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The Irish standard., 1894-03-10
Young America.

Rev. DR.. Meredith, the well-known
Brooklyn clergyman, tries to cultivate
friendly relations with the younger
members of his flock. In recent talk
to his sunday-school he urged the chill
dren to speak to him whenever they
met. The next day dirty faced ur-
chin, smoking q cigarette, and having
q generally disreputable appearance,
accosted him on the street with: How
do, Doc?' The clergyman stopped at
once and cordially inquired: And who
are yon, sir I'm one of your little
lambs, . replied the boy, affably. Fine
day" And, fitting his hat back On his
head, he staggered of, leaving the
worthy divine speechless with amaze
ment. 81 q ss5 G 5s.s
The Irish standard., 1894-03-10
PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Henne-
y pin-Probate Court.
deceased.
on reading and filing the petition OF Conrad
Henry Coll, Of Ramsey County, Minnesota,
died intestate, resident and inhabitant
of the County Of Hennepin and State of Min.
nesota, leaving goods, ch attels and estate within
this County, and praying that administration OF
her estate be to said petitioner granted:
tits ordered, That said petition be heard at q
Court House in the City of Minneapolis, in said
County, on Monday. the 18th day of March,
1894, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and that
notice of such hearing be given to all persons in
terested, by publishing this order 1t least once
in each week for three successive weeks prior
to said day of hearing in The Irish Standard, z
newspaper printed and published In said
County.
airy, 1894.
By the Court: JOHN n. STERILE,
Judge of Probate.
The Irish standard., 1894-03-10
MEN TIGERS or INDIA.
A Strange Superstition OF the Jgnoran,
Natives.

Strange Superstition OF the Ignorant
Natives.
The belief is very general through
out India that men are turned into
tigers by eating of certain root. It
is supposed that tigers who destroy
many human beings are men who have
partaken of this peculiar root. The
Sarimant, chief of Deori, related to the
author of "Rambles and Recollections"
the following anecdote;
"The tigers which now infest the
woods from Sugar to Deori are neither
more nor less than men turned into
tigers-a thing which often takes place
in the woods of central India. The
only visible difference between the two
is that the metamorphosed tiger has
no tail, while the lora, or. ordinary
tiger, has very long one.
''In the jungle about Deori there is q
root which if a man eat of it he is con-
verted into a tiger on the spot; and if
in this state he car. eat of another root
he becomes a man again. When was
a boy a melancholy instance of the
root eating occurred.
''My fathers washerman, Raghu, was,
like all washermen, great drunkard;
and, being seized with violent desire
to ascertain what q man felt in the
state of tiger, he went one day to the
Jungle and brought home two of these
roots and desired his wife to stand by
him with one of them, and the instant
she saw him assume the tiger shape to
thrust it into his mouth. II
"The washerman ate his root and
became instantly tiger, but his wife
was so terrified at the sight of her hus-
band in this form that she ran offwith
the antidote in her hand.
''Poor old Raghu took to the woods,
and there ate q good many of his old
friends from neighboring villages; but
he was at last shot and recognized
from the circumstance of his having
no tail
'You may be quite sure" concluded
Sarimant, when you hear of tiger
without tail that it is some nnfortu-
nate man who has eaten of that root,
and of all the tigers he will be found
the most mischievous.'
The Sarimant religiously believes
the truth of this story and so do his at
tendants and mine; and out of pop
ulation of thirty thousand in the town
of Sugar not one would doubt the
story of the washerman if he heard it.
The Irish standard., 1894-03-10
PROBATE NOTICE.

ETATE OF MINNIE .oTA, County 81 Henne.
~ pin. Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of Patrick Cum.
mings, deceased
Letters testamentary on the estate Of Patrick
Cumminxs, deceased, late of the County Of
Hennepin and State Of Minnesota, being
granted to John meal lister and j. p. Barber.
It is ordered, That six months be and the same
ID hereby allowed from and. after the date Of
this order, in which Ill persons having claims
or demands against the said deceased are re-
quired TO file the same in the Probate Court of
said County, for examination and allowance,
or be forever barred.
1t 10 further ordered. That the first Monday in
September, 1894, at 10 O'Clock q. M, ut general
Term of said Probate Court, to be held at the
Court House in theCity Of Minneapolis, in said
County, be and the same hereby is appointed az
the time and place when and where the said
Probate Court will examine and adjust said
claims and demands.
And it is further ordered, That notice of such
hearing be given to all creditors and persons
interested in said estate by forthwith publish.
ing this order once in each week for three sue
cessive weeks in The Irish Standard, q newspa-
per printed and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 9th day Of Febru.
airy, 1894. 4;
JOHN II. STEELE,
By the Court: Judge of Probate. z
KITcHEL, COHEN T. SHAW,
Attorneys for Executors.
The Irish standard., 1894-03-10
PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATErOF MINNESOTA, County of Henne.
- pin-Probate Court.
In the matter OF the estate of Patrick Brod.
erick, deceased
On reading and filing the final account Of
Of ssd
petition praying for the allowance of said &C.
count and for decree assigning the residue
of said estate to the persons by law entitled to
the same:
1t is ordered, That said petition be heard at a
special term of the said court to be held at the
Court House in the city of Minneapolis in said
county, on Monday; the 10Th day Of March,
tice Of such hearing be given to all persons in
terested, by publishing this order once in each
week for three successive weeks prior to said
day of hearing III The Irish Standard, news
paper printed and published in said county.
Dated at Minneapolis this 9th day of Febru
airy, 1894.
BY the Court: JOHN II. STEELE,
Judge of Probate.
MCHALE & ABEL,
Attorneys for Executor,
319-32O Bank OF Commerce Building.
The Irish standard., 1894-03-10
PROBATE NOTICE,

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Hennl'
~ pfn-Probate Court.
In the matterof the estate of Bridget Gibbons,
deceased.
On reading and fling the final account Of
the Administrative of the estate of said deceased
aud her petition praying for the allowance OF
said account and for a decree assigning the
residue of said estate to the persons by law
entitled to the same:
1t is ordered, That said petition be heard at q
special term of the said Court, to be held at the
Court House in the City of Minneapolis, in
said County, on Monday, the Goth day Of March,
1894, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and that
notice of such hearing be given to all persons
IN
prior to said day of hearing, in The Irish
Standard, newspaper printed and published
in said County
Dated at Minneapolis, this 2Sth day of Febru.
airy, 1894.
BY the Court: Judge of Probate,
The Irish standard., 1894-03-10
Tho Care Double.

The emperor Of Russia had up to 3
short time ago double in the person
I banker Of the name Of Carlsben In
Copenhagen. Csrlsben was introduced
some time ago to the car, who himself
remarked the extraordinary likeness.
This proved unfortunate for the
banker. who henceforth drove In = car
rage and four, and was only too
pleased when he was taken for the em-
peror 81 all the Russias As 9 result
lCarlsben. went insane on the subject
and recently died in sf1nadhouse in the
firm fai IN lae yyaa the czar.
The Irish standard., 1894-03-10
AMERICAN SHIPS CROWDEDo OUT.

Fruit Carried from Cubs 70 New York ~
European Vessels Entirely.
A large feet Of small steamers, prin-
cipally of English build, and sailing
under the Norwegian flag, have worked
revolution in the Cuban fruit trade
at New York, says tho Tribune. Only
q few years ago American schooners,
small, graceful craft, went down to
Baracoa, Gibara and other ports, load
ed with anything which would pay
freight rate; and usually in about q
month or five weeks they would come
backs with holds full Of bananas or
oranges or pineapples. With the de-
lays incident to ell sailing craft, it was
no uncommon circ umstance for them
to land their perishable cargoes in q
more or less damaged condition, and
wind and weather permitting" was q
qualification to an agreement respect
ing delivery. While the passing of the
schooner may be regretted, it is fact
that the service is greatly improved,
and the business has increased enor-
mously; and this state of affairs would
be an unmixed blessing were 1t not
that foreign capital and labor have
reaped large part of the reward. The
little steamers are run at small ex-
pense, the ships company making
wages on which American seamen
could not support their families. They
will make a round trip in fifteen or
eighteen days, and deliver their car
goes in good order. The fruit can be
picked much ripper than before, as it is
reasonably sure that it will be deliv-
cred in New York in week; and Us it
is landed direct into the cars on floats
alongside the steamer, it is for sale in
inland cities in less than half the time
formerly required to reach port.
The quickness with which one Of
these steamers will get out of port
after arriving here is constant sur
prise. 1t is not an uncommon occur
renee when the crush" season is on for
one to come sneaking up New York
bay with the first sign of daylight and
warp in at her pier. Off come the
matches and the top layer of hay is
pitched out; this has prevented the
fruit from being bruised by the pitch
ing and rolling of the steamer. The
handlers" begin their work of lifting
out the fruit. Meanwhile, the captain
has had his br eakfast. He goes ashore,
the vessels manifest is entered and
she is 'cleared" for her return. Con-
signees come to the pier for their share
of the cargo, and while bananas are
going out on one side coal is coming
in on the other, and by the time the
hold is empty the bunkers are full. A
stray scorpion or tarantula may linger
around, but no attention is paid to it.
The water tanks are filled, the same
crew signs over again and by three
o'clock in the afternoon the sharp
steel nose of the alien craft is cutting
through the waters of the bay, bound
for Cuba and more bananas. Italian
vendors, British shipbuilders and Nor
wegian owners and Spanish growers
make good livings, and, in many cases,
snug fortunes; and the ambitious
Yankee, neglecting the day of little !
things, let's them do SO, and is appar-
emily content with the cheap fruit,
while South street is fringed with
idle sailOrme en-
The Irish standard., 1894-03-10

Go to California via ALBERT Lea''
Route. Only line with through carr.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
FINE FARM FOR SALE!
NEAR CHAMBLIssBURo, VA.

Having decided to retire from business will on
June IL, 1891 Offer for sale, at public auction INV
farm, ing on Beavcr.dam creek, in the county
or Bedford about half way between Chambss
DurS ana Stews rtsvillc, about twelve miles from
ROANOKE ana ten miles from Vinton. and within
halt a mile OF the proposed Mineral Belt railroad
lcadlng rom Roanoke to Danvic. The farm
consists OF i51 acrcs-l9 in tim her good land and
hnc tlmber) The cleared land /. in u fine state
OF iInprovemcnt-most All in grass. One hun
drcd acres bottom land worth 300 pcr acre: good
frame dwelling OF nine rooms-tin roof: nil
necessary outhouses in good repair; fine we'll OF
water near the door: good barn and stable both
for horses and cattle; good fencing EyervthinW
considered don't think there is II better farm in
ehc county. Mills, school ard churches near bv.
Good ncighborhood. ~
Any person wishing to buy a first class farm
Will do we'll TO come and look for themselves.
~ WIN. VI. FIELDS,
- "d Chamblissburg, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
BUSY DAY IN CIRCUIT COURT.
Decision In AN Important Case-Seyera
Appeals Taken.

Decision In an Important Case-Seyeral
Appeals Taken.
Although the term of the circuit court
is drawing to a close, and will probably
adjourn tomorrow until July, If not un-
til September, yesterday was an import
ant day.
Hon. James A. Dupuy, the Judge, rem
dered his decision in the suit OF Asborry
and Coon vs.. the city OF Roanoke to re :
cover Sl0l.75, pEid for sidewalk assess
ments OF the abuttiDg properly belong
ing to the plaintiffs The case involves
the legality of 'he charter OF the city as
we'll as OF several city ordinances, and
Affects the collection Of over $40, 600
now due the city on similar charges.
a. Glasgow, city solicitor, repre-
sentcd the city, while Phlcgar, Berk-
eley ~ johnson appeared for the de-
PENDANTS. The decision was in favor of
the defendants and an xppeal WAS taken
to tho supreme court of appeals Of Vir.
ginia
An appeal was also taken by the de-
PENDANT in the suit for damages Of j. M.
Medley VS.. the Norfolk and Western
Railroad Company. A verdict WAS re-
Gently given in favor Of the plaintiff in
this case for 5000
An appeal was taken in the case of
Clark vs.. tho Peoples Perpetual Build
ing and Loan Association. in which a
verdict OF $3.50 in favor OF the plaintiff
had been recently rendered.
Hastings Court Adjourned to June4.
No business was transacted in the
Hastings Court yesterday. and Judge
Woods adjourned the session. Court
will meet again June T.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
A GOOD DINNER.

The following menu" will be served
at tho City Lunch Rooms, 90 Salem
avenue, to day, from l2 o'clock to o. No.
Price 25 cents:
Soup-Vegctsbc.
Fish.
Baked Shad. Maitre de Hotel, julien Potatoes,
Sliced Cucumhers.
Roast.
Prime Ribs Beef. Dish Gravy, Spring Lamb,
Mint Sauce, Chicken Sntred
Entrees.
Kidneys Saute, Rice Croquettes with Jelly,
Lettuce.
Vegetables
Mashed Potatoes, New Bocts. Sugar Corn, String
Beans
Desert
Strawberry Ice Cream Cake
Cheese, Crackers, COfrcc, Ice Cold Butter Milk
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
The hard times have cut gown
the price on houses and
lots until they can be
bought for less - -:.: =,
than cost of .
ton.

Sroom house on Seventh avenue s.w
stable bathroom, los 5uxI3D fer Price
50, $50; terms easy
Groom Cottage on Eighth avenue 8.
w. Price $1,000; $500 cash. balance $40
per month.
Lot on Eighth avenues. W. 5oxl3o
feet. Price $500; $50 CASH, b.i.nc. Sio
per month.
Groom cottage on T.zewcll street,
lot 40xl3O feet. Price $50
West End Boulevard lot, north side
75xl50 feet Price $500
4-room cottage on Campbell street
Price 5000; $50 cash, balance SIS per
month.
Good residence loe. 5oxl5o feet, on
Jefferson street. Price $500
Sroom house, all convenionccs large
lot, convenient to College. Price So, coo:
terms easy.
Farm of 252 acros, II miles from Roa-
noke and l miles from Salem; 80 acres
in wood, balance in grass: room dwell.
ing. three servant houses, gooi saw
mill, orchard, we'll watcred. Price
S3,oGo 26o ACRES adjoining this land
can be bought on same terms.
$50 acres of the best land in Bedford
county, on Little O:;er,"3% miles from
Bedford City, Il miles from depot: rs
acres OF bottom land. 80 acres n timothy
and clover Price $50 per acre.
WRITE FOR OUR
CATALOGUES or
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
PERSONAL.

Arthur L. Derr went to Lynchburg
yesterday.
A. j. Shines, OF Sslcm, was in tho
city yesterday.
T. Mitchell made n business trip to
Bedford yesterday.
r t. Buckner went to his homo ut
Montvsle yesterday.
III. NJ. DarnRll mSde q business trim TO
Lynchburg yesterday.
Mrs. John d Whitescsrvor, OF S.lem,
WAS in ,he city yesterday.
Major S. Griffin went TO Bedford veg.
terGay TO remain over Sunday.
L w. Cromer, OF West Virginia, is
spending few days in iho city.
Mrs. C. NJ. Murden is very i'll Ut her
home at 90 Gilmore avenue Il. W.
mrs. John Il. Gannxway, Of LYNCH
burg. is visiting friends in tho city.
Hon. II, c. Thomas returned homo
yesterday from Montgomery county.
l. A. SGle, wcll-known business
man of Bedford, WAS In town last night
Cspt. Henry Felix, of Hotel Felix at
buchanan, is az Hotel Felix In this
city.
Prof. =. c. Leary has been confined
to his home for several days with i'll
ness.
j. w. Underwood, of the city market.
is dangerously Ill at his homo in Bale
hack.
Josh I. Ward, who has been in Salem
for tho past two weeks, has returned
home.
L. c. Wiley, of Bristol, the pasentee
OF the Wiley electric railway signal, Is
in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. a. Fick!in, of Rich
mond, former residents Of this city, arc
In tow on visit.
Major Malcolm w. Bryan returned
homo yesterday from G "trip through
Southwest Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l.. Lamb. Of
Lewisburg, w. Va, h.ve been in the
city for few days.
d. X. Smith, OF Loudon county, was
In the city yesterday looking after his
real estate interests.
John j. Quinn left yesterday morn
ing for Southwest Virginia on fishing
excursion of q few days.
r. L. Uzzell OF the auditors Office OF
the Norfolk and Western, is visiting
friends at Column bus. Ohio.
c. M. link and family have gone to
Camden, Ohio, their old home, to spend
few weeks with relatives.
Dan Baldwin OF Bluefield, is in Roa-
noke, en- route home from 4 trip to
Richmond ana North Carolina.
Capt. Thomas S. Sarles, OF Christians
burg, who has boen in the city several
days, returned home yesterday
Ed Hughes, of the Norfolk and West.
ern offlcer, went to Richmond yesterday
to visit friends for few days.
Mrs. Nancy Il. Lucas, OF Childress,
Va, is visiting her daughter, Mrs A.
l.. Smith, at Sl4 First avenue n. W.
c. D Wingfeld, secretary and treas
urer of the Crystal Ice Company, of
Richmond, is in tn. city on business
Mrs. l. Ernest Boone went to Allie
ghAny Springs yesterday to visit her
parents, Major and Mrs. Ii. Sublett.
R. Fl. Wright. formerly deputy SER
Reant who is now residing on his farm
in Roanoke county, WAS in the city yes
terday.
Mr. and Mrs. j. G.. Anderson returned
from Washington yesterday where the
latter has been spending several weeks
with relatives.
Messrs. r. E. Scott and A. p. Staples,
of the law firm of Scott s. Staples, re-
turned from business "trip to Peters
burg and Richmond yesterday afternoon.
George II. Ashbridge. of the Phila-
delphls car trust, WAS in the city yes
terday making an annual inspoc ton
over the Norfolk and Western railroad.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
c. r. WERTZ,
GROCER.
Organs Tuned and Corrected.
Commerce Street.

Sowing Machines Cleaned, repaired
and adjusted. Parts Of every descrip-
ton furnished. Orders promptly exc
cutcd. You are not Obliged to wait for
"exp,rments.' Good Pneu Safety for
sale cheap. Drop postal or call.
f. j. SWAVELY,
% n 900 FIRST Street S. L
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20
Five Southern Farms wanted.

AN English real estate company wants
i've cheap Southern farms for pros.
pectivo colonists. Send price and terms,
with description OF farms and improve
mcnts to EDWARD LYLE. Attorney at.
law, 2O2A Commerce street. Roanoke,
Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20

e. NULrY, OF st. Paul, MINI, writes
WAS confined to bed for three weeks
doctors could do me no good; Japanese
Pile Cure entirely cured me-" Sold by
Christian & Barbee.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

of business. He knew more, and knows
more to-day, about the details of commercial
trade than any man in the nation. He fol-
lowed the arteries of trade and felt the mer-
camille pulse of the world His wonderful
memory enabled him to give on the instant
the standing and credit of thousands of bus
mess houses. His keen KIN Wedge of the
subject and his close observation permitted
him to write those weekly trade letters that
for years were regarded not only as prophetic
but as absolutely reliable. Il
There at large desk in the centre Of the
platform, hour after hour, Erastus Wiman
managed the great agency with ease and with
quickness of comprehension and rapid
grasp of situations that were truly marvellous.
He disposed of business in a day that even
noted merchants and prominent financiers
could not have handled in q week. The mail
OF the firm and his private mail, which was
almost as heavy, were taken up and answered
like a flash. He could dictate two different
letters on two different subjects to two Ste
nographers at the same time and each letter
would be concise, well worded and cover all
that needed to be written. It was sight to
see this man at work. Y
Yet this keen, shrewd, unusually intelligent
business man, who built up an enormous con-
Germ out of a small and struggling affair, was
the prey, and often the too easy prey, of the
ubiquitous crank. For several years, Mr.
Wiman devoted an hour in the middle of the
day to outsiders. Then came the crank or
rather the aggregation of cranks. There was q
long bench outside the railing, and on this
they grouped themselves. They went inside in
the order of their arrival except where some
more favored inventor, who had been there
before, was called to enter out of his turn.
The Maunchausen tales that Wiman heard
every day would have set most men crazy.
He enjoyed them. The greater the fairy story,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

fall came. Even the Staten Island land was
accumulated for the purpose of disposing Of
it in lots to men of small means in order that
they might have homes of their own and a
half acre of soil to which they held the title.
Visionary as the scheme may have been, it was
conceived with the best of objects in view, and
of late it took equal prominence in Wimans
mind with his plan for improving the finan-
cial and commercial prospects of Canada.
The financial downfall of Erastus Wiman
was caused by this indomitable enthusiasm
for humanity. Let credit be given where
credit is due. It will be fashionable, for
awhile, at least, to decry what Wiman did
and tried to do. If he should be convicted.
mud will be thrown over the numerous en-
terprises he originated and pushed. If he is
acquitted, this little story will spread and be
retold in his praise. Again the statement is
repeated, that Mr. Wiman became a financial
wreck, temporarily at least, because of his
constant desire to accomplish something
practical for his fellow men. That he wanted
to amass wealth in this attempt is not de-
MED. He always said he was in search of
gold. But he wanted to make money from
one project IN order to spend it in another
His history proves this. Five years ago, or
possibly six, he must have been worth in
quick assets, at least half million dollars.
Staten Island real estate not included in
the inventory. He could have stopped med
ding with schemes, lived handsomely on his
income as managing partner in the firm of
Il. G. Dun & Co., and allowed the half million
to double itself. But he didn't do it. He
poured out the thousands in new directions.
gave his partners the impression that he was
wild speculator and wasn't attending to
business, and then came the crash.
Naturally, his ambition to make name for
himself in new fields and at the same time
permit the public to share in his discoveries.
made Wiman q fair target for the crank. He
was the friend of the crank. The man with {,
scheme in the West who was told of Wiman
brought his pet project to New York and al
most always got an audience. The half-crazy
inventor, who worried Wall street and got no
hearing, finally learned of Wiman. and met
with cordial reception. TWAS an odd sight
to.see the congregation of cranks that assem-
bled in front of the big room, covering an en-
tire floor, from day to day, at 314 Broadway,
where Wiman's Office was. On a slight plat
form, with a railing to separate it from the
rest Of the apartment, was Wiman's desk.
Everybody could see him when the door was
opened. There sat the man that handled one
OF the largest and most complicated branches