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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-08
Greece Soon To Re an Is,nn,,,

The scheme for cutting Il canal across
the isthmus of Corinth has had its peri
DDS of trouble and depression, like other
and greater enterprises of the Same char
acter, but it appears to be now rapidly
approaching completion. The concession
was originally granted by the Greek
government in May, 1881, TO General
Turr, with whom was associated NJ. de
Lesscps.
After the original capital had been alb
sorbed and the operations for some time
suspended, the operations were taken up
by new company, who in 1890 entered
into contract with Il firm who under
took TO complete the works on March 10.
1898, under penalty of 81 900 per month
for any delay after that date, but unfor-
tunatcly about this time last year IL wa
terspout passed over the works, flooding
the excavations.
The disaster necessitated slight ex-
tension of the term, but the contractors
now promise that large steamer will
go through The canal on the ESD of April
next Great efforts are being made to
render the "ystem of lighthouses ade-
quate. Tho Corinth canal, which will
have cost from first to last e., $50 600.
will be lit by electricity, with two pow.
erful lights Mt each end and row OF
lights through its entire length
News
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-08
TRUSTEES. SALES.
DY VIRTUE OF DEFD M TD1Io,

x NlkTUE OF A DEED OFTRUST DATED
~ September 20, 1890, and OF record in the
crR ONCE OF the Hastings Court for the CITY
OF Oh ROANOKE, Va. in deed book 40, page liz.
whereby E; b. Dolin conveyed to the under der
Ssnea trustee tho parcel OF land hereinafter
me en,'o OF to secure to Josiah Friend the pay
II, c l OF inc sum OF $4,000, evidenced by one noic
Ss Ssoo, payable 10 days after date 10 notes OF
go cach, payable monthly. with interest from
u ,Ii nhd whcrens default having been made in
TUG payment OF live OF said notes and hcinr re-
Hu ISst so 10 do by the beneficiary will on
. ~ ~ nSDA1 TIE S0Tll DAY OF MARCH IS,,3
a. IL NJ In front OF the courthouse at Roanoke
SSitS, proceed - sell ut public auction 10 tho
nishcst bidder the parcel OF land i'm said DEED
ihGhtloncd and described rs follows:
besinnlng ut point on the cast side of vbao,
S.rcet ,' rect south OF Dale street thence south 70
degrees east ~ feet to an alley, thence with said
hiiey south III degrees west 31. feet 10 n NON,
thcncc north - degrees west 10 feet 10 Whcn,
street, thence with Wheat street north 10 de.Iecs
esst5 2f feet to the place OF bcginniuc.
TERMS: Cash sufficient 10 paw the oxnors.s
OF executing this trust, inclncinc n tr,i.tec,s
commission of legal per cenium and 10 nav OF
anu discharge the amount OF notes in which do
Iault has been made, and the note To become inr
March 10. 1888. say slT2 20. and the bsiancc r.,
monthly instruments OF CESS each with ir,tnres.
until all unpaid notes above mentioned be- noid
on and the remainder, IL any, in two wears from
date OF sale, all of said deferred payments 70 he
ProoppstIy secured. +. E. COLE
~ '"S Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-08
Portable Pianos.

An invention, which would he n for
tune to the inventor and manufacturer
is portable piano-that is, IL keyboard
of SIX octaves, inclosed i'll u plain case
Al inches long, IS inches broad and s
inches deep; each note to be very faint,
but pure, distinct and as correct in tone
as the best pianoforte manufactured;
part of the top of the case to open and
show the keyboard, with small folded
easel for the music to rest upon, tho
other part of the top to open to allow of
the instrument being tuned.
Such an article would be Invaluable.
as it gould be placed on writing table
or dressing table in Il bedroom, and the
tone being faint its use could not annoy
other people when the amateur was prac-
ticing. 1t could be carried about in n
leather case as ordinary luggage, and
when not in use could stand in corner
of a sitting or bedroom. The price
should be moderate. as such an instru-
ment would be sure to become very pop
ular.-Philadelphia Record.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-08
A STRANGE FRIENDSHIP.
Dickens Account OF n Cobbler's Love fs
Ills Dog.

Dickens Account OF II Cobbler's Love fot
Ills Dog.
My fathers love for dogs led hir;,
into a strange friendship during our
stay ut Houlognc." writes the f;.-
nous authors daughter in Ladies'
Home Journal. There lived in a cot
tagc on the street which led from
our house to the town Il cobblcr who
used To sit at his window working al
day with his dog pomcranian-on
the table beside him. The cobbler. in
whom my father became very much in
tcrcstcd because of the intelligence OF
his poodle, was taken i'll and for many
months was unable To work NV father
writes: The c0bblcr has been i'll these
many months. The little dog sits at
the door so unhappy and anxious to
help that every day expect To see him
beginning pair of top boots Another
time father writes in telling the history
If this little animal: y cobblcr at
Houlogne, who had the incest OF little
dogs that always sat in his sunny win
low watching him at his work. asked
mc;s wClld l1-ing tho dog home Us hc
aodldii AFFORD 10 pay the tax for him.
The cohblcr and the dog being both my
particular friends complied. The cob
bier parrtcd! with the dog hcartbrol;cn.
When the dog got home here my man,
like an idiot IS he is, tied him up and
then united him. The moment the gate
vas open, the dog ton the very day af-
Ter his arrivaD ran out. Next day
Gcorgy and saw him lying all covered
with mud. dead, outside the ncighbor-
ing church How am ever to tell the
:obblcr? lie is too poor to come to
England. so feel that must lie to him
for life and say that the dog is fat and
happy"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-08
The White RhInoceros.

From IL letter addressed by that re.
nowncd sportsman, Mr.. Sclous, to the
London Field, it appears that that Gu
rious and rare animal, the white rhinoc.
eros, has not yet gone the way of the
dodo and the great bustard, though
some have ventured to give Mr.. Sclous'
authority for saying that he is extinct
1t is to the occupation of northern
Mashonaland, which kept the native
hunters to the west of the Umniati
river, that this gentleman attributes
the fact that in this part few speci
mems still survive the constant persecu.
ton which in less than twenty wears
has utterly eXterminatcd them in every
other portion of south Central Africa.
There may yet" Mr.. Sclous adds, "bc
ten, or even twenty of these animals
left, but certainly not more, think,
than the latter number"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-08
IT'S HER NOSE THAT SUFFERS.
While Man Goes Along Trying to
Warm Ills Ears.

speaking of cold weather, l have
discovered that the cold affects men and
women differently" says u writer in
the New York Herald. Il mean that
despite the fact that both sexes are of
the human kind they have not the
SAME vulnerable points for Jack Frost
to nip.
You may have noticed as have,
That Il woman when outdoors in a cold
day goes along apparently comfortable
except for her nose. She covers it with
her mittened or gloved hand. or if She is
very nice she holds her handkerchief up
in front Of it.
1T is the tip Of her nose that the cold
takes hold of and won't let 90. Her
checks and her chin never seem To suffer.
but her nose always gets red and cold
and frostbittcn.
II believe that physicians say the
vulnerability Of the feminine nose is,
caused by corscts, or rather by The
lacing which the wearing of corsets i'm
plies. At any rate it forces the blood
10 the nose and makes red noses rs we'll
rs tender noses.
And the only moral can see in il is
that If the girl, would she'd their corscta
they might not i'll course of time he
forced to the unS!igniiied proceeding oi
| holding on to their noses.
"Now, with man it touches him on
| the ears. There where ii man feels the
cold first. It's his ears that tinglc when
| the mercury slips down toward The zero
notch; it's his ears that freeze when lie
| stays out in the winter weather long
| enough"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-08

fINRuSTEE'S SALE-BI VIRTUE OF A DEED
Il OF trust executed to me by j. j. Catogni,
lice OF the llnstings Court OF the city OF Roanoke
Va, In deed book No. 3S, page i21, to secure to
Edwin r. smith payment OF the sum OF eight
thousand dollars (SS,0CU), as evidenced by turec
certain interest bearing negotiable notes IL even
date with said deed or trust for two thousand six
hundred ana sixty six dollars and sixty siL rents
(s2,666.GGl each, payable i'll ono, two ana three
years after date. with interest from date ot said
decd, ana whereas default has been made In tho
payment or the second mentioned note, anI be-
ing requested to do 20 by the beneficiary viii
.cil ut public auction to tho highest bidder. in
lTont OF on inc G9Srihopse IN the city OF oenoKs
O'CLOCK NOON, the following described uarcel
Of land l!iHg in the city OF Roanoke, Va:
- giLIing 1T the southwest corner OF Srrlca
and Henry strents. thence with Henry Street
south degrees west b2o rect ~ Wa,Ia: st-ce:
thence with the latter north 50 degrees4s minutes
west lil icct to an alley, thence with said alley
north degrees east CIT feet to Sprace steel,
thence with the latter south IS degrees 4 n. lnutes
east al feet to point OF beginning containing
oI,it2 square feet, more or less
sno.divided into 10 lots by the present owners as
shown on pla' prepared by Messrs. Wingatc Is
iianckel, engineers, which will he shown 10 any
prospective purchaser and will be produced 1t
the time of sale by the undersigned, the pronertv
VIII he cold IN accordance with the following
plan:
First. Lots l. 2s 4, s. 6, o, IL and ~. in tn. or
as shown on said plat; and shonid they not bring
enough to pay the debt due Edwin +. Smith then
lots Nos. and will be sold, and should they not
nr1nS enough 10 satisfy the debt above referred,
To. then lots Nos. 10 and IL will be sold
TERMS: Cash sufficient TO pay cost of execnt g.
Ing this trust, ncludin. trustees commits lion OF
. Der cent, and cash sufficient to discharyc the
second note above referred To OF $4,000 d. with
interest from June 3, 1880 and as to the sum OF
S2,W6G6, with interest thereon from June ), 1870
upon credit until June ), 1893, and the residue
upon credit of one and two years from the day
OF sale, deferred payments to hear interest from
day ~ sale and to be secured by decd o. trust
upon tue premises conveyed.
.. HOWARD ROYER,
tus Trustec
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Engagements in Germany.

When maiden is bctrothcd in Ger
many she is called bride by her sweet
heart. who addresses her thus until it
becomes time to call her wife. Immc-
aiatclv upon betrothal the lovers eX-
change rings, which. if the course of
true love runs smooth. are to be worn
ever afterward until death parts them.
The woman wears her bctrothal ring
on the third finger of her left hand nm
Til She is married. and then it is trans
ferred TO the third finger of her right
hand. The husband continues to wear
the ring just as the wife wore hers
when she was bride, so that one can
tell easily ut Il glance if a man bc or be
not mortgagcd as TO his affections. a
young German matron ON being told OF
the careless American custom of allow
ing the man to go unfettcred exclaimed:
"Oh, how dreadful! How unjust to the
young wives! How could | expose my
Wilhelm-so young-only twenty-five
TO the temptations of the world, if he
were not To wear Il marriage ring. The
girls would make love TO him. ould
not live in America for the W
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-08
Our Lessening Trade With Spain.

An old export house with European
connections, doing large business in
Great Britain and on the continent. has
called our attention TO the large falling
off i'll trade between the United States
and Spain. About year ago the Span
ish customs authorities issued an order
demanding that certificate of origin
should accompany all goods entering
that country, which practically has re-
suited i'll determinations against goods
from the United States. Heretofore
orders taken by European travellers for
German or other houses could be exc
cuted from here, and the fact that thew
were rebilled by German merchants. for
instance, was sufficient to enable them
to enter Spanish territory under condi-
tons covered by the favored nation
clause. Now that has been changed, to
the detriment of American shippers
Iron Age.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-08
A Dog Asks for Help.

In East Boston lives remarkable
dog, which is n mixture of Ncwfound-
land and mastiff. Ills name is Nero
and his master believes he can under
stand every word that is spoken to him.
Not long ago Nero entered Il lumber
yard where he was not known, and
limping up to one of the worlimen held
up an injured paw. Nero is not SO hand
some and gentle in appearance as he
is intelligent, and the man ordered him
ont. Nero walked away as far as the
door, turned around, came back, and
again held up his wounded foot. The
man stopped his work, and gently talk :
ing hold of the paw found Il safcty-pin
imbcddcd deep in the flesh. He cx-
tractcd the pin, the dog wincing at the
pain. and when the little operation in
aurgcry was over the dog licked his
paw and then thanked his bcncfactora
plainly as dog could, afterwards trot
ting away as if nothing unusual had
happened
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se.rlsy Brlsh.sns rhe,r non.ymoon.

~ lie
Charley Jones had perhaps the rarest ex-
perience of any of the gentlemen who
were engaged in the work of distributing
help to the poor. Sunday afternoon
these two gentlemen had charge of u
wagon together, and many loads of pro-
visions and clothing did they deliver to
deserving poor. The name of John
Jones of Sc Mcdonnell street was given
them, and they started for the place They
had some difficulty i'll finding the num-
Der designated and inquired of some one
near by where they could find &C.
Its rite down dere," said youth,
pointing toward the place. ian if you fell
lers will hurry up you'll see n weddin,
cause John Jones is gettin tied up ter
day"
They stopped in front of sc, and John
Jones, a white man who follows the &C.
cupation of carpenter, came out. He
was not richly dressed, but no was not
OH the extreme ragged edge by any
means.
What about getting married, john"
asked Mr.. Jones.
i've been a-thinkin about it." replied
Mr.. John Jones, IAN I'm mighty glad to
see you people come, cause Ineed help"
AIR. McWaters and Mr. Jones dcliv-
cred liberal allowance of provisions to
the groom, and after they had done so he
said:
"Gentlelnens, if you had been here
about 10 minutes sooner you could have
been at the weddin. got married be-
fore you drove up"
The two dispensers of charity offered
their congratulations Atlanta Consti-
tuition
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HEREDITARY FOES.
Tho Intense Hatred of the Pimas for II
NpacheS.

ahe AntGnse Hatred Of the Plmas for the
Apachcs.
The memory of the Pima nor do his
traditions run so far back that a mortal
cnmity with the Apaches did not exist
The first thing the Pima child is taught
is to hate the Apache, the vandal of the
great American desert. and he seldom
torgess his teaching. Though it is no:
SO bad now that the Apachcs have Sur
rendered TO the United States govern
mcnt, still the hatred exists. and when
The opportunity is presented the Pima
spits atand heaps all kinds of coutumc-
ly upon the heads OF the Apachcs.
rs rs known, the Pimas seldom leave
their valley hor,es, and. rs the ADachcs
arc now on the reservation under the
surveillance Of troops, it is rarely that
they meet, though last winter Il com
pany of the Apache soldiers were
brought through this city under IL
United States officer. Before they had
been here an hour their old enemies.
the Pimas and Maricopas, all knew of
1t, and by the middle of the afternoon
iuily two thousand were in town to see
thcni. The Apache sentinel had been
taught enough military discipline to
know that he must not resent the in
suits hcapcd upon him by the Indian
onloollcrs. bat it must have been n lA,rG
trial to his wild nature.
Years ago the Apaches and the I'inas
often settled their differences by single
combat or pitched battles. and there is
now one Pima living who killed si::
Apaches in one day in single combat
near where the Sacaton agcncy is To-
.atcd. The Pima used his ironwood
club, about two feet in length, Il the
Apachcs their spears and Will. clubs. II
is wonderful how sllillful these pilnas
/ are in the use of their clubs, fencing
with them equal to the exhibition OF >
French master of the foils
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John Kleunnan has been working for
John Miller i'll West Lincoln Ills.
Kleunnan became enamored of daugh-
ter of his employer, and the maiden re-
ciprocated the affection, but Farmer Mil.
Ter resolutely forbade the marriage. The
lover then went to town and had Il war.
rant sworn out for the arrest of his in
tended father-in-law. The daughter was
then summoned as n witness, and while
the father was waiting for the trial the
couple quietly slipped around the corner
to justice and We're married. The suit
against the old man was dismissed
Cor. indianapolis Journal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-08
Death From IA Harber's Razor.

The death of Mr.. John Terry of Rector
street from malady brought on by n
slight cut in the face which he get while
being shaved ought to he an al monish-
ment to BARRIERS. The wound inflicted by
the razor III the BARRIERS hand Was very
slight, but it was the means of admitting
into Mr.. Terry's system some hanef,,l
substance, which may have been in the
lather, or on brush, sponge or towel, or
OF the BARRIERS hand The result was
blood poisoning, from which he died in
a week after he had been cut. New York
Letter.
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TRUSTEES sALE-BN WIKI LIE OF TIE
~ provisions og deed Ct trust cx, cuted by
W. y. Blair and Lycur.,is Blair, Jr 10 e A.
Walton, trustee. and others bearing date the a,th
day OF Seutembcr. 1871. and recorded IN tho
clerks office OF the corporation court OF The city
%! Roanoke. in deed book No, 81, page -, to
which deed reference is made for a tnl sfaieiuent
ot the provisions thereof and BY which dee the
said ". j. blair and L. B'air Jr conveyed 10 the
said Z, y. Walton trustee, the property herein.
alter de;crihet, among Others. Tor the following
trust; In trust To secure to the Peoples Bui Giug
Loan aud Savings Association he payment "
lhc shil or S2'VD ana also for the further uay-
mcnt OF SSH contribution OF interest aud SS.3t
contribution OF premium, each ard every month.
from the date thereof, said payments or interest
and premiums To commence on or before Safnr-
Gay, October 81. 1891, and To be continued ana
made on or before the last Sa.urday OF each and
every month thereafter, to be paid 10 the treas.
urer or the said association according TO tue
condition OF bond executed aud delivered by
the SAID W. >. Blair and lycnrgGs Blair, Ir.. 10
the said +. =. Walton, trustee on the dav OF The
execution of said decd, and by virtue OF au order
OF the corporation court or the city OF Roanoke
appointing me a. substituted trustee In the place
OF the said t. \. Walton. trustee, with all the
rights and powers aud liabilities OF the said L. A.
Walton, trustee, the said W j. Baiy aud
i.ycurgns Blair, DR., having made default in tue
payment OF the installments or the contribution
OF interest and contribution o. premiums pro
vided Tor as aforesaid, becoming due on the last
saturday IN August, September, October, Novem-
her. December, 1892. and January and Feb
,he -"m OF nineteen hundred and ninety.
live dollars and sixty.iwo cents. aud
will be due OF the 18th day OF March, 1885, the
SUM OF S20i2 -. according 10 the provision or,
the said deed and on account OF the debt therein
secured, and being authorized so to do by the
tc ms OF the said deed, and being directed 90 10
do by the said. the Peoples Building. Loan and
savings Association, the beneficiary IN said deed
shall, on SATURDAY, THE ISL DAY OF
APRIL, 1892, sell Mt public auction in front OF
tho courthouse in the city or RoaGoke, Va, the
following described property described in said
deed:
All that certain piece or parcel OF land situated
in the city Of Roanoke, county OF Roanoke amt
state oil Virginia. and bounded as follows: Com
menciug at point on the north side OF l.lck
street, ~ feet west of Park street, thence with
Luck street south IS degrees west 81 fee, 20
.oint; thence north degrees cast M feet tn an
Alley; thence with said alley north So de ,sve-
EAST ~ feet To point; thence south lie traes
west 20 feet To the north side OF Lnck strcct tho
| place Of beginning.
| I ERMS-Cash JAS =. GROVES
] Sltd Subsiiiutol Trustee.
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A Modcr:n Cook.

A New York gentleman hired, . coelS
because her COMMUNICATIONS were
good, and moreover She asserted that
she had cooked for Il gentleman whose
good table is celebrated. Much to the
disgust of her employer, her cooking
was simply horrible, SO he called her
into his presence and said:
bridget, when hired YOU you told
me that 20" were qualified us {; cook.
and that you had been cook Mt the
Bondclippcr vill; on the hudson"
And SO was.sov: cooked the ;urrips
for the pigs in Il big boiler, so.. ''--Teyas
SiftinSs
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WHY Named.

Trivial circumstances rive names 20
children. y gallant Irish soldier was
the father of two girls, naucd rcspcc-
lively lame and Phoebe.
Some one asked linn why lie had Sc
iecte,i the latter name. and he rcplicd:
We'll. sorr We see our eldest WIS
born in .Ianuary, so we called hcr Jane;
and the other was born in February,
so we Just called her Faybic.'
The story would be better still IL
there had been Il third daughter. born
IL March and named, of course. Marcia.
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by VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EVE

ny VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EyE
a., - cutcd 70 me, the undersigned trustee on The
3 l day or May, 1872 by Mrs. EiDma A. Pole and
MiIour ;. Poie, her husband. To secure to Mrs.
iisannle Lnhsford tho sum of ono thousand dol.
iats as evidenced by two negotiable notcs OF the
s S Oh S2;u0, each, dated the Slst day OF Nav.
IeH2, ana due in ninety days and six months and
enc mote OF S5CO.0l due in twelve months from
H ' win interest aud default having been made
IN INC payment OF he first two notes and being
IWT@kne,itd 30 to do by the beneficiary, will On
lS3, AT y O'CLOCK NJ, in front OF the
r01lino-s Sc OF Roanoke. Virginia, sell by
uated in the city OF Roanoke, State
vi virginia, lying on north side OF Albc.
,aric street and fronting thereon 80 feet and OK.
ten1ing back between parallel lines 3J feet to an
aiey anu designated as lot u, section ~ OF the
map OF the Lewis addition. N ''-N
,,. rEhMS: Cash as to an amount sufficient To
and orchargc tho two notes OF 500 Ni rsrk sh w
referred referred TO- assume debt OF S2,7iOOJ due in
octobcr, 1888. with interest ut the rate of 4 nor
cent per annum, balance to be made payah,e ON
me slst day OF May )S!B that being tic time tho
soi.cV note above referred to becomes uuc.
Jus X ID. GUM, Trustee
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4 Snl Case.

Poor man. exclaimed the warm
hearted woman of thc house, impu!sive-
~. What has reduced you to this pit
liable condition"'
Grief, m;.'am." replied the hollow
eyed tourist, wiping the jelly and brcat,
crumbs from his mouth with his coat
sleeve ard beginning on the pic. Grief.
| am the only man in Kansas that
wasn't mentioned for the scnatorship
ma am."-Chicago Tribune.