stand, "a Salem avenue r.
n. Carr, Terry Building.
Bristol, Tenn.-W. a. Ward. Front
street.
Blueheld--Blueheld Inn.
Lynchburg-Norvell-A Hotel.
Pocahontas--Pocahont Inn.
Pulaski-Maple Shade Inn, Brown 81
Brown.
Radford--Radford Inn. w. Q. Butler.
Hslem-W. 8 Taylor's Book Store.
n--Willsrd's. The Metropolis
SER
WytheVnio h. b. Bailey.
Norfolk and Western trains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18

ATTENTION is called 20 tho advertise.
p!ete outfit of contractors material,
stone crusner, road machine, carts.
HARNESS, horses ard mules plows, dun p
car,s, etc. OF the late firm Of Skiukcr ..
Sims.
The gunnors on tue lower Chesapeake
bay side and at Lynn Haven arc killing
large quantities of ducks.
On papers for u 'ncxt week ut 10
cents per hundred.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18

ley bill to suit their interests, and not.
the interests OF the consumers, who"
said Mr.. Crabill, "were heard from on
that subject last November"
These arguments are 80 much to tho
point why the market house monopoly
should not be re-established that THE
TIMES has nothing to add.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
JACKETS.

Atwood stockinet Jersey Jackets.
Stylish and we'll made. There are a
hundred ladies in Roanoke wearing
these jackets, which cost them from $40
to $15 We arc closing them out at 81. SO.
We will stand by our goods. No one
else can touch our figures. 1t is ali in
knowing when to buy and how to buy.
There are only fifteon OF them. They
will not last till Saturday night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
ARunaway MARRIAGE.

From the Lynchburg News.
Frank l.. Snyder and Miss Mamie O..
Daniel, of this city, boarded train on
the Lynchburg and Durham railroad
Sunday afternoon and were marrisd at
that place Sunday night, Rev. Mr..
Lamber offic ating. They returned to
the city yesterday morning and will in
future reside on Federal street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18

RowelI's American Newspaper Direo-
cory for 1901 puts the circulation OF TEE
ROANOKE TIMES above that OF any
ether paper in Southwest Virginia, and at
moro than that of all the other papers of
Roanoke combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
sickness Among Ch,lareni

ESPECIALLY infants, is prevalent at all
times. but is largely avoided by giving
proper nourishment and wholesome
food. The most successful and reliable
is the Gail Borden Eagle" Brand Con
gist keep it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
AEAsT To tlaMpLG ~

7"' 70 F|ShDLC. ~
Our terms AND prices make houses
and lots easy to handle, and you
have only to come to our office and
sec some of the very desirable bar
gains that we are offering to be con-
WINGED of it.
Don't you SEQ what a poor finan-
cier you arc to be paying rent and
putting money in somebody elss's
pocket, when you could buy house
on easy payments and have a home
of your own? Read this:
7.room house on Second avenue
8. w, 81, 900; 800 cash, balance SEQ
per month.
Groom house on Eighth avenue
s, w, So, 500; $500 cash. balance Se5
per month.
Groom house on Shenandoah
avenue, $3.50; Si10 cash, balance
$40 per month.
Nice now 6roon house on GilIner
street, back of the round house,
$1,000; 500 cash, balance $40 pcr
month. Lots in all parts OF the city
on terms to suit you.
j. +. WlMG;FIELD,
2l7tf 2l0 Commerce Street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
HOLIDAY GOODS.

Odds and ends of holiday goods at cost.
Lambrequins, table scarts, few silk
throws, silk handkerchiefs and silk
mufilers. We would rather let you have
the benefit than carry them. Come and
get your pick Of tine bargains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18

The TIMES is delivered in Roanoke, Salem and
Vinton every morning by carriers for so cents per
month.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
0NAUrjCAL sYAlR allLDEn.


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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18
TELEPHONE NUMBER 12i.

Entered at the Postoficc at Roanoke as sccon
class matter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18

s Ladies' Newmarkets in Tan,
Gray, Navy and Black:
Newmarkets that were sic now9
" =" Is 10.
4" I" 1880" 1880
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-18

Rcmittances by express, money-ordcr, regis
tered letter, check, draft, should be addressed
and made payable to
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-03
CASE AGAINST All SIN.
II VIII he Hoard Before ths Supreme
Court, May 10.

II Will he Hoard H0soro shs SVpeOMe
Court. May 10.
WASHINGTON. May AIN the supreme
court Of the United States Joseph II.
Choate, OF New York. who will appear In
behalf OF the Chinsss government and its
subjects In this country In an argument
before the Unitod States supreme courl
uyon the conatitutionality Of the Chinese
exclusion net. asked that the date for the
hearing Of the Argument be postponed from
May 8 to May 10. The reason Tor making
not become operative ON tho 6th. and 10 got
the CASE before the court on the date origin
ally fixed would uecessitate such Earidity OF
action 40 might oaaily lead TO error which
otherwise would BE- ~Avoidable.. solicitor
a ;hs ssaa a'af saa 'octn nsst o JHssis. 7 fa m:1, .n.
nounced that It would he granted.
Orders were issued to treasury Officerss
special agents. revenue agents. ma others
not to arrest unregistered Cinnamon aftar
May {. On that date tho Geary, Chinese
law provides that all Unregistered Chinese
In the United States may be arrested. A
the constitutionality OF the Geary aot VAL
be tested before the supreme court on May
10, it has been decided to await q decision
before ordering wholesale arrests.
Up to noon to-day fourteen o. the 10y
is expected that most Of the others will do
so between now and Friday next, the last
day under the Geary exclusion act.
NEW YORK., May New York city's
| Chinsse have not registered in accordance
with the provisions Of the Gsary act as
rapidly "a the Cslestials OF Brooklyn ana
Newark. Only twsnty-four Chinese. 80
far, have enrolled their names. Only two
complied with the law yesterday; Il Is
expected that the local Chinese will come
forward at the end Of the week. BY which
time they may receive Instructions from
the Chinese minister al Washington to
register. Such inst, notions have already
been given the Chinese of Brooklyn and
Newark.
TACOMA, Wash. May 2.-No Chinese on
the steamer Victoria were xamined to-day.
the collector waiting for further proof OF
the forty alleged merchants who claim
their certificates were forwarded by mail.
Tbs attorney for the 216 actors says au,
thority for their admission Is on the way
from Chicago. Meanwhile the Chinese are
kept between the decks. The collector says
II proof Of the right to land fails to come
they will have TO be deported with the re-
| iected merchants.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-03
SIX TIMES AS GREAT.
Tremendous Debts of the Broken siou'
City Financial Concern.

Tremendous Debts of tho Broken Sioux
City Financial Concern.
Sioux CRY, Ia, May 2.-Assignee E. II.
Hubbard. of the Union Loan and Trust
company, has made a statement which has
created q sensation here. In tho original
statement the liabilities of the company
when it failed were placed at about $780,
OOO. with assets of twice that amount. II
proves from the %assiGnee's statement that
the liabilities were immensely greater.
amounting to about Sc, 0O0,0 900. In an in
teryiev Hubbard said: II will be ready in
a day or two to file my statement Of the
liabilities. l have not got far enough to
mako q statement of the exact amount OF
the liabilities Of the company. but from
various sources ! learn indefinitely that
they are about &C. 00. 600. This includes
both direct and indirect Liabilities. the
latter being on account of notes endorsed
by the The paper has been sold
all over the country and is held mainly BY
banks"
NEW YORK. Nay 2.-The sherih to-day
took charge OF the Office of the United
Pare: comuany, under an attachment FOL
$645. and Frederick X, Day was appointed
i%eceiver of the company. The United
Paper company, known as the tissue trust,
and formed with a capital of $3,UO.0OO,
control the manufacture OF tissue paper.
The trouble of the company IL nscribed to
a lack of working capital.
New York, May 1.-The Pittsburg Com
bination Clothing company, with several
stores in This city. and one id Pittsburg,
Pa, assigned without preferences. tIhelr
attorneys said the firms have stock worth
5000. 600 and the amount of their liabilltlef
will not exceed $780, 600.