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An Educational Error.

An amusing story is told in connec.
ton with the recent teachers reception
held in Boston. certain man of in
fluence in educational circles, being
slightly rejuvenate, ordered the caterer
to prepare bowl of properly brcwed
punch. He did so, and the hospitabie
bowl was placed in position easily ac-
ccssible, and where it was soon
emptied. AT that time another gentle.
man, we'll known for his strong opposi-
ton to the use of Intoxicating 5evcr.
ages, discovered the empty condition of
the late flowing bowl, and, supposing il
to have been previously filed with
lemonade, as a part OF the entertain
mcnt, ordered it rcfillcd, which was
done Again the bowl was drained by
the thirsty pedagogucs, and again an
other unsophisticated cntcrtai,.er or.
dcred it filed, and so it happened in the
course of the evening that some six gal.
Ions OF punch were drank by the thirsty
and guileless educators. y Boston Jour.
nal
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- Scottish Kings Park.

A novel idea for q parl, was that OF
King James ", of Scotland, who
founded the palace of IIolyrood about
1928, by building a house to reside in,
with circular turrct at each angle.
To accommodate himself with parl,
King James inclosed large tract of
ground in the ncighborhood of this
palace with a stout wall about three
miles in circumference, which. as
Maitland says, in his "II;story of Edin-
burg" sis nowhere to be parallelcd; for,
instead of trees and thickcts for cover,
which other parks abound with, |
could not. after the strictest search,
discover one tree therein, in lieu where
OF, it is supplied with huge rocks and
vast dcclivities, which furnish the Ed
ingburgcrs with the best OF stones to
pave their streets withal; as do the
other parts of the said park yield good
pasturagc and meadow grounds. with
considerable spots of arabic land. -
Two hundred years after, however. the
level portion was covered with mag
uificcnt oaks. Garden and Forest.
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e, years 49, would t.ke it ere would not be so
takes place: ! hear this wonderful medecir :
named and blessed everywhere, ar d am clad TO
ad9 my testimony to its great value, and truly
call II savior OF us women"
We would cay that Mrs. Berry's advice as n
nurte IL incorscd by physicians generally. DIR,
Gieene's NervIra blood and nerve remedy is in.
uceo wonderful dis covery and of incalculable
anu inc stimablc value to the Tick everywherc
1t has been proved over and over again in thous
ands upon thousands of casts, that II does cure
that II makes the sick WE'LL
Especially should Ii b. used Mt this season NJ
the year Tor everybody feels the weakncts Ind
, .nG OF ygo Of spring debility and this wonder.
iu remedy IL the best spIiug med icinc TO pse for
1t will Immediately invigorAtc the blood.
strengthen the nerves and create n healthy and
natural action OF the liver, kidneys and bowe's
rhysiclans know OF its, great valuc, for they
nave seen 1t perform wonders in restoring hcslth
and they recommend II freely to the sicT becamsc
IL Is INC discovery and p: cscriptcn or the famous
specials, Ia the treatment o. nervous and
Snronc diseases, Dr. Greene, OF IS w. 18th street,
New e TX, inc wellkuown phys ician. who riycs
consultation TO sufferers from any disease free of
charge, pc rsoI ally or by letter Va
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we know /. will make you we'll
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and traditions for every one of thest
images. 1t is stated in the island lore
that son of one of the ancient kings
named Flo Kaiho designed the first
image, but this is Evolutionary l.nowl-
edge. 1t is certain, however, from the
results, and from the known antiquity
of the images, that these crater work.
shops must have been in operation al
the time of Capt. Cooks visi: to the
island. But it is evident that ne did not
explore the crater of Rama Rorarlsa
The native dialect is that of Ma.avo.
Polynesian language. 1t is rather
musical to hear, bat somewhat perplcx.
ing to learn, as its personal proronns
are most bewildering, and the words
are duplicated. Manga manga. means
finger, while toes are expressed bv
manga-manga vac, fingers of the foot"
An Easter island tablet love soucr has
this refrain:
20 hi ticAa ita have
Horoa ita have
Hora moni c fatiti
tn orr miro
Ana p.r atu;
AKA pir atu;
Ana tagl atu.
q where ia the messenger of love between usi
W neh inc feast Of driftwood is conInc:noraica
There will We meet in loving embrace"
1t is really surprising that so little is
known of one of the most remarkable
natural museums in the world, or of n
people who are now almost extinct, al.
though once they were a formidable
power, with king of their own by
right of succession.
Mrs. NJ. l.. RAYNE
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some combining both. Gradually the
hoop supplantcd the farthingale, per.
haps because of it's greater possibilities.
for we read: ',rhcy spread themselves
across the whole pavement to the dctri-
ment of all honest men going upon
business along the street"
There were various notifications of
size and shape, and they expanded and
contracted between the extremes of
the size of butter churn and the cir
cumference of three hogsheads;" and
they sloped straight outward from the
waist to the ground, or carried the con-
volution of an inverted bow, as the men
OF to-day remember the hoopsllirts of
the sixties and thereabouts.
we find this terse paragraph in the
Spectator: "Since your withdrawing
from this place the fair sex arc run into
great extravaganza. Their petticoats.
which began to heave and swell before
you left us are now blown up into a
most enormous concavc. Il " What the
ladies have lost in height by the reduc-
ton OF their coiffures they make up in
breadth, and, contrary to all rules of
architecture, widen the foundation at
the same time they shorten the super
structure"
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TRUNK HOSE OF TIE MEN.

dresses of their wives they would have
appeared much like them. Later the
style disappeared, but in the reign of
james H., when the hoops returned,
after the protectorate, one writer re-
marked: "If men also adopt the old
fashion of trunk hose, n man and wife
would fill whole pew in church." We
have the fashion in the paintings of
Raleigh, Bacon, Drake, Fairfax, Vii
Tiers and others. 1t never revived but
when the hoop was at the zenith of its
influence the men could not resist the
c%travagancc, so that during the first
Of the Georges they changed the doublet
for coat with tails, and expanded
these with wires to rival the hoop petit
coat, and this fashion remained favor.
lite with the men until the good sense
of George w. dismissed it with the
hoop Of the ladies.
GEORGE S. Mcdowell.
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La Pcrouse expedition decided in 1885,
when they found the Easter islanders
wearing fugitive pieces of Spanish
clothing of q fashion twenty years out
of date
How the inhabitants themselves ever
reached this inaccessible mountain of
the sea is an unsolvcd mystery. That
they are there is an indisputablc fact.
five hundred miles from the nearest
land-Pitcairn's island-and two thou
sand miles from the coast of Chilli.
rude, lazy, untaught people, speak
ing the barbaric dialect of the South
Sea islands; race of whites vet with
no knowledge of any of the arts of civ
ilization, how did they come into pos
session of the curious sculptures with
with which the island abountls? To
have made these and placed them where
tkcy are would have commanded a
thorough knowledge of the engineer
ing science and all the appliances of
modern powcr-invention. There is not
even tradition of the people who made
these idols and images of past cen
turtles. We can only hazard suppo-
sition that they were some wandering
body of Aztec artisans, such as those
who knew the lost mechanical arts of
the ruined pyramids and temples of
Mexico.
1t would seem from all accounts that
they are Il simple people who have
been ill-treatcd by Europeans and only
recently converted to Christianity by
Catholic missionaries, who bravcd dealt
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-25

TRUSTEES SALE-BY VIRTUE OF rHE
N, PROVISIONS OF u deed CT trust ex cutcd by
W. d. FLAIR and Lycurgus Blair, DR. to A.
walton, trustee and others hearin ate tho a.;h
day OF Septcmbcr, 1891, and recorded In the
cicLRs oilice OF the corporation court OF the city
Oh hoanoke, i'll decd book No. 81, page 217 to
which deed reference is made for fun statement
OF the PROVISIONS thereof and by which deed tue
said W j. blair ana l. Bair, Jr., conveyed to tho
said n. y. Walton, trustee, the property herein.
AFTER described, among others. Tor the following
trust: In trust to secure TO the Peoples building
Loan ana savings Association I he payment CT
the sum Of s2C0J, and also FOR the further pay-
Ment OF Ss.3i contribution Of Interest aud 1854
contribution or premium, each and every month
rom Tue oa'c the'eof, said payments of interest
anu premiums TO commence on or before Satur-
cay, oc'obey 81 1901 and to be continued aud
made on or before the lasi SATURDAY. of each and
every mouth thereafter, 10 bo paid TO the treas.
uror OF the said association acc riding to the
condition OF bond executed ard delivered nv
the said ". j. Blair and Iycurgus Blair DR. Ia
the said K. a. Walton, trustee, ON the day II The
execution or said deed, aud by virtne o an order
appointing me rs substituted trustee In tie place
OF the said E. a. Walton, trustee, with All the
Maltor, trustee. the said W j. Blair and
Lycnrgns Blair, Lr, having made default in The
pay inent OF the ins,allmeuts of he contribution
OF interest and contribution OF premiums pro-
ylded for as aforesaid, becoming due on the last
SSa ar IN Angns September, Octohcr Noyem
r GHs s s thst and and Feb
nc sum OF nineteen hundred AMI ninety
nye dollars and sixtytwo cents and
sum OF Ss,oi22S, according 10 the provision of
me SAID deed aud on account OF the debt therein
secured, sud being authorized so to do by the
te me- OF the said deed, and being detected 80 to
do hy he eaid, the Peoples Building, Loan and
savings Association, the beneficiary in said deed
shall, on SATURDAY, THE iSr DAY OF
APRIL, 1899, soil at public auction in front OF
the courthouse in tho city of Roanoke, Va. the
deed: N'A
Al that certain piece or parcel OF land ,s,pated
IN the city of Roanoke, county OF 10 ,noke and
state OF Virginia, and bounded IS follows: Com,
mcncipg AZ point on the north eide of lnck
street, ~ feet wet OF Park street, there with
Lack street south SIS degrees west 81 sect to A
points thence north 8 degrees east 10 feet 10 an
alley; thence with said alley north IS dcSgees
east 80 tctt 20 point; thence south 5 degrees
Yves, 10 .eet 10 the north side or Luck street the
place OF beginning,
rERMS-Casb: JAS. S. GROVES
Su hiatt
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tlrcd years later and continued, almost
without interruption, but of course
with notifications, until the cdict of
George ". banishcd hoop and farthin-
gale from England.
The house of Tudor was given to cx-
travaganccs in all features of dress
Henry VIII. encouraged extremes.
Mary brought the farthingnlc to its
height of popularity and Elizabeth, in
spite OF her hatred of everything Span
lsh. maintained the ruff and furthnralu
to the end of her reign, dying with three
thousand costumes in her wardrobe.
And the name of the farthingalc is YER
tingalc, derived from ae,tu-garde, the
French for virtue guardian. 1t was
made OF wire, shaped to set upon the
hips, q sort of hustle that went all the
way round, and the dress fell over it
and hung straight down, as shown in
the accompanying picture Of Queen
Elizabeth, where she appears in ruff,
stomacher and farthingalc. 1t was not
until many years after her death that
the hoop came into use to initiate the
drapery below the farthingalc. 1t is
said the ladies at first found the fashion
announcement and unpleasant, but they
remembered the aduge: ."Onc must sur
fer to be beautiful" So as the reign
advanced the farthingale pulled ont
more and more over the hips, and the
ruff about the neck grew more wide
extending to keep the dress company.
But the fashions of the Tudors were
objects of reform during the Cromwell
ian supremacy, SO that little was seen
or known of ruff and farthingalc up to
the time Of James II. They theft re-
vived, and along with them came the
hoop, and for many years they reigncd
supreme, so that the fashion platcs of
those days contain groups OF ladies,
some in farthingalc, some in hoops and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-25

the crater of Rama Rorarla, where a
series OF workshops exist Some of the
images are of colossal size, but no
method of moving them when finished
Is left to show us how the rude artist
intended to convey them to the world
outside. The largest of these images
measures seventy feet in length. 1t is
said that many of the standing images
are as perfect as if just finished The
one in the illustration is noticeable
Som peculiar turn of the neck, which
might have been accidental 1t is called
"Wry-nccll."
These images occupy number OF
platforms. each one of which was u
workshop for the image builder. These
have been numbered up to one hundred
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-25
Costume Slang.

A paper before us says that Mrs.
Blank was ''gowned in mauvc silk" we
are not informed, however, whether
Mrs. Jones was pctticoated in ecru, and
we arc all left in the dark as to whether
or not Mrs. Smith was hated in cream
color While he was about it the writer
should have told us that Mr.. Snobb was
canod in malacca, that Mr.. Dudclcigh
was ringcd in sapphire, and that Mr..
Dash was evening dressed in broadcloth
gnrnishcd with satin.-Boston Tran
script.
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..STRONG Words.
Her Testimony and Evidence
Clear and Strong.
Ringing Words of Hope and Cheer which
VIII Comfort Many Hearts The Great
Information and Good Advice Tai
ented Woman Can Give.

>, one OF the mos. skilled nurses In this country
y mrs hll1aoeth ID. B.rry, OF Hampton, n. II
enc Is lady OF tic widestexpcriencc among dis
eases OF all kinds, and has cheered many e sick
room pom ey her hopeful and encouraging words
Sne mas sent communication to this ,ar.r
wniCh VIII be read with great interest by all.
ar ,! lnroGgh trouble and overwork," she writes
u grew feariully nervous, weak, div faint on
eanaasteu from nervous pre- stration until be-
Snr,c,, en'heiy helpless hanks to DR.. Grcenes
Nc5Vufa olocd and nerve remedy am now an
v ws ana nc sreng that who me
whole world OF women what DR.. G,cen,'s NJ uu
auLa olood and nerve remedy has done for me.
full medicine. 'ii's "ohucr-
.. vi am nurse, and when nursing my sister I
gave hcr this wonderful medicine She saws sbe
mas never felt better than since using it. gave
!. also 70 lady suffering from great neryons
pfosiratioD, who could not get help from three
physicians. STE Is now we'll, strong and nt shv.
Sna SAYS shc should have been in her crave n II
hao not been for DR.. Grecnc's Nctyura blood and
nerve remedy. '-ooo "iiu
a.. nave recommended 1t to many Others with
ING INC same wonderful succ'ss, and would esne ~
any say that IL women between the ages of 10 and
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Police Newe.

Willie Russell was fined $40 for
carrying concealed weapons by Justice
Turner yesterday.
D. b. Kinney WAS arrested in Franklin
county by constable and brought to
thlscity on the charge of en- bczz,ement
1t appears that Finney sold his interest
IN saloon on Railroad avenue to w.
h. Byrd. After the conErma ton of the
Finney sold 4 barrel of brandy in tie
sale saloon for SIS and had the barrel
delivered. Hence tho warrant Finney
Claimed that this special barrel was not
included in tho sale. Police Justice
Turner sent the case to the Hastings
Court. There the prisoner gave security
in the sum of s2oo for his appearance
a., tho April term of the grant jury
Inc prisoner had hardly been released,
when he was arrested again on war
rant sworn out By w. w. Workman g.
Co., charging him with the embezzle
ms OF goods to the amount OF S9.CO
This case will be heard by Justice
Turner this morning.
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to help these unfortunates; who, when
Cook landed, had for their only wcap-
ons stick carried in enc hand, but
who, to save themselves from annihila-
ton, wee obliged to learn the noble
art OF sclf-defense
There are now churches, mission
houses, schools and other improve
mcnts on the island, but there is little
doubt that in the course of time the
island will be dcpopulated, as the mum.
Der of natives has been steadily de.
creasing, there now being less than two
thousand.
Formerly there was n native king,
but the last one was stolen with large
number OF his people by the cruel Peru
VANS. lie died captive, only two of
the kidnapped islanders ever finding
their way back to their homes.
The only descendant of the king is a
sturdy old fellow named Kaitac, who
when last heard from was living and
well at the age of eighty.
While the Easter islanders them.
selves are not a highly interest
ing people, they are surrounded by evil
dences of n strange and more intclli
gent race. These are manifest in the
traditions with which the place
abounds, and the singular native
houses of great antiquity, Che interiors
OF which are made OF slabs Of carved
stones, covered with NEUROLOGICAL fig
ures. The rocks, too, are Gov.
cred with sculpturcd figures. Re.
markable images are found in
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TRusTEns' SALES.

TRUSTEES SALE-DY VIRTUE OFADElD
a OF trust dated the 18th day OF July. 1891, and
recorded In deed book CO, page 2il In the clerks
noke, Va, from w. ID. Myers and wife To The nm.
.' trustee, default having been made in
me terms thereof, and being required so 10 do by
INC Denenciary therein secured, will, ON TIL 1,
s2D DAY OF APRIL, iS,3, Ar IL o'Cf OCK
N NnJ on the prcmi.es in the city OF Roanoke,
nnd , l4t sac following described parcels OF
lahu WIN the Improvements thereon, consisting
OF dwelling house, etc:
:, First. Beginning al the northwest corner OF
ernest avenue anu TwoGty-thrd street thence
along said avenue north Is degrees n minutes
west 90 rect to point, theme north II degrees 80
mnutes cast 100 iect TO an alley, thenca witt
saiu hisY south ~ degrees So minutes east 80 III
feet to Twenty third street. thence with said
sire senth !! degrees So minutes west Or feet ~
the begtHnirg. ~
Second. Beginning ~ the southwest corner Of
Jsckscn avenue and Twenty-ihird street. thence
aiohs saiu JACKSON avenue north o. degrees 80
~ dd west SnoD feet to point, thence south
IL degrees % minutes west 1(u rs feet to q nojnt
on an ni'ey' thence with s2id aliey south 10 de-.
sIcts % minutes east 50.li feet 10 Twcntv.,h!rd
s,treet, tncnce along Twcntythird street north Ii
HcsieSs ~ minutes cast n feet 20 the beginning
known az lots and II. section 10, A. shown ~,
nap OF webb addition TO the city OF Roanoke
TERMS OF SALE: Cash ss 10 the cost. of .a,c
snd the sam OF Sin.s2. and as 10 the snm o;
Ssiai3 upon credit o become due In monthly
,osrih Tn OF Ss'c' without Interest, On the
, ,pa MONDAY o. each succeeding month from
hedcy ot sale, and the residue upon n crsdit M
orc ant Two years .wi.h interest; deferred nay.
'nents - Dc secured by deed OF ;r;,si
NOTE: Tic purchaser AZ this sale y;l h,v s,,h
iect TO TWO prior leeds or trus, ON the rrc,;y,ss
poth 10 favor CT The Peoples Perpetual Loan and
Apri! lsNsand recorded in the clerks ofice NJ
s INC G G,ly OF hoanoSe in deed book ~ PAGE Sis
ior we sum or 200. and the other daied the "a
gay OF ApFll, 1872, and recorded III tie same OF.
ne ne IN decd hnok -, page PSI, FOR the sum OF
~ w uhe Sieuits upon which may lie Obtained
10y appncs.on 10 the Undersigned
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A REMARKABLE PEOPLE.
Easter Island and It's Peculiar In
habitants.
A Race That Was Once Powerful and APP
parently Semi-Civ,iized = Queer
Images and Statuary
sample Love Song.
Especial letter..


The nautical explorer to whom the
honor is due of first discovering Easter
island did not take the precaution of
leaving an authentic 'log" report to his
posterity. l use the term first discov-
cred. adyisedly, for this singular and
remote bit of Oceanica has been regu-
larry discovered ut intervals for several
centuries. 1t was sighted by Sir Ed
ward Davis, NAVIGATOR in 1856, but
after that 1T was visited and named by
the Dutch Admiral Roggewcin when
sailing the South seas on voyage of
discovery and circumnavigation. AS
he was looking for new countries he
anchored whenever he found an I'M
known shore, although making q tour
of the globe, which he really accom-
plished in two years and two months.
Admiral Koggewein was looking for
the island previously named Davis
island, and discovered it on April G,
1722, iii latitude 2Tdcgrees west. 1t has
never been decided by histographers
whether it was really Davis island or
not, but the Dutch admiral commcmo-
rated the event of his landing by re-
naming the disputed spot Easter
island, or "Oster." in honor of Easter
Sunday, upon which day he and his
crow landed. These were the first Eu-
ropeans to set foot on these lonely
cliffs, twelve hundred feet above the
level of the sea. Occasionally some
Spanish buccaneer stopped at the island
after this. At kast that is what the
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One ofthe extremes, of this period IS

One .of The extremes of this period IS
illustratedinth Velnsquez painting of
Infanta Maria, of Spain, rephoto-
graphic reproduction of which is pre-
-sented here. OF this young queen it is
remarked: "She was an attractive prin-
cess in spite of the most hideous cos
tune ever invented"
twas humorously remarked that the
reign of the hoop portendcd the down
fall of the French king as the reign of
it's ancestor the farthingale preceded
the ruin of the Spanish monarchy.
During the reign of George I. the
hoop underwent important changes, &c
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by VIRTUE OF a DEED OF TRUST DATED
~ september 20, 1890, and OF record in tho
erRs office OF the Hastings Court for The city
OF ROANOKE, Va. In deed book 40, mage li6.
whereby Il. Is. Dolin conveyed to the under.
signed trustee the parcel OF land hereinafter
mentioned TO secure to Josiah Friend the paw
mcnt OF the sum OF $4,000, evidenced by one note
OF S2oo; payable 60 dnye after date, 10 notes of
80 each, payable monthly with interest from
date, and whereas default having be en- made in
the payment of five OF said notes and being re-
gnested so to do by the beneficiary. will On
I.rru,5RSSDAf. TIE 30TH DAY. OF MARCH, 1898,
Al i. in front of the courthouse at Roanoke
Guy, proceed to sell Ut public auction TO the
highest bidder the parcel OF land in said deed
mentioLed and described as follows:
Beginning Mt point on the east side OF Wheat
street TO !eet south OF Dale street. thence south SO
degrees east NO feet to an aley, thence with said
aiiey south ~ degrees west 324 feet to II point
thence north 30 degrees west no feet to Wheat
street, thence with Wheat street north 10 dcgr ccs
csstS24 feet 10 the place ofbeginning.
TERMS: Cash sufficient to nay the EXPENSES
OF executing this trust, including trustees
COMMISSION OF legal per eentum and to pay OF
ana .d,seharge the amount OF notes in which dc.
,Guit mas been made, and the note to become due
March ~, 1873, say Sl72 75 and tho balance In
monthly instruments OF $3.50 each, with interest
until all unpaid notes above mentioned be maid
on and the remainder. il any, in two years from
date OF SALE all OF said deferred pay ments to la
properly secured. Z Z COLE
- tus rrustna