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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-15

TN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE HUsT.
day OF August. 1895, Mcdowell s. Co, plaIntiff.
against W. F. Baker and ais, defendant, chan.
Gerry.
The object OF this suit is to cnforc. tn.
lien OF a judgment in favor OF the plaiutiff
against w. F. Baker, and to subject the real
estatf II said Baker IN the city OF Roanoke to the
cost, and an affidavit having he zen made and filed
that the defendants, David Myers, j., Hannah
Fuller arc not ,esidents OF the State of virginia.
It is ordered that they do appear here Within
fifteen days after due publication hereof and do
what may be necessary to protect their interest
in this suit And 1t is further ordered that a
copy hereof be published once week for four
weeks In THE ROANOKE TINES. and that a COPY
be posted Mt the front door of the courthouse OF
this city on the first day of the next term.
A copy-Teste:
s. g. BROOKE, Clerk.
LUNsPoaD & ANTRIM pa SO
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ownership of some trifles on which the
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ownership of some trifles on which the
duty amounted to about 5000.
Back In the stateroom again she never
left the dog for an instant. 1t was ar
ranged that when the vessel was docked
the maid was to remain on the pier until
the inspectors had finished perfunctory
examinations of the baggage, while the
mistress and dog were to be driven i'm
mediately to the hotel. 1t was argued
that the surly temper of the now half
starved dog would keep every one at a
distance and prevent any Of the inspect
ors doing anything more than to glance
at him.
This was fine arrangement, but I'M
happily stewardess on board the ship.
a woman of long experience with all
kinds of travellers. had about sized mp
the maid and the mistress. These stew
ardessss, and in fact all the crew of a big
steamer, are always ON the lookout for
smugglers, as the reward from the govern
ment in event of seizure is usually a
very generous sum.
Few passengers know this and are
prone to talk on the trip across now they
are going to beat Uncle Sam. Had very
rich st. Louis brewer known of this he
might have gotten through successfully a
couple of weeks ago with about $1,000
worth of dutlable bits of jewelry. But
the jewelry was seized on the pier and
the st. Louis gentleman may now have
to pay fine Of $4,000 and 90 to jail in the
bargain. The rich brewer is still won :
dering where the inspectors got the in
formation and if he ever finds out he may
discover that some shrewd employee of
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the :snip gave the tip which is causing
him so much trouble.
The young lady and the dog reached
the pier safely. She told the maid to
wait until the luggage had been passed
and turned to walk toward the carriages
at the head of the pier when little man
in citizens clothes stepped up and SAID
lone minute miss. How ABOUT the
dog?"
and may snap at you. cautioned the
young lady, fsigning great interest in the
safety of her questioner.
Hes only hungry; we'll soon bx
that" Turning 10 nearby steward ne
said: Here, John. run on board and
get big dish OF food for this dog" The
food was brought and the lady, the dog
and the maid were escorted to the office
of the superintendent OF the pier. Then
the dish of food was placed before the ex-
cited dog and while he was sulplng IL
down the little man ran his hands care.
fully over his BODY and in less than half
a minute discovered the diamonds.
No one said anything. The young wo-
mans nerves were well strung. she
knew that it was all up. The inspectors
knew they were dealing with clever
professional. The diamonds were worth
between $500 and $4,000 As she was
taken away to he srraigned before a
United States commissioner she turned to
her maid and said IN French. IL was a
fool. If | had put them in the middle of a
chunk of meat the dog would have
swallowed them all right. Then they
would never have found them But
became attached to the beast and didn't
want him to be cut open to recover them
| hate you now. You brute" and giving
the dog sound kick in the ribs with a
neatly shod foot said she was ready to
60.
Although the government has its spe-
cial agents scattered all over the world,
particularly in the European centers, the
best information comes from the snip.
The great nlodstes who send over girls
to bring back wardrobes worth $4,000 and
$6oO0 are easily kept track of except
when they employ women in fashion able
society to do the work. Such woman
can claim that the gowns are her own and
ground he will not run the risk of subject
ing her to the rigorous scrutiny of the
search room.
Many women moving in the walks oil
fashionable life increase their incomes
materially by these means. One of them
was caught by an inspectress who asked
her to put on some of the gowns she had
in her trunk. She was woman OF me-
dunn height. while the gowns had been
made for very short women, very tall wo'
men, fat women and thin women. The
inspectress saw at once that the gowns
were OF all sizes and shapes.
One of the cleverest smugglers ever
caught was woman with magnificent
suit OF hair. She made two or three trips
a year and it has been estimated that in
each trip she struggled about $50. 0J0 o.
unset gems by conceaing them IN the
heavy rolls of her hair
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disfavor of his people, and indeed they
assert tnat there are many Cinnamon in
the flowery land of their birth who have
their heads as tightly shaver as any con-
wet. But, on the other hand, they ex-
plain that it is national custom and IS
observed as such Just as 1t is the custom
here for the nair to be cut short.
'rhe Chinaman who has not long HAIR
they explain, may be suspected OF having
been in jail and eyed with doubt by
mammas who have eligible and slant
eyed daughters. and therefore the hair
is allowed to grow. Another custom
which makes business, good for the bar
bers is that of having only the old men
raise boards or mustaches. 1t is accepted
as a sign of advanced years for IA China
man to appear with any show OF beard !,
and therefore the young men keep them
selves scrupulously clean sbaven.
The Chinese barber is q free trader. He
has to use American razors because the
duty on the Chinese tools is 80 high as
TO forbid lis purchasing them. The few
razors he brings with him are soon worn
out by frequent honings, although the
steel Is of superior quality ana therefore
he is Obliged to profane his profession by
using the American razor. The skill
ship which Chinese law and custom re-
auires him to pass through are as useful
with the broad, fat tool he hugs in Chi
cage, and the dreaming Chinaman who
sits in the chair could not tell whether
the expert hand were welding Clark
street razor or one which was tempered
and fashioned in their own sunny home
thousands OF miles away. Chicago
fhropir1e,
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For Their Busy Season Is
Here===In Fact, at
Its Height
THEIR VERY CLEVER TRICKS
Few Tourists Can Resist the Fascina.
ton Of the Smuggling Came allow
Young Lady Came to Grief
After Working Out Plan

3 This is the season of the year when the
fashionable smuggler reaps golden haf-
vest. What Uncle Sam loses in the month
OF Septem Der there is no way OF comput-
ing in dollars and cents. but that it is a
very large sum those familiar with the
working OF the custom house readily ac-
knowledge.
The homeward rush from Europe is
now at its height. Golden Americans
who have been pleasuring all summer and
rubbing shoulders with royalty and the
nobility of the continent and Great Brit
ain are being landed by the thousands
every week by the great incom ing steam
ers. While the force of inspectors of the
New York custom house is large enough
all the rest of the year to cope successfully
with the amateur or professional Snug
gler, it is altogether INADEQUATE for the
work during the Septe. her rush.
AS matter of cold fact it is the nov
ice at smuggling who does the most mis-
chief individually. He does not get as
much in al one time as the successful
professional, bat he is so numerous thai
in the aggregate it is the amateur who
heeces the govsl nment the most. Besides
1t IS difficult matter to detect the anna
teur, whereas the professional can be
caught up with comparative ease.
In round mum bers 100, 900 tourists went
abroad in the early summer and are now
returning. People who claim to know
gay this vast army will smuggle goods to
the value of ten millions. Many will
smuggle nothing. but the rest will more
than make up for this honesty.
The society a,rl who can work in a
do1op 1,ards Of n, oct nricplesa lace wifi h.
out paying tribute to Uncle Sam regards
the work as IL masterpiece. A millionaire
who has more money than he knows
what to do with thinks it "a fine thing il
be can smuggle a few costly jewels fol-
his wife or daughter, and forever after
those Jewels will be greatly esteemed. be-
cause of the questionable halo OF romance
surrounding them. Even the men who
are appointed to uphold the law cannot
resist the temptation of bsstngg poor old
Uncle Sam out of few dollars. A we'll
known Judge, who is now dead, got the
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pocket knife used for shaving the inside
of the ears, for this barber does clean
job when he sets about it. The China
man who decides it is about time TO have
his head shaved and comes around to
tell the bar Der about it is seated in the
wooden chair and the silent barber tucks
a particolored cloth about his neck. 1t
is not long winding sheet such as an
American barber swathes his victim in,
but reaches Just below the elbows of the
man in the chair. Then the barber
slowly fills wasnbowl with warm water
directly In front of the chair. Dipping
his hands in the water he laves the hair
aud scalp where the razor is TO be used.
There is no soap and no latber to go in
the patrons nose and tickle him behind
the ears, but just plain, warm water, and
this is the only occasion on which some
OF the BARRIERS customers come in con-
tact with it. The barber sulemnly strops
the razor while the man in the chair
leans over the basin of water and then
the keen blade is passed swiftly and
lightly over the scalp from the f)rehead
hack to line in the center OF the head.
The thick black hair is not allowed 20
fall on the floor. The Cninamsn who is
undergoing the operation holds In his
right hand small square box and into
this the hair falls as the razor sweeps
along. The patron sits with downcast
eyes slowly moving the box around to
follow the course Of the razor, and the
barber says not word, but works stead
lily.
mans head is smooth and shining the
barber carefully goes all over II again
without wetitng the head a second time.
Then the long hair on the poll is lifted
and the neck is shaved until it is as
smooth as a baby's hand. With quick,
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most intense pleasure in telling how he
smugggled few yards of indi fferent sat-
in by sewing it inside the lining of his
coat That there is anything dishonora-
Bile about cheating Uncle Sam in this
way never occurs to the tranSgressor 1t
is an exciting game to play at, and few
tourists, particularly tie experienced
ones, can resist It's destinations.
OF the professionals. the cleverest and
most successful by far are the women
who take advantage of this particular
season to ply their trade. knowing that
in the great rush of incoming passengers
they are the less liable to detection. In
the old days the woman smuggler en-
ployed false bottoms in he: trunks to
conceal valuables. and the more artful
wore shoes with the high heels followed
out the spaces thus made being hlled
with uncut Jewels. These rus 81 are anti
quated now.
The up-to-date smuggler is very clever
woman, and in one trip during the busy
season can earn enough 10 live expen-
sively for the rest OF the year. One of
these young ladies boarded Liverpool
steamer, accompanied by II maid and a
large St. Bernard dog. She posed as
wealthy society woman with rich father
in one of the western cities. she did not
say so in so many words, as she was
very discreet and quite exclusive as to
over. She learned with much chagTln
that the rules of the ship prohibited the
keeping of her dog in her stateroom, so
that the St. Bernard was consigned to
comfortable quarters in the forward part
of the vessel. There his young mistress
visited him three or four. times day.
always bringing some dainty from the
saloon table. The big dog looked for
these visits and gulped down the dain-
ties with eager haste. The other passen-
gers thought it real womanly and gener-
Gus of the young lady III taking so
much trouble about the comfort OF the
st. Bernard.
When the steamer was within twenty
four hours of port the young lady sud
denly discovered that the dog was not
we'll and ordered the stewards not to
give him anything to eat. Inc dog
seemed TO Oe i'll normal health, except
shat with every hour he grew more rest
less with hunger. The snip would arrive
at quarantine about in the afternoon,
and on the morning of the last day of
the trip the young lady obtained the cap
tain's consent to remove the dog to her
stateroom. BY this time the dog was
ready to eat the woodwork. he was so
hungry His temper, ordinarily smooth
and even. became ugly, and the other
passsgers gave him wide berth. They
attributed it to i'll health. brought about
BY long confinement. His young mis-
tress said he would be all right as soon
as he got ashore. Then in the privacy
of her stateroom this very sweet young
woman took necklace of forty-odd large
diamonds, and securely fastened it under
the long hair between the fore legs of the
dog. The big harness the brute wore
made this an easy task. By this time
the'snip had passed quarantine, and the
customs inspectors WIN take the deposit
tons of passengers had boarded the boat
and already the tourists we're forming in
the saloon to make the customary oath
regarding their possessions. The young
lady was one of the first to get through
with this task, freely acknowledging the
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The Clock Industry

The manufacturers of clocks have not
been so busy at any time during several
years past as they are at present; the fac
tories devoted to the production OF silver
plate ware are running full time, with
large compliments of operators; the
watch manufacturers have this year given
their hands shorter vacations than usual,
and are increasing their already large
forces; the iewelry manufacturers of
Providence. Now York, Newark and
other oentefs are running their factories
to their utmost capacity; the importers
of art goods, pottery and bric-a-n rac are
receiving extensive shipments of goods;
makers of cut glass are producing many
new patterns. and are working every
frame in their plants. Thus the antici-
patton of ~ golden shower during the tall
season is evident throughout the manu-
featuring branches of our industries, and
that the manufacturers will not be disap-
pointed all signs indicate. Chicago
Chronicle
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every basement doorway. He should pa s
the American barber shops with their
striped poles and Haunting signs. their
tilted chairs and bay rum five cents extra.
He should pass the loud voiced barber
who has been drinking and who insists
on telling him all about the coming prize
fight. He should go to a certain base
ment, and, passing the laundry sign'at
the head OF the stairs, go down into the
dark, cavernous depths.
1t is not every man who can do this,
however. The man whose nervous sys-
tenn is dsordered by the strange. pene-
tIating smell of opium would best stay
away, for a cloud OF smoke floats gently
from the inner rooms all day and passes
out into the fetid air of Clark street. fhe
odor of the drug. strong and pungent, as
sails the visitor as ne gains the door. but
if he is used to this and can stand 1t
petty well, he can get shave in that
little dark basement which none of the
galy decorated and tinseled tonsorial PAR
Tors can offer.
Just inside the door is partition with
a square opening cut at about the height
of The eye, and through this Can be seen
the hunks in the room beyond. on each
a happy Chinaman wrapped in blissful
dreams, while through the opening tiny
wreath of opium smoke floats into the
outer room. The barber shop is almo t
under the sidewalk.
Through the grimy sidewalk light.
which is cleaned only by the raindrops
which spatter from the pavement, a half
light struggles in as though not wholly
certain of it's welcome. A bed occupies
about half the room and near it are
table and u chair. The walls are decorat
ed with the accumulated dust of years
and few flaming red posters bearing
Chinese characters. which may possibly
be advertisements for special kind of
shaving soap. Through curtaIned door
way d tiny oil stove can be seen in an
other room and on this the barber heats
the water which he needs in his business.
There is no fancy fitting chair with a
cushioned head rest for the patron, nor
is there an array of bottles of pomades
and lotions for the face. An ordinary
wooden chair suffices for the celestial who
wants u shave and he keeps his feet on
the floor.
The greater portion of the Chinese bar
ber's work Is in shaving the heads OF the
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residents of Chinatown. Every two weeks
each self-respecting Ohinaman has his
mead shaved until it glistens like a bill
lard nail. and his face, neck and the in
side of his ears are also pared by the
glistening razor of the adept who never
brings blood Few white mon are shaved
in the Chinese shop and only certain
patrons in the district know the delights
of celestial tonsorial work.
The barber is a thin, taciturn man VINO
has remarkable pride in his work. He
speaks hut little to his patrons and this
is one of the chi charms of the Chinese
barber shop. His flowing sleeves are turn
ed back so that they will not interfere
with the free play of his arms ana he
spends much time examining his collec-
ton OF razors. They hang in a cloth case on
the wall, most of them being American
tools.
In the lower compartments are several
tiny razors with blades like those of a
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If you have pieces of tablecloths, old OF
new, old napkins. or lin enlhandkerchiefs.
save them carefully. In sickness or ac-
cident they are worth their weight in
gold. and the pieces of linen are also good
to mend linen articles with. When
making new linen. or drawing threads
for drawn work. save all the threads. as
they are much better than linen thread
for darning. Do not let your sheets and
pillow cases come to holes, but when
worn smooth put them aside for sickness,
and use newer ones for common. Do
the same with towels. as usually a towel
is hardly to be used until it is half worn.
Chicago Chronicle.
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light strokes the barber touches the face
OF his customer, and then the little
Chinese razor is used delioately on the
inside of the ears. Never OF ce has the
silent barber drawn blood on a Customer,
and though the heavy veins stand OUT on
the scalp when the hair is gone. the
shining blade passes over them so lightly
that the stroke is hardly felt
The Chinese who speak English declare
that there Is nothing in thu generally ne
copied theory that Chinaman would be
! debarred from returning to his native
country should he cut off the plctresqnue
cue which adoTns the aorIty OF the
race. The Chinaman in this country can
wear his hair in whatever way his fancy
dictates, they say, without mourning the
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pantomine. The eyes peer solemnly
through the lambs wool goggles ana a
mere patch of the cheeks is presented to
view.
: Yet it is questionable whether this har-
ness in its very construction is not after
all temptation for a good, safe grasp
by an adversary, with the subsequent
churning of the head of the wearer until
the surrounding tuIf will look as if pigs
had been roofing there for potatoes.
The gearing looks odd just now, but so
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New Consumption Cure

Medical authorities in Europe are dis
cussing new serum for the cure of con-
sumption, for which, as usual, great
claims are made So far the records of it's
use show at least that it deserves trial.
1t is relaetd that in eightythree cases
treated with it only two patients have
thus far died, and that in majority of
the cases cures were made. That is quite
as much as could reasonably be expected
of any rem edy.
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punches that are exchanged in the line
up in the excitement of a hot game are
almost as deadly as the sword thrusts
and spear punches that used to rattle OH
the brass breastplates of the warriors of
old. So the football player, needing an
armor, went to work and devised one. 1t
isn't brass; but it serves its purpose as
we'll as If it were made of either of these
metals. ana with the approach of the
'rah. rah, rah" season of the year when
football is the fashion the dealers who
deal in football material are getting their
armor to the front.
The most striking feature of the foot
ball equipment is the head harness."
1t is the result OF an evolution. First
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HOW CHINESE
ARE SHAVED
Suspected of Having Been
in Jail if His Hair
Is Short
TINY RAZ0RS ARE USED FOR
Shaving the Inside Of the Ears, but
Never Draw Blood - Curious
Customs Followed by "JOhn''
In America
TINY RAZ0RS ARE USED FOR

1.-THE man who Is always having trouble
with his barber, whose face is scraped
and sliced and cut in the rush of Satur-
day night. should 60 down to Chinatown,
whore the smells come from, il he wants a
Moe, clean shave without blood, trouble
or profanity. He should 60 down to
CLARK street, away down below the post
Office to the region where the old clo'
man fiourishes and where yellow head
with quiet, dreamy eyes pro.rudes from
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been worn more numefously each season.
The elaborate head gear willtbe greatly in
evidence during this season. 1t is made
of light watch SPRING. steel leather
straps with lambs wool facing and vul-
canized rubber. In general appearance
it resent les the harness worn several
years ago by dime museum freak-the
man with a broken neck.
a wide band Of leather, with the lamb
skin next to the flesh, passes across the
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disappointed. When, a few years ago,
accounts of football games began to be
printed in the newspapers alongside of
railroad wrecks. boiler explosions and
like catastrophes which they overshad-
owed in lists of killed and injured, the
cartoonists and photographers at once
made merry with the sport and had par
tcular fun with the mechanical appli-
ancss designed to preserve from sudden
death and destruction the young athletes
who sought fame on the gridiron. Ono
OF the cartoonists put football player In
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Football Shoe

tic bands under the chin and at the back
of the head and neck by elastic bands
and buckles.
A team equipped with these un becoming
arrangements might easily be m mistaken
for a crew of submarine divers or for
band of gnomes escaped from Christ m as
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Shin Protector

did baseball catchers' masks and body
shields when first introduced. The pic.
neers were numerically guyed. Today
cautious CLUB manager will no. PERM i
his players to dispense with the appI-
anoes designed to protect the fingers and
face from foul tins.
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nouth Piece

came the rubber mouth piece, which gave
the excitable player something TO bite
and clench his teeth upon to save his
tongue and the breaking of his mola~s
bv the shock Of being suddenly
''duwned." Then the nose mask was
designed to protect nasal bone already
fractured from further injury. Now IT
has come into general use as preventive
OF first injury.
Then came the padd, d guards for the
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a full suit of steel armor, with visor
down and lance extended, and his wit
was received and applauoed as the best
and the witriest wit OF all. d
But as thee is many a word spoken in
lest, so there is sense in some cartoons.
md the fellow who put the football
PLAYER in armor was not so far from the
re ii truth of the situation as he had prob
ably been many time before. The foot
all players have an armor. They need
it in their Business The kicks and