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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21
New Stuffs Open To-day.

Another big invoice of finest China, embracing Tea
Pois Chocolate Pots, Vases, .Tnrdenerres Tea Sets
Pitchers. Cream jugs Cups spd Saucers. See them
SEQ them! Give them to anybody.
Specials in the China line, handsomely decorated
plates ut l5c
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21

At 81. ia5ies' newest S-rib, close rolling, real
twai silk umbrellas with the latest and most popular
snlles in loops, crooks and cone effects.
AT 81 35, ladies' rubber-loop mourning umbrellas.
FOR GENTLEMEN eCkWear, KeCkWeaT.
You will want neckties for your brothers, fathers,
friends, uncles, cousins, servants We have them; the
shown in the city. Come in and look over the lines
we offer at Csc and soc.
They embrace ali the shapes, latest coorings
and better values at the prices than are obtain
able this market. All styles-Four-in- Hands,
Tecks, Flowing End Fourth Hands, De Joinves,
Windsors, etc.
Gentlemens Foster hook, real kid gloves at &c.,
worth $50.
Gentlemeus Suede Or Mocha buck gloves at 81. so,
all shades.
GentIemen,a suspendefsLa pretty ilhe at QUO. ~,
to SOC the pnr.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21

WHEN you are trying to think of q
suitable present for birthdays or we'd
dings, or Chris mss, just remember tho
Pocket Kodak. It's out of the ord mary
line-is will be appreciated. Roanoke
Cycle Company, sole agents, los Sslem
avenue Il. W.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21
Umbrellas, Umbrellas.

Have you friend you think would like nice
fine Umbrella gift? We have them-bran new
stock for hristmas--ether for ladies or gentlemen,
and making specially low prices on them.
At 90 so, gentlemen's fine quality real twiled silk
umbrellas, we'll made, will and be credit to the
owner; all the newest handles.
AT So and $3.50, better quality, real twied silk
umbrellas for gentlemen, in finest handles, the sort
you generally pay from 81 TO SIS for.
AT $l.25, gentlcmen's real good wearing gloria
umbrellas, worth sl.50
At s.35, 100 ladies' fine gloria umbrellas. q gloria
that will wear, with the newest acacia and weichsel
handles. See them.
At $3.50, ladies' finest quality real twiled silk UNI
brelas. with newest sterling silver-mounted handles.
at so, ladies iue 8-ribhed taicta silk umbrellas,
with choice handles close rolling IS everywhere
at SIS. ladies' mourning umbrellas, real ebony
covered handles Very desirable.
At 81, real good gloria umbrellas for The ladies' the
l25 kind.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21
PERSONALS.

Maj Jos. h. Sands has returned from
q trip to Norfolk. !
Prof Chas. L. Cooke, of Hollins, was
In the city yesterday.
Col. Geo. M. Helm, OF franklin county,
was In the city yesterday.
Jno. Buckner, travelling salesman of
Lynchburg, is in the city.
Carey Cox, OF Montvale. was In the
city yesterday on business.
w. l.. Waller. OF Martinsville, was
here yesterday on business.
A. T. Sowder, a prominent Republican
OF Floyd county, was in the city yester-
day.
Rev. Weston R. Gales and wife, OF
Greensboro, N. c., were in the city yes.
terdsy.
Mrs. w. W. Workman left yesterday
for her old home at Greensboro, N. c.,
to spend Christmas.
Jno. Patterson. of Allisonia, is in the
city visiting his wife who Is under treat
ment at Rebekah Senitsrium.
Miss Eva Bowles returned to her home
In Greensboro. N. C., yesterday after o
pleasant Wait of q month to relatives.
Rev. p. a. Anthony, OF the East Roa-
noke Baptist Church, went to Buena
Vista yesterday on short business trip.
Clarence B. Strouse, tho Salon evan
gelist, was in the city yesterday en- route
to Danville to visit Rev. j. E. School
field.
WE take pleasure IN referring to such
of our customers ss needed indulgence
during the psse dull season, as to our
leniencY and disposition 30 carry Thorn
without payment. We never fail to
help an honest customer. Hobbie Music
Co.
THE Solomon Jewelry Company are
selling goods at private sale between
the regular auction sale at cost prices
A. E. FITZPATRICK. OF Fillmore, Csl.,
had the misfortune to have his leg
caught between G cart and o stone and
badly bruised. Ordinarily he would
nave been laid up for two or three
weeks, but says: AFTER using one bot
tie OF Cham berlain's Pain BALM L be-
gan to feel better and in throe days WAS
entirely we'll. The peculiar roothing
qualities which Ohamberlain's Pain
Balm possesses I have never noticed in
any o,her liniment. take pleasure in
recommending IT," This liniment Is
also OF great value for rheum atism and
lame back. For sLle by The Chas.
Lyle Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21
Open For To-day.

Newest things in Ladies' Lace Collars Tor Evening
Wear.
Newest things in Real Fur Neck scarfs with the
new tail trimming
Newest things in Children's Fur Sets.
Ladies' mufs from 45c to "a each.
New things to arrive every day. Visit our store
when out shopping.
The Standard Deineator for january is now here.
Plenty of them this time. These Standard Pntterns
are growing every day. Get Delineator, price loo
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21

At '2ac and 15c, 200 dozen ladies'. plain hem
stitched, white and embroidered handkerchefs. The
sorts that usually sold at CSC.
Gentemen's plain white silk hemstitched handker-
chiefs at 25c, Acc, soc, 75c and 81 .25
We have everything In hnndkerchiefs. Anything
you may want you will find here at tie lowest prices
named for like qualities.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21
Help a Worthy Cause.

"CLEvELAND" and "Rsmbler" blcy-
Giles, 1896 models juss received They
are beauties Call at once at Roanoke
Cycle Co.. and seo them.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21

FoR seasoned oak or pine wood by The
cord, or cut and sp!it for the stove, cali
on w. K Andrews IS Co., 219 Salem
avenue. Their belled teams will de-
liver IL.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-21
Sterling Silver Novelties.

Sterling Silver Cuff Buttons, Sterling Silver Belt
Buckles, New Stick Pins, Real Tortoise Shell, Side
Combs Garter Buckles, Baby Pins.
Besides the hundred more different articles OF
every description in Sterling Silver, Quadruple-pated
and White Metal Novelties Just the things for gifts
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
A Bank
Failure.
AN INVESTIGATION
DEr1ANDED.

A general banking business is done by
the human system, because the blood de-
posits in its vaults whatever wealth we may
gain from day to day. This wealth is laid
up against "a rainy day" as a reserve fund
we're in a condition of healthy prosperity
if we have laid away sufficient capital to
draw upon in the hour of our greatest need.
There is danger in getting thin, because it's
q sign of letting down in health. To gain
in blood Is nearly always to gain in uhoie-
rome flesh. The odds are in favor of the
germs of consumption, grip, or pneumonia,
Ii our liver be inactive and our blood i'm
pure, or If Our flesh be reduced beioD a
healthy standard. What is required is an
increase in rgeSu,fghhng strength. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery enriches
the blood and makes 1t wholesome, stops
the waste of tissue and at the same time
builds up the strength. A medicine which
will rid the blood ofits p~oisons, cleanse and
invigorate the great organs of the body,
|~vitaiize the system, thrill the whole being
with new energy and make permanent work
Of II, Is surely a remedy of great value. But
when we make a positive statement that %
per cent. of all cases of consumption can, If
taken In the early stages of the disease. be
CURED with the Discovery" it seems like
a bold assertion. All DR.. Pierce asks is that
you make a thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself of the truth of his assertion.
By sending to the Worlds Dispensary Med
-ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, you can get
"a free book with the names, addresses and
photographs of a large number of those
cured ofthroat, bronchial and lung diseases,
as well as of skin and scrofulous affections
by the "Golden Medical Discovery They
also publish a book of I6o pages, being a
medical treatise on consumption, bronchitis,
asthma, catarrh, which will be mailed ON
receipt OF address aud six cents in stamps.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
An Immense Drill.

There has lately been constructed at
one Of the Massachusetts, establish
ments for manufacturing machinists'
tools, drills and general iron working
machinery, a massive radial drill of
immense proportions, pronounced to
be the largest of its kind in the United
States, and of correspondingly super
ior workmanship for operations on SO
vast q scale. The radial drill weighs
some 80, 900 pounds, is sixteen feet
from top to base, and has q radial arm
eight and one-half feet long. By means
Of this powerful mechanism a hole
Ave inches in diameter q be bored
md q hole drilled to the centre Of a
circle thirteen feet in diameter, and,
though the machine is designated for
accomplishing the heaviest description
of work, it is SO constructed that one
man can operate it. There is mechan-
ism for moving the radial arm, and
the head is moved by o spiral gearing
with q quick and easy motion. The
machine is also adapted to giving from
three to ten different speds.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
The vision of Birds

Birds have very acute vision; per.
haps the most acute Of any creature,
and the sense is also more widely
| difused oyer the retina than is the
case with man; consequently a bird
can sec sideways as well as objects
In front of 1t.
A bird secs-showing great I'M
easiness In consequences hawk long
before 1t is Visible to man; so. too,
fowls aud pigeons find minute scraps
of food, distinguishing them from
what appear to US exactly similar
pieces Of earth or gravel.
Young chickens arc also able to
ind their own food-knowlng its po-
sition and how distant it is-as soon
as they are Matched, whereas a child
only very gradually learns either to
SEQ or to understand the distance Of
objects.
Several birds = apparently the
young Of all those that nest on the
ground-can see quite well directly
they come ont of the shell! but tho
young birds that nest on the trees OF
on rocks are born blind and havs to
be fed.-Chambers' Journal
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
or No Use 70 Him.

The map with an important all
took the seat next to the amiablt
looking man and smiled, says the
New York Herald.
"VacatIon trip, l s'pose," ventured
the important one. The othel
nodded.
.Ever hear OF the engagement In
surance company" asked the man OF
Importance. "You know in summer
how very impressionable men are.
Well, represent Il scheme that is
simply great. A man may become
engaged to a beautiful girl during his
vacation and upon his return to town
totally forget the fact, owing to pres,
sure OF business, hard work and SO
on. But the girl may remember, and
then there is likely to be trouble.
Now, you take out a policy in our
company and we insure you againsr
further worry. Furthermore
But" interposed the amiable
man, Il am mott
THAT may be-" continued the
other, s.You do not seem to be that
kind; but there's no telling what may
happen. Now, for 81 a month you
become a member of our company,
and If you should be engaged and
afterward suffer with lack of memory
and a breach Of promise suit looms
up why then we take take the mat
ter out OF your hands AMI settle it.
See? Only n paltry dollar a month
ENSURES perfect liberty to you. Do
you not think it would be well to
take out a policy?"
The amiable man shook his head
sadly.
mo. he answered, sit is too late
I have been married several years"
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
TILE pArroKx A

-
Rhcnever there's trouble In this thing OF
that,
No matter how distant the place,
When somebody says that finances are nat
Or that war-signs are easy to trace,
Che average person would stick to his task
Still doing the best that he can
o.keep things as we'll as its reason to ASH
But along comes the panlcky man.
With significant looks md a voice that 10 Low
He hints at disheartening thingsI
Bis ''You mightn't have thought 1t, but now
don't you know"
In mournfullest minor he sings.
though full OF good cheer and c~ontentmeni
ct morn,
Your task for the day you began,
FOUL presently almost regret you wer'
born
For along comes the panicky man.
Shall people b led by the raven whose nots
Is the moaning OF idle despair
Shall mere puny Terror take Thrift by thu
throat
And Courage her mission forbear?
Not so for the public is wiser to-dayi
It has hit on q different plan,
For ills we'll understood that the sensible way
Is to sit on the panicky man.
Warrington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22

body lett From TOP 20 bottom, from
foundations to garrett, the house LAY
empty OF dodgers.
The rats themselves, finding moth
ing to live on, abandoned 1t also.
Only the concierge remained, gray
green with fear 10 his lodge. Fright
ful visions haunted his sleep. He
seemed to hear ~luguDrious bowling:
and sinister rnurmurs at night thai
made his teeth chatter with terror
and his hair erect itself under his cot
ton nightcap. Mime. Bernard no more
closed an eye thar he. And Amanda,
In her frenzy, renounced all thought
of the operatie stage and married.
for nothing In the world but TO quit
the paternal lodge-a young barbel
and hair-dresser whom she had nevel
before been able to abide.
At last n morning after a more
frightful nightmare than usual Der
nard, too, took a good resolution.
He went to the proprietor, gave W
his keys and scampercd away.
= And now on the Rue de la Victoiri,
stands the abandoned house-eTht
Accused HOUSEWIVES history ]
have told you. Dust thickens upor
the closed stats. grass grows In the
court. No tenant ever presents him
self now, and In the quarter where
stand this accursed house so funereal
is its reputation that even the neigh
boring houses on either side have also
deprecated In value.
Lower ones rents! Who would
think of such a thingl-Trauslated
from the French or Emile Gaboriau
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
Knlsd BY Moccasin Snakes.

Minnie Hi9htower, the sixteen-yeaf'
old daughter of Hiram Hightower, {
trapper and fisherman, who lives OF
Horseshoe Lake, in the st. Francii
bottoms, Arkansas, was killed by moo
casin snakes the other day in q singular
! and horrible manner. The story wa,
told by q man who saw her body, TIL,
moccasin snake loses its vision almost
entirely during the month of August
just before it sheds its skin. During
the period of blindness the reptile il
very vicious and strikes at every noise
Horseshoe Lake is noted for the mum
her Of snakes to be found in its water
and along the banks. Miss HightoweI
had killed hundreds of the snakes dur
ing her life, which was spent on and
near the lake, and had little fear Of
them. She padded her canoe to q
drift OF logs in the middle of the lake
for the purpose Of fishing. There was
no one at home but her brother, aged
six years, Hightower having gone to
the head Of the lake with the onl,
,ther boat they had.
When Hightower returned OF noon
be found the boy running up and down
the shore of the lake crying. The child
said Minnie goton the drift and fshed
for o few minutes, then began to beat
something with q pole and scream.
Then she fell down. H%ightower looked
toward the drift and could see his
daughters body. He padded quickly
to the island of logs, which is not
more than 100 yards from the bank.
Lying on the logs was the girl, dead,
swollen and discolored almost beyond
recognition. Hightower counted seven
large moccasins coiled ON and around
the body. She was barefooted and the
marks Of the serpents' fangs were on
her feet, face and neck. 1t was apparent
that the girl had found a colony OF
snakes On the drift pile and that while
she was killing one others had bitten
her on the feet. She tainted from pain
and fright and tn. reptiles sank their
fangs into her face and mock. The
snakes showed do disposition to retreat
whom the agonized father approached.
They coiled and struck at him rs soon
as he set foft on the logs. He dis
patched two with his paddle, then, as
the remaining Ave did not retreat, he
got o long pole and thrashed them TO
death. 1t took him nearly an hour to
recover the body Of his child from the
snake-infested wood drift pile. Obi
cago Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
Cotton Manufacturing.

An interesting discovery has been
made by two young chemists of Lon
don which will doubtless have a very
important bearing on the manufacture
of cotton. Cotton waste is trans
formed by a new process into nitrate
OF celiulose, and cotton fabrics can be
covered with o solution of it which will
add materially to the weight, strength
and value Of the material. Thin,
lightweight fabrics a be filed up
with hi spreparation, which costs little
more than sizing and fuller's earth.
The oellulose thus prepared is also ap.
plicable to many different purposes.
The cort is very little more than the
raw material, being cheap and the
process Of manufacture Inexpensive
New York Witness
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
SOMETHING Hr HAD FORGOTTEN.

$50 you enjoyed your European
trip, did your" inquired the simple
old gentleman. 81 haven't been over
since '53, but my recollections are still
vivid. remember once standing on
Mont Blanc, watching the sun sink to
rest behind the blue waters Of the
Mediterranean, while to my right the
noble Rhine rushed onward to the
Black Sea, and the Pyrenees. still hold
ing the SHOWS of winter, were on the
left. 1 remember whilst standing
there"
"But, Mr.. Gray" feebly inter
rupted his listener. 81 was on Mont
Blanc myself, and really--youu ex-
cuse me---but you really must be mis-
taken in your geography"
Mistaken" returned the old man,
lightly. .Not q bit of it, But I for
get--it's different now. You know,
my dear boy, that since my day the
entire map of Europe has been
changed by these awful wars, and SO,
of course. You csn't appreciate what it
was in 53."--Albany Argus.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22

tks>Qyer.Carefaf HoEsewife.
Rero should be a placsfd on the
OF every house, aDo not put
- things" The habit Of putting
w. things has brought untold mic
slfUp thousands OF families your
aJGng and your evening papers are
pus ' Your magazine of the
culrsr finds Its way to the
s.otert part Of the literature
Of ~ ses Your cigars are so care
Iulf &ut my that they are never
aXs Abe. +Jnce i've boxes Of qulnfne
PIE were found 10 as many places
saoet the mar who wanted them was
ueaf. Once there was no light In a
couhtry house for three nights be-
cause some thousands of matches had
peen put away. Oh, do not put
a%%Sy! DO not be too Internally care
al not to have things where you can
put your hands on them. Leave the
hairs, tables, and beds sufficiently
u sight to be used and occupied. II
;ou cannot do that, at least leave the
1ouse within view, that 1t may be
entered, II peradventure ore has lost
bis spectacles Judge.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
Wanted to Kn0M How.

Mr.. Oswald has the reputation o,
being the hardest fighter" at th,
London bar. says Truth. He wa.
once arguing a case In the court Of
appeals at great length. Already
the court had tntimated pretty clear.
ly that 1t had heard enough; but Mr..
Oswald had treated these ultima.
lions in his usual manner, and went
IN raising point after point.
"Really," at last one Of the lord
justices ENTHUSIASTICALLY, Mr..
Oswald, II you intended to rely on
these points, you should have raised
them In the court below"
$50 I did, my lord. replied Mr..
Oswald, @but their lordships stopped
me-"
They stopped you, did theyp" in.
Iulred Lord Escher, eagerly; show
did they do it?"
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22

Old Gentleman-'1 have studied me,
teorology q little"
swell, I've been standin' here mos,
q hour, waitin' for the wind to blow
hard, and it don't blow q bit. Do yer
think it will sooE?"
81 shouldn't wonder, my little man.
The sky looks verystreaky. But what
do you want Of wind?"
81 want to have q SWIM"
SIT does not require wind to go
swimming"
sNo; but mamma won't let me go
in. That's why / want wind"
81 don't understand"
"Don't? Guess it's q good while
since you was a boy, isn't it,"
eyes, a good while"
"And your mem'ry isn't very good,
I s'poseT"
Perhaps not. I certainly cannot
.ecaIl any connection between wind
and swimming"
"W'y, don't you see? II wind
comes along and blows my hat into the
water, I can go after it, and mamma
won't say a word. She paid a dollar
an o half for that hat. Good News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
n,aHr,so 4 wsosSTH'

RraH1INa A wEoSda
Dobber (the artist}--.I have nd,
Mr.. Gotrox, to make a ~confessio{ q
which I am driven by the pangs
'Enawing conscience. I grossly a.
ceived you in regard to that pastoral
picture you purchased from me two
months ago."
Old Gotrox--stDid, heya How, may
I ask?"
Dobbler-"Those blotches in the
foreground of the painting-you spoke
of them as barberry bushes-Mr. Go
|troA, II can not conceal the truth any
longer; they are cowsl"-Puck.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22

There Is more Catarrh In this s~ectionsot the
country than all other diseases put together,
and untilthel last few years was supposed TO be
incurahle. For q great many years doctors pro.
nounced 1t q local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced 1t incurAble.
Science has proven catArfh to be q constttu-
tioaal disease and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney q TO-. Toledo. Ohio,
Is the only constitutional cure on the market.
1t Is taken internally in doses from 10drops to
o t~easpoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system, They offer
one hundred dollars for any case It fails TO
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
FL. CHENEY 8 Co.. Toledo, o.
D-Sold by Druggists. 75c-
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
A HOPELESS JOB

ibid you get the swagf" whispered
the burglar who had stood on guard
while his comrade went in the house.
The latter shook his head gloomily.
swell, I know he took it home with
aim in hispsnts' pocket, because I saw
him get the money and 1t was too late
to put it in the bank. Couldn't you
find his room?"
Eyes; found that all right"
"Weren't his clothes thers?"
Eyes"
"Then what was the troublef"
swell, Just as I was about to open
the door l heard . slight noise In the
room: fopenedits-fit tfs Way and By
the light Of the moon I could see his
wife going through his pockets. !
watched her transfer the roll Of bills
from his pocket to her own dress
pocket. Then I knew it was useless to
try to find it and gave up the job"
Town Topics.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
(lshes fo.ooo.ooo Peon1e.

=. Dhe ~ OORAo
been said that Egypt is the
ersasf Fbf the Nile and with equal
s,uln ~ it be said that Eastern
rus Thss,s 8rF3on Of the volga.
a1s W hi the country has
ateiy Connected with that
l,sel ~ ore than 1000 years; the
1nalacI Dpd pursuits of all the East
nuss,al 1lbes have been greatly
oulue and upon it now de-
penus sYfectFy or indirectly, the well
iare 9 more than 10, 600, 900 people.
~ tn is nearly Z, 200 miles and its
saeats't width In time OF high water
~ mis-. 1t washes the borders OF
mus rovinces or administrative d.
sisios of the empire and on its banks
eeant39 cities and more than 1000
viiIaeHAapd settlements. The waters
81 lh9Akoiga River system arnua Iy
Noat #,rly 5000, coo tons of mer-
snsna and furnish employment to
Wssels and nearly zoo, 0C0 boat
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
Breakers Ahead.

Auntie (anxiously)-Do You think
you have had the proper training for
q poor mans wife? Sweet Girl
'Yes indeed. Papa hasn't given me
any spending money worth mention
ing for years. l always get things
York Weekly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-03-22
Bernard declarInRtna,

Bernard declaring tnal
mad beyond a doubt taken
order from the bottom
u wine in the restaurant
der. But for Mile. Amanda
would undoubtedly have
owS and finally Mme. Ber-
did not wish to be thought
threw q shawl over her
ran to the proprietor's
'rnard had spoken truly;
En two ears crnamented
led hoops, she heard the
:, Only as she was a
Mt woman she de-
't'""" put. as
under
ruck,
rdge
,lib-