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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
BLUNDERS OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS
Humorous Slips of the Tongue At
tributed to Orators.


Joseph Mains, himself a well-known
Puoilc speaker, gives some amusing in
stances of the humors of public spenkino
1t is, he thinks, n lack of fluency that
causes the speaker so often to bllnder
MI. Mains has listened to temperance
orator deploring the fact that n friend re-
sorts to the frequent use of the daily
glass He heard n notable lady sneaker
speak of slum children drought into the
world with no more idea of home comfort
than the children of negroes in Africa ~
One speaker said: 81 rise emphati
call W" and another said, 81 stand pros
trate with astonishment. Yet another
told his audience that it was mot the
platform speaker, but the house-to-bouse
visitation, and the utterance of the
silent word by the caller which did the
most good" The statement that ssthe
previous speakers suggestions were very
suggestive" and that another speaker,s
remarks were miscalculated to mislead "
Mr. Mains also mentions.
Then there is the speaker who ALWAYS
mlsplaces his his" and who prays "that
we might be brought to the halter. ~
Ihere was flight of fancy when the
speaker asked, Suppose If modern bal
loon dropped upon an uninhabited island
what would the natives says" The scien.
tlfic lecturer said Of his coming experi
ment that "all depends upon the presen
condition OF the body about to
created" A town councillor smoke
1.-THE rivers and streams that abut on
borough boundaries" Among Mr.. ,r-
Inns other examples is the speaker
begins by saying, "The proper stu,
mankind in general is the-the str
mankind in general" whereupon e l
chin in the audience cried out &C.
a-goin' in the same hole you went
att
No less embarrassed was,the'ol gentle
man who, stumbling through an after
dinner speech, said, CT have no more
to say, and So and so-I'll make n few
more remarks" The builder frankly
declared he was "more fitted for the
scaffold than the platform. Sometimes
the chairman errs in welcoming the
speaker. chairman was heard to well
come speaker rs one ''who is always
with us, and we wish he would come
oftener." Kind was the announcement
that "there will be two more opportuni-
ties to hear the lecturer once more" 1t
was when the meeting was ended that
the chairman asked the audience to
''close by singing just one verse of the
doxology."
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
CHEAP REAL ESTATE
City Property and Farms.

s.room dwelling on Campbell avenue, 6o.fee,
front, nice location. good stable, $4,000; pay
Groom dwelling, with sewer connection, stable
ana other necessary outbuildings, $3.50; $50
cash, $le.50 per month without interest.
oash and $40 psr month with no y" interest s Is
renting now for $7.75.
Two room cottages, with basement room,
SSVo each; Sl6 cash and 50 per month with Inter-
7-room house on Sixth avenue 8. w.. nicely
papered, with bath, hot and cold water and a
good collar, price $500; $io cash and $40 per
% Groom house on large lot, near Roanoke and
SoutneIn railroad, newly fenced, house in good
Two 10-room houses on West Knd bonloyard
large lote, in beautiful condition with eyerv con-
SSenlenee, At aeout half the coet of construction
Several other nne bargain0 In tho West End very
One lt-room house in tho Southwest at sa5OO:
Sro cssn ana go to SS per month. This is q
One OF tho best residences on Church street, IS
rooms, large lot best location. cost $500 In
pesutlinl condition inside and out Prioe $500:
Also two other spondfd P Bargains az s on
One OF the most desirable and best located bu..
lness houses In tho very best part OF tho business
and the ront will pay the balance. It is renting
now ior II per cent. OF the price asked. There is
no better Investment In the city than this Ws
property on Salem avenue and Jefferson street
6room house, large lot, nicely located In north.
$50 cash anc SO per month s1''''
q room house near West End round housa 5000
S50 cash and $40 per month, SN''
Elegant Is room house In the West End with
hard wood finish cabinet mantels, every modern
Improvement and convenience, with speaking
house, horse and cow lot, good garden, plenty Of
Irnit and good shade: in thorough rcpair. cost
the balance in nino years. AAA0
SPLENDID business lot near the now public
ments. This lot will double In value in two
years. " WV
Good Groom house. Eighth avenue g. W., mod
easy pay ments.
Nicely papered room house on he best part or
month. ~ W PoA
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04

HAVE THIS DAY SOLD TO f.. L.
Flippo my one-half interest in the firm OF
Earman Sc Earman, who will continue in
the coal, wood and buggy business under
the firm name of Earman 81 Hippo.
have also sold to M. II. Earman and E.
L. Hippo my one-third interest in the
Roanoke Cycle Company, who will con-
tinue in the bicycle business under the
same name OF Roanoke Cycle Company.
o ID I'm. JOSEPH II. EARMAN.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04

If your children are subject to Group
watch for the first symptoms of the dis
ease-hoarseness. If Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is given Jas soon as the
child becomes hoarse it will prevent the
attack. Even after the croupy cough has
appeared the attack can always be pre-
vented by giving this remedy. 1t is also
invaluable for colds and whoopng cough
For sale by the Chas. Lyle Drug Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
SPECIAL NOTICE.

HAVING BRICK AND
~ stone work or yltrlfled brick psvements to DO
Aaid would do well to call on or address J. II.
Falls, the practical contractor and builder Also
ISll kinds OF carpenter york, plasterng, painting,
'}alsomining and paper hanging done on short
has Fifth avenue n. C., Roanoke, Va.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
NOTICE OF MEETING.

1.-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE sTOCK.
III holders Of the Pleasant Valley Land Com
saany Will be held at the ONCE OF W. K Andrews
n O'Clock p. m. All stockholders are reouested io
DPe present In person or represented by proxy
n ~ lm g. LAMKIN, Secretary,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
AGENTS WANTED.

~ GU CAN MAKE FROM $50 TO 800 PER
5on with uB. Why will y0u be idle when such
Yah opportunity lie offered you. Good territory
and q fine line OF goode. STANDARD INSTALL.
HABNT CO., "a Campbell street. Roanoke. Va.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
NOTICE.

All persons having secondhand furni-
ture, stoves or household goods of any
kind for sale will please call at market
square. Address p. o. Box A.
j. w. GWALTNEY.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
FARMS.

loVacre farm, with nice dwelling, with lovely
grove OF forest oaks around tho house good
barn, large orcoard OF well. selected fruit ana an
abundance OF timber, we'll watered, very deeir-
located; price S2,C0O. Situated three miles
"uoke city.
Nr-0s 'arm, nice 8 room dwelling, good
N the city, for 81, 900.
Id for business, sixty
wr, -ments, for sale
'''rs
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04

Internal Revenue Service, Sixth dis
trlct OF Virginia, deputy collectors office.
Wytheville, Va, Sept, 18th, 1896.
NOTICE.
For violations of section 8, 326 of the re-
vised statutes of the United States inter
nal revenue laws, seized at Roanoke.
Va, on the 21st day of August, 1896
Feg containing about ten gallons Of
-dv
iG~ of August, 1856, for
1894, 1896, 3,21S
cd in Roa-
= all
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04

HAVING LOST OR MISLAfD-
certificate No: 2, sos B., for shares of
the stock OF the Old Dominion Building
and Loan Association, standing in NV
name on the books OF the Association, I
hereby give notice that have this day
applied to said association for a new GER
tiiicate. GEO w PRINCE.
Roanoke, Va, Sept. 26, 1896.
S.27-1 n w st.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
70 COMMISSIONERS SALE OF ABOUT


~ COMMISSIONERS SALE OF ABOUT
10 acres of land known as "The Crea.
ton Land Company's Tract. BY viz
tue of decree Of the circuit court for
the city OF Roanoke, entered at the ApriI
term, 1S96, OF the said court in the chan
Gerry cause therein pending of r, q.
Moorman's administrator VS.. the Creston
Lana Company ct ais the undersigned.
as one of the commissioners appointad
for the purpose by the said decree. viii
oifer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder on the nrem;ses Wy,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TI. 1sSs DE-
at O'Clock p. m, the said tract of land
which Is mentioned in the bill and pro-
ceedings in that cause. This tract Of
land contains about 70 acres. lies lust
north OF the corporate limits of the CITY
OF Roanoke and is bounded on the south
oy the property of the Ingleside Land
Company and on the west by the prop
elty OF the Melrose Land Company, and
Delng the same property conveyedsto the
erosion Land Company by r. 'B Moor
man by deed dated March 90, 1890. and
recorded in the clerks Office of the county
court OF Roanoke county, to which deed
Ieierehce Is made for more particular
description of said property.
In making sale of this property may
If deem it proper so to do, first offer it
III small tracts of from five to ten acres
and then offer it rs whole and report
the sale to the court, aggregating the
larger sum-
TERMS OF SALE:-One- third cash
and the balance in one and two wears
from the day of sale, deferred payments
to be evidenced by the interest bearing
notes OF the purchaser secured by deed
of trust on the land.
ROY B. SMITH, Commissioner.
Bond has been eyecuta5 b,, +ho -,
named commissioner as was reonirad h,,
the above decree ~
Teste: S. S. BROOKE c,,.r,-
10-3-td
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
q HOW IS THIS?

Il DR.. Parkhurst, September %: "The
1principles advanced by some of the men
seeking to gain control of this Govern
ment in this campaign have had the effect
yof making stocks go down. OF course,
stocks have gone down. And they will
continue to go down, and they will stay
liown until there is restored the confidence
ssof the people, and the machinery of the
Movement is put on a solid founda-
ton" @
= DR.. Parkhurst last year:
"When stocks are down religion is
up" M
Which condition bests suits the
CHURCH? N
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04

same a.
about fourte.
On same date nj .,
ton of sections 1924 anu
laws seized one package con.
about twenty-six gallons of apple brano,.
On the 91st day of August, 1896, at
1vanhoe, Wythe county, Va, for viola
tions of sections 1896, 1906 and 1885 of
same laws seized two packages contain
ing about fifteen gallons of corn whiskey
and copper still, worm and cap.
Notice is here given to any person or
persons who may claim all or any part of
the above property for them to come for
ward and establish their claims to said
property, otherwise I will proceed to sell
the same by way Of public auction to the
highest bidder for cash on the 2Sth day of
October, 1896.
r. P. JOHNSON, Deputy Collector.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04

We have wonderful bargain in a new
Haines Bros. parlor grand piano. VIII
sell 1t at sacrifice. j. E. Rogers s. Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04

w. K. Andrews s. Co., 219 Salem ave-
niue are prepared to furnish on short no.
tice Pocahontas, TOMS Creek, Banner,
r. ssell Creek, Thacker, Red Ash, Kim
I II, Brush Mountain, Anthracite and
bplint coal. Look out for the belled
teams
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
FOR BENZ.

DOR RRNT.-A NEW 7-ROOM RRsIDBNCa
with all modern improvements, for ront or
Ae at aa3 Campbell sayenue, Address "B,"
lines office. 1885
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04

Sg>O RENT-FOUR OR FIVE UNPUBLISHED
~ rooms for housekeeping. on Camp bell street.
Tor Information apply at "a Campbell street, sec
md floor, front.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
sOARDBRs WANTED.

OR THREB
wv young men can obtain first class board AT
36 CAMPBELL AVENUE. Small family, all
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04

.9GRNTLRMBN BOARD.
AfF ore; room and meals; also four or ave table
Poarders. Bath room to house free. Terms rea-
aonable. Apply to MRS. B. 8. SHAFER, No. 1O1F
honth Jefferson street. 9IO i'm
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
LEGAL NOTICES.

to pay off the aforesaid debt the Gold t-...
OF 6.0S acres sold to C. w. Thomas ne
aforesaid, will then be sold if necessary
TERMS: One third cash and the bal
ance In one and two years from the date of
sale, with interest on deferred payments
from the date Of sale, said deferred paw
ments being evidenced by notes Of the
purchaser secured by deed of trust on
L. G. HANSBROUGH.
Io-o'td. Trustee and Commissioners.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04
LOST.
FOB GALE,

NOR sALE-A NAGNIFICENT SQUARE
Steinway Piano in perfect condition. II coat
I lo0. great bargain, on easy instruments.
fuaieso a., Iimes once. 10a 81
TOR sALE-THRRR rGOOD Mich COVE.
4 HUFF, ANDREWSy&tTHOMAS. 1O9-1V
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-04

couh~-
chow at III,
Ii you want tt 4.
como and see US.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
HON. ARTHUR sEwALL.

Hon. Arthur Sewell, the demo
cratic nominee for viee-president
is from Maine. The following
clipped from one Of our exchang'
e., will be Of interest to tie Her
AID readers:
Steadily, for over thirty years
has the Sewa.l private signal, q
white "S'' Oh a blue ground
fluttered from the main spar 81
some Of the staunchest, finest
swiftest vessels in the Americtr
merchant marine, carrying the
Stars and stripes into every for
eign port.
From the days Of the lirsi
chubby little Diana, built IN 1923,
10 the greatest steel Dirigo launch.
cd in 1894, this house has led the
country in designs Tor merchant
vessels. Beginning under vii.
liam D. sewall, In 1922, the
house has been continuous, aud
today owns the largest sailing
merehantman feet under one flag
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
"a DISGRACE.

The trial of Bessie Adams, a
beautiful White girl only l6
years of age, yesterday norm
ing. mention of which was made
in the last issue Of the HERALD.
brought out facts that would
cause a blush of shame to spread
over the brow of any Anglo.
Saxon man or woman in this
fair, sunny Southland of ours.
The very idea that this girl
yet in her teens-shoud have
been the paramount of one ofthe
blacklist negroe men in Durham
county for four years-eyer
since she was a child of twelve
years of age-is repulslve to
every man and woman, white
or black, who deserve the name
they bear. 1t is a sin; a shame
and a disgrace to the fair name
of Durham. 1t is time that some.
thing should be done.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
The CHAMPION LIAR.

The New York Commercial
Advertiser, a hot-headed "gold
bug" sheet, printed the following
sl&nderous paragraph about the
south in one Of its recent issues:
"The fact il, and the sooner the
intelligent people realize it the
better that large section Of the
country, lying chiefly south Of
Mason and Dixon's line and west
of the Mississippi River, is peopled
by II en- who are unified in many
respects, or ut least in some re-.
spects, TO exercise the full fran
chise of citizenship Of the United
states"
Just such contemplate, de.
graded and dcbauched men as
tne1<1thor of the above paragraph
is what is the matter with our
country now. They do not de.
s rye the name Of man and should
De confined in a stall with one Of
the long cared animals that bray
around over the country.
As the HERALD has said before
the motto Of the gold men is
rule or ruin," and the sheet
above quoted, like many others
of the same stripe, will lie about
and SANDER one section Of t1e
country-and would ruin il il
they couId-simply because they
find themselves In the minority
and unable to dictate to the
masses.
No honest man can afford 10
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
CIGARETTE SMOKING.

Boys ought to be as bright as
girls but they are not. Men
ought to live as long as women,
bnt they do not. What is the
matter? A California paper, the
Pals Mail, has the following To
say on the subject:
The School Board of Santa
Ana found that for some reason
the boys in the public schools
were nowhere nearly as profc-
lent in their studies as the girls,
and an investigation was insti
tuted TO discover the cause,
whether the boys were being
neglected by their teachers, OF
whether lack Of discipline was
chargeable with the fact that
the boys We're not doing well
The investigation was had, and
it was found that ninety lei
cent Of the boys between III,
uges of twelve and fifteen years
who attended ,he puh'ic schools
annexed cigarelte I..c iA.es;i.
CATION did not require to b,
pushed any further. H. is suf.
ficiently well known that ciga
rette smoking bluuts the inui.
lect as well as undermines tn,
constitution, and ii ninety PEI
cent Of the Santa Ana boy
stay with the habit, ninety pn
cent Of the Santa Ana boys vii
be failures in life, and no hell
for ii.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
There is more Catarrh in ii!

There is more Catarrh in tbnI
section Of the country than Al,
other diseases put together, AMI
until the last few years VA,
supposed TO be incurable. For
great many years doctors pro
nounced ii a local disease, ana|
prescribed local remedies, anil
hy constantly failing to cun
with local treatment. pronounc|
cd it incurable. Science Lad
proven catarrh to be constitu.|
tional treatment. Halls CatarrI|
Cure. manufactured by i. NJ
Cheney Il 20 , Toledo, Ohio NJ
the only constitutional cure oil
the market. 1t is taken inter
nally in doeses from 10 drops IA
a teaspooLful. II acts directly
on the blood and mucous sur,
faces OF the system. They offe,
one hundred doilors forany cas-
il fails to cure. Send for circu.
lars and testimonials. Address.
Il. J. Cheney, To'edo, 0.
IarSold by Druggists, Zoe.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
NOT Al sU RPRIsE.

0fthe twcutysnine democratic
papers thus FIR reported as hay
ing bolted the ticket, four are in
New York city, one ii B.ooklyn,
one III Boston, two IN Philadel-
.phia, two in Chicago, four in
Louisville, two in Richmond, two
in Hartford, two IN New Haven,
one in Bridgeport, two in Buffalo,
two in Trenton, one in Newark,
one in Maine, and one in Penn
sylvania. The Charleston News
and Courier and Richmond State
re wrongly listed among the
boilers. The others are from
cities and states irrevocably for
gold, says the Raleigh News and
Observer, and the Kentucky
sheets are in the clutches Of Car
isis. So that the exhibit is not
so fullof meaning as it seems. In
fact it follows without giving sur
prise.
Figures just published show
that there are in the United
States POSSESS retail liquor deal,
ers and 4,555 wholesale liquor
dealers who hold license from the
Commissioner Of Internal Reye-
nue.. Add to this number that
Of the malt liquor dealers, rectifi,
ers, and brewers, and it makes q
grand total of 232,295 persons
who are lscensed by the govern,
ment to make and sell intoxicat
ing drinks, or one TO every 2SC
inhabitants or leaving out wo
men and children, one to every
93 men in the country. In view
of these figures it is not strange
that temperance lecturers beaI
down on the government for con
nection with the drink evil.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
A souND PLATFORM.

Judge II. y. Caldwell, OF Col
orado, when asked his openion
Of the platform adopted at Chi.
cage, said! mo sounder plat.
form has been presented 10 The
people by any party In a third
of q century. II marks an
epoch In the political history Of
this country. If Mckinley Is the
Napoleon Of the gold standard
forces. Bryan is the Wellington
.of the allied silver forces and
the historical parallel will be
complete except that his modern
Napoleon, after his Waterloo,
will 20 TO the head waters Of
Salt Creek instead Of st. He
lena.u
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16

William ID. Sewall Il Co, with
Hon. Arthur Sewall, Maine menu
Der of the Democratic National
Committee, and Democratic nomi-
nee for Vice President of the
United States, as its head, and his
nephew, Samuel S. Sewall, and
his son, William d, Sewall, asso-
ciated with him.
The Sewalls are of an old and
illustrious family on both sides Of
the water. The first American
Sewall came here in 1854, aud
Dummies Sewall, the grandfather
of the first ship-builder, came to
Bath from York, which was also
in the district Of Maine, il 1862,
when he purchased the tract Of
Land on which to this day stands
the Sewall yard and the houses O
the Sewall family. In the sew
enty-one years that the Sewall:
have been building ships they
have owned ninety-five ships
Arthur Sewall, the present heae
of the firm, is about fifty years o
age. He grew up among tn,
scenes of the ship-yard and sea
shore, acquiring a familiarity will
business life which has served hin
well, not only in that particula
branch, but in many other line
of mercantile life. .-.*
There is hardly a corporation
in Sagadahoe county i'll which b
is not a director. He is promi
nent in railroad circles as well o
IN politics, having been presiden
of the Maine Central and other i'm
portan. roads, and now being
director in many. He is a BAN
president, and one of the princi
pal men of this city. A striking
fact in connection with MI
Sewall's nomination is that hi
son, Harold, is a Republican, hav
: ing changed from the Democrat
party as a result of what he cor
sidered the party's failure in ad
ministration. Young Sewall wa
one of the leaders of the Reed DELE
cation at ST. Louis.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
TnpEK n Kan. July BIN

TOPEKA, Kan, July ID.
forty-three counties IN Kansas
yesterday delegates were elected
to the non-partisan silver state
convention to be held next We'd
nesday, and in every county the
delegates were instructed to vote
for men who will endorse the no
mination Of William ], Bryan.
Seven populist conventions passed
similar resolutions. The non par
tisan conventions we're composed
Of free silver republicans, demo
Gratis, and populists.
The bicycle as a cause Of d.
vorces is something new. A male
petitioner in a recent New Aea,
land divorce case had the auda.
city to urge it. He alleged that
his wife was nearly always away
from home wheeling about in ra-
tional dress and neglected her Do,
nestle duties, and he contended
that this amounted to "habitnal
desertionn within the meaning 81
the act, The judge, however
was unable to agree with him u
this latter contention, and New
Zealand married ladies with Z
fondness for the wheel now breathe
more freely.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-16
POLITICS IN THE PULPIT.

Last Sunday Rev. E. Z. Ache.
son, of Middleton, Conn, cleo
triied mis- congregation by clos.
ing his sermon with the follow
ing words: 1.-THE present time
calls for all patriots to unite to
prevent the further coinage Of
fifty-eent dollars or the placing Of
a boy in the chair occupied by
Washington, Lincoln and Gar
field"
The present time" also calls
for ministers Of the gospel, hon.
est christians, who will preach
pure, undefiled word Of God 10 the
dying men and women around
them and not turn the sacred pull
pit in the church Of the living
God into a political platform IRON
which the issues Of the day are
discussed.
If Rev. Acheson is going to
stump his state for Mckinley and
the Wall Street ring in New
York he should let his intentions
be known so the other side could
have a man present and let the
question be fairly discussed.
And, above all, he should con.
fine himself to the truth or 60 out
into an old field TO talk politics
and let some man Of God, called
to explain the Bible and try 10
win souls for Christ, have the pul.
pit.
Save the men and they will
save the country without the aid
Of Pny 80 called minister Of the
gospel delivering a political
speech instead Of preaching the
Word from church on Sunday.