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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25
The Real Estate
UWner Has His Heels
Stuck IntO Mother Earth.

l0-room dwelling, southwest, corner lot
3oNi50, with all conveniences, stable on
lot. Price $1,000. Terms reasonable.
room dwelling First avenue II. W.,
nicely pnpered, $500; cash 500, balance
$40 monthly.
Groom dwelling near Belmont school,
$1,000; cash $40; monthly $40.
S.room dwelling, newly painted, cor
ner lot OF Center avenue II. W. $3.50;
cash 500; monthly $3.50.
G-room dwelling Fourth avenue II. w. :.
near Park street sewer connection, $3.50
Cash $40, monthly $40.
Two lots Belmont addition 50xl50, near
water main and electric light, $500 elch
on easy payments
lo-room dwelling on Twelfth avenue $.
W, slate roof and all couvenienccs, So,
$40, on the best OF terms.
Groom Queen Anne cottage on the
Ninton car line. Lnrgc lot, $3.50; small
cash payment. Easy terms
'i'room dwelling, electric bells, bath
range, large stable ANA carriage house,
all modern convcnicncrs, beautiful shrub.
age in yard, -, 900; cash $500; balance to
suit purchaser. This house is furnished
with handsome new furniture Every
thing complete. Will sell the house ready
furnished for 5 800, on the best OF terms.
Rare chance for some one that wants IL
great bargain. Call and see about it,
Two beautiful jacrc lots / l-2 miles
from depot, BOD yards from car line, $3.50
each, l-3 cash.
l0.acre lot near III. Nice for resi-.
good ncighborhood. Price&700, 10 cash,
balance one and two years
For bargains and square dealing call
and seq
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25
LEG AL NO ICES.

COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY VIR-
tue of a decree entered IN the hustings
court of the city OF Roanoke at the De.
cember term, 1896, in the chnncery cause
of Wingate u Ilanebel vs.. the Vinton
and Roanoke Light and Water Power
Co, | will on MONDAY, THE 4TH DAY
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25
LEGAL NOTICES,

the sum of $GG6G7, with interest from
the 2otn day Of March, 1890, aud as to the
residue, if any, upon II credit of two
equal installments payable six and twelve
months from the day of sale, which credit
installments shall bear interest from the
day of sale, the purchaser to give his ne
gotiable notes for said installments ane
as security therefor the title for the prop
erty shall be retained until all the pur
chase money is paid and conveyance di
rccted By the court.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25
N INV s w NoTfuIhs1slA'estern
rsczEsrls. 1ssEzzn SChs6Ilc in Eject
GKzSyrLlkElSlaN

November s, 1896
WESTBOUND LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY
j:45 Il IN. Washington and Chattanooga
limitcG) for Bristol, intermediate sta
tons and the South and West. Pull
man sleepers to New Orleans and Mem
phis Connects at Radford for Blue
field and poca hontas.
4:23 p m, the Chicago Express for Rad
ford, Bluclield, Pocahout,ts, Kenova.
Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis,
Kansas City. Columbus and Chicago.
Pullman Buffet Sleeper Rounoke to
Columbus. Also for Pulaski, Wythe-
Vile Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga
ana intermediates points.
TRAINS ARRIVE At ROANOKE.
From Norfolk $50 a. M; 4:l5 p. M.
From lIagerstown $50 a. m; 4:l0 p. IN.
From Winston 10 p. IN.
From Bristol and the West 1: 80 D. M. /;
ll:10 p. M.
NORTH AND EAsTBoUND, LEAVE
ROANOKE DAILY.
1;50 p m for Petersburg Richmond and
Norfolk.
Ids p. m. for Washington Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York.
1880 p, III. for Richmond and Norfolk.
Pullman sleepers Roanoke to Norfolk
and Lynchburg to Richmond
1i:25 p. M. (Washing:on and Chattanooga
limited for Washington, Hagerstown,
Philadelphia and New York. Pullman
sleepcrs to Washington via. Shenan-
doai Junction and Baltimore and Ohio
railroad
Durham Division-Lcave Lynchburg
(Union stntion) daily 400 y IN. for
South Boston and Durham and inter
mediate stations.
Winston Salem Division--Lnavc Roanoke
(Union stauion) daily 200 p m and
500 II. IN. daily, except Sunday Camp
bell street stationl for Rocky Mount,
Mnrtinsville, Winston-Salem and inter
mediate stations.
For all additional information apply
at ticket office or to w. b. Bevill, General
Passenger Agent, Roanoke Va.
NJ. f. Bragg, Travelling Passenger
Agent.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25

WHEREAS, By VIRTUE or y
deed OF trust, dated May Ii. 1891, and re-
corded in the clerks Office of the county
court of Roanoke county. Va, in deed
book ., page 25S, }. p. Coon conveyed
the property hereinafter described to :.
IS. Jamison, trustee, in trust to secure
the Crystal Spring Land Company the
sum of S26G.66, payable in two annual in.
staments Of $l33.33 each, with interest
from date; and,
Whereas, default has been made in the
payment of said notes, WILL ut the re-
quest of the beneficiary, sell in front Of
the courthouse in the city of Roanoke,
Va UPON THE 2lST DAY OF IAN
DAliY, 1897, at II O'Clock m, for cash
the following deserted property, situated
in the county of Roanoke, Va. viz:
Lot No. 20, III section 10, of t, Crystal
Spring Land Company, more fully DC
scrbed in said deed of trust above re-
fcrred to. s W. JAMESON,
II lg-tds Trustee
TRUSTEES SALE.-BY VIRTUE
OF Il deed of trust executed by Rosa Lee
Robertson to the undersigned trustee,
bearing date of August /, 1890, and re-
corded in deed book Al, prge 81, convey
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25
LUCIAN Fl. COOKE,
ID. SAVIOR GOOD.
Special Comm

cPeSldI COMMISSIONERS.
!, ;. 5. Brooke, clerk of the hastings
court city of Roanoke, do certify that
Lucian H. Cooke and d. Saylor Good,
special commissioners in the above cause,
nave executed bond ms prescribed in the
above decree.
Gwen under my hand this 25th day of
November 1896. s. S. BROOKS
II 10 i'd Clar,.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25

w. X. ANDREWS & CO.. 219 Salem
avenue. have exclusive control of the eel
cbrated semi bitumnous RED ASH
COAL. the finest CRATE conf on the mar.
kct. Their teams have bells.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25
EAR7HS E&eEs SALE.

.0) acre farm aE mics from nOanOkc, good
ipIprovcmertts well fenced AMI wHtered plenty
of timber, nico young orchard, 81 50u-tcrms
oasr This e great bargain.
CG.ac-c farm 81 jac 10 R)anoIn in good c)ndit-
ion, ~ GOJ cash.
81 acres Of bottom land X miles from Holrns,
with $!,5DJ brick house, IL tho edge of beautiful
10 acre grove az forus oahs Price so pr aero.
$50 acres near liDiins Institute rcvcn miles
from Roanoke city, fOrtY acres OF which Is level,
the balance upland partlS tmGercd good water
fairly good improvements fpe peach ana apro
orchard, and well adapted 20 truck farming all
Kinds fruit and grapes Price $3.50; very cncap,
Nlsn great many other bargains in city and
country property, which we would be glad to
show AZ any tine.
n you want to buy or rent, sci or exchange
como and sec us.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25

l, s. s Brooke, clerk of the hussings
court, city of Roanoke, do hereby certify
that s. w. Jamison, special commissioner
in the above cause, has executed bond rs
prescribed in the above decree Given
under my hand, this the 9th day of No
Vemher. 1883. :. :. BROOKS,
II % I'd C.evk
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-25

The above property WAS sold by Il. H.
Woodruff and mortgage assumed by the
vendec.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28

Why did Browning. Tennyson, Swim
burne, Matthew Arnold and others de
voted to the theater fail Us dramatiSts! Be
cause they thought only of literature and
disdaincd To study the art of dramatic con
struction Lord Tcnnyson would never
have succeeded on the stage if his work
had not been taken in hand by Sir Henry
Irving and Augustin DAILY, both practical
mon, and Shakespeare himself would not
succeed on any English stage of today if his
plays were not fashioned for the stage by
practical stage managers.
And yet there are people idiotic enough
to talk about the vandalism and the
atrooiously bad taste of touching one word
or syllable of Shakespeare when they
know that every Shakespcarcan produc-
ton by Charles kean and Irving was most
carefully ana judiciously edited for the
stage. Do these Incorporate writers want
an example! Let thcm look at the Lyccum
acting edition OF Much Ado About
Nothing What has become of poor Dog
berry. | should like to know Cut down
10 nothing
With Shakespeare, it must be either /,
case of cutting or no Shakespeare for the
stage. And II Is nonsense to say that what
sir Henry Irving can do with impunity
may not be done 10y any other manager
who Is revercntial student of shakes
peare.-London Truth.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
AN OLD GEOGRAPHY.
The Picture Which 1t Drew of America
In the Year 111O

Tho book says In the English colonies
no tax can be imposed without the consent
of their assemblies, ~ IA fact which it would
have been better had George III romcm-
bered so years later. Enthusiasm chiefly
prevailed in Pennsylvania, THAT country
being stocked with Quakcrs.' Our author
attributes such ferceness to the condor
that he says, Chile would not be habita-
bic were that destructive bird less rare. Sc
As for Jamaica, which was then perhaps
our wealthest colony, the recent terrible
earthquake of 1882 is ascribed rather to
moral than natural causes On account of
the abOminatious of the Inhabitants call
ing for Judgment from heaven" The
planters arc solcmnly warned to care for
the despiscd souls of their negro slaves,
and not To believe and be frightened by the
vulgar error that baptism of slaves means
giving them freedom We are assured on
the authority of oyowitnesses, THAT the
crocodile of Haiti, before lying in wait to
catch prey, swallow several ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of pebbles by which additional weight he
can the sooner dive with his victim"
Our geographer appends very clear Ia
BILE of the five great colonial empires of
17iG--namely. the Spanish, English.
French, Dutch and Portuguese 1t is i'm
possible to glance AT this old book without
being struck by the magnitude of the rev
olutiuns which have taken place in the last
two centuries through scientific progress.
geographical discovery and political
changes. In l7l6 sweden, Holland and
Turkey Were still regarded rs mighty fac
tors in European wars and complications.
the great mogul was still considered onc
of the most powerful monarchs of the
world and the empire of the kingo Spain
might still be described as one on which
the sun never set. Australia, New Zua-
land and almost the whole interior Of Al
RIGA were blanks, and the gigantic republic
Of America undreamed of by the most ar
dent Imagination. But the most striking
fact of all Is, whether under ti.tUui1n Jack
or the stars and stripes, the stupendous
march Of the Anglo-Saxon racc.-Cham-
bers journal
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
The Girl and the Cork.

Women haven't much conscience " said
a business man; girls haven't. anyway
We have IA girl typewriter in our office who
keeps me worried to death about cork
There is il large bottle OF benIine in the
Office TO clean the machines with, and the
other day "A bcnzine odor AROSE so pcrvnd-
ing that l went to the bottle To- ste what
was the matter The cork was gone
searched for it in vain. and then asked
that wicked typewriter girl if she knew
anything about it"
Yes She said, I took it, l wanted
a cork to put III my tonic bottle
Well, but, Miss Madgc the bcnzine
is escaping all over the office, and we can /
stand it,
can't help it, she remarked / had
to have IA cork for my tonic bottle.
what could do: | had TO send the
porter out To get another cork, and, do you
know in a few days that gracoless girl lost
her tonic cork again and again took the
cork from that benzinc bottle: 1t seems
mean to fight a girl about u cork. hut if
she does ii "a third time III make her 20
out and buy some corks for tho office.
She needs education in principle. In
GiauapOliS journal
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28

when ii man buys "a fish in "a market
to carry home himself" said Mr.. Gimplite,
"hc has it done up in IA neat parcel If
he lives in the suburbs, hc has IA loop made
III the string so that he can carry it as he
would "a satchol. But if no has been down
to the banks and has had good luck the
heavier his fish basket Says rs he goes
home the better he likes it, He doesn t
object to everybody knowing it's fish
And if two mon fishing together have
made great catch they may carry it home
from the boat plainly visible, in "a bag
made OF netting. hanging from Il pole car
ricd on their shoulders.
In this matter it makes great differ
ence who caught the fish. Fish that ii
man buys he wants done up, fish that he
has caught himself he is willing to dis
play, and the bigger the catch the more
willing he is to display it, and it's per-
fectly natural and all right. Now York
sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
DARK SIDE or GLORY.
Instances of Wars Horrors Which Add
the Somber Hues.

the SOmber Hues.
The editor of Good Words met two Cor
man officers once i'm u smoking room. and
he said to one Of them: you have taken
part in the greatest war of modern times,
and you have seen all that can BIO seen of
that side of war to which we attach tho
name of glory but what of the other
sido? What of the miserios and suffer
ingsY" "Ach," he replied, lido not speak
of then They arc unuttorable. The
general there could tell you much, and so
could J. 1t was terrible to think of it.
"Do you remember, W, that man ut
the bridge of Orleansf Himmel, what u
thing it was! Wo had been cannonading
tho bridge and had driven the French
across, but whom following them up, as
l reached the nearer end of tho bridge,
saw there French soldier propped up
against the side of tho bridge All his
stomach and entrails had been shot COM
pletely away, but he was alive and appar-
emily conscious and looked up ut mo with
such pleading look. What could / dor
His wound was mortal-worse than NOR
tai, il WAS hideous-so l called to an army
doctor who was near me and said, For
heavens sake, give that poor man some
thing which may put AN end To his suffer
ings, for he cannot live, and it is too awful
To leave him. My duty, sir, is TO save
life-not to destroy it,. But you can't
save him, and it will bo the greatest mercy
to give him release. That, sir, l daro
not do Well, there was nothing for it
but to get n soldiers blanket and to tic II
tight around him and to give him some
thing to wet his lips with, and, having
done this rs rapidly AS we could, we left
him, but could not get over the look of
his eye following me AS / won't away.
And there was still worse spectacle
if such there could beat the other end of
the bridge, for there was another soldier
who had part of his skull shot away and
he was lcaping up in the air, as you may
have seem wounded hare do, leaping up
and then tumbling. 'Ach, said to the
doctor once moro, here's Il still moro fear
full easel Give him something, do give
him something To put him out of his
agony. 1t is impossible, sir, for mo TO
do so. What shall do, l thought, but
Us l was thinking he gave ono great leap
which sent him over the bridge into tho
water, and so l was thankful that he ut
last got release in death"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
Atomic Dyspepsia.

The ultimate cause of atomic dyspepsia
Is constitutional depression. 1t may be
due to overwork, and especially to pro-
longcd worry. Sometimes the dyspepsia
is the first manifestation of tubercular
poisoning. Again, there seems to be an
inherent failure of the digestive organs
once established, dyspepsia is, in turn, the
cause of loss of strength, OF mental inertia
ana visceral weakness. Some degree of
simple an@mia is almost inevitable. The
exciting cause may he an illness of any
kind the excessive use of tea, coffee or
other beverages, the lack of proper food,
some error ia habits Of eating Often it
is not discoNorGblc. New York Ledger.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
4 Timely Suggestion.

n statesman was invited To- dinner with
another equally famous by IA gentleman of
wealth, whose social position was more
ilattored By the entertainment of such
guests than his mind could possibly be
improved by them Tho dinner was OK
ccllent The host laid great stress upon
tho value, judged by the only standard he
had allowed himself, in money of the sew
oral ingredients. In particular did he ex-
pound upon the value OF his wines
"This, gentlemen, he remarked in the
manner Of a lecturer as the servant re
moved the cobwebs from IA bottle and
placed it upon the table, this wine h:l,
been IN my cellar for 40 years, bought
1t when | was IA young man, and the in
tcrest gentlemen. the interest upon what
paid Tor it would have now amounted
to-
The statesman Was beginning To tire of
this dissertation and winkcd pleasantly at
his conirerc
Indeed, " said he, reaching across the
table ana appropriating the bottle then
suppose we stop the interest. - Boston
Budget.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
A Fighting Editor.

OF Mr.. Ilamber, a former editor of The
STANDARD, the following story is told in
Mr.. L. II. :. Escott's book Platform,
Press, Politics and Play"
lone instance of Tom Hamber's short
way with nggressors l myself bcheld He
had driven down with Mrs. Hambcr to tho
Office, leaving her in "a cab for "a few min
uteS to complete his business inside While
he was away the driver addressed her in
tones she did not like.
- Tom, she said, when her husband
reappearcd, this man has spoken imperti-
ncntly.
- Get down from your porch at once, ,
said the journalist to the jchu Tho man,
with u coarse oath. descended
"Hambcr boxed first one ear, then the
other. When the driver squared up to
him, tho Tory organ's militant chief sci
ontifically slipped a right and left into his
opponent, polishing him of very neatly
so, have heard from others who saw it,
he annihiIated an abusive bargco at Hen
ley some three decades ago strand
Magazine.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
SEA WlTCHERY.

Yon headland, with the twinkling footed 90.
Beyond it, coniures shapes and stories fair
OF young Greek days: the immortal air
Carries the sound of siren song to me:
Soon shall mark Ulysses darinyly
Swing round the cape, the sea wind in his hair
And look! The Argonauts go sailing there
y golden quest, shouting their godlike glee
The vision Is compact of blue and gold
OF sky and water and of the drift of foam.
And thrill of brine washed brcezes from the
west.
Wide space is in it and the unexpressed
Great heart of Nature, and the magic old
OF legend, and the white ships coming home
Richard Burton in Chap Book
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
Found dead

There is something so shocking about
sudden death that the Ipere mention of 1t
wrenches the nerves of sensitive people
Millions of people pray for deliverance from
It, Every Sunday in every Episcopal church
In the world, these words are said
From battle and murder and sudden death,
Good Lord, deliver US"
Just why sudden death should be shock
Ing, and death after lingering disease easy
to bear, would puzzle any one to tell II
would seem that II would be more terrible
to see some loved one wasting away daily
becoming weaker--daily slipping toward n
death no less certain because it was slow in
coming. Consumption causes more deaths
than heart disease - more than cholera
more than yellow fever more than any
other disease the world has ever known
And yet people are careless about it, Anan
in danger of sudden death from heart dis
ease can avoid the danger simply by keeping
quiet and avoiding excitement. Consunp.
ton goes right on with its deadly work. no
matter what the man does or bow he con
ducts himself, if he doesn't take the right
medicine to cure it. Consumption affects
the whole body. 1t is blood disease. 1t
permeates the whole system. 1t shows in
lungs for publication. 1t carries impurities
there to be made pure. If there is too much
irnpurity, the lungs are over -worked-oyer-
loaded -the impurity stops there. The
germs of disease stop there. They develop
and multiply and then consumption takes
definite form. DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery cures oS per cent OF all cases
of consumption, lingering coughs, throat
and bronchial diseases if il is taken accord
ing to directions. Get it at drug stores :;
learn all about it in Dr. Pierce's great 1908
page work, " Common Sense Medical AID.
wiser" sent FREE on receipt of 81 one-cent
stamps TO cover cost of mailing onlp II
contains 1908 pages, proftisely illustrated 1t
is veritable medical library, complete in
one volume. Every family should possess
copy for ready reference in case OF sudden
sickness or accidents Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, ~ Y.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
What's the Use of Waiting?

are rlSht, our "orh AL anu IA "" uoh
bring us work we will come after II, in ono
way or another, either by bringing TO your
notice our prices, facilities and quality OF
execution, personal interviews. We are
not grumbling; far from it, We've had our
share; we are still getting our share But we
have placed at your disposal modern, and
almost ideal, printing establishment, with
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
On Dangerous Ground.

This book on games that we have
complied - said the German publisher
thoughtfully.
Is there anything wrong with itS" in
CURED the editor.
No; it's good thing, but I'm little
bit scared about putting it on the mar
ket"
why?
1T makes the statement repeatedly that
the ace is bigger than the king If that
comes to the attention of tho emperor,
he ii have us up for leze majesty, sure. -
Washington Star
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28

maChIhe, tne auUOHIHtlC CuVVIIg MIG sHHIP
ener, and tableting appurtenances are on
this floor. The wonderful and powerful
electric motor, which propels the machines
on all three floors, is also on this floor. Over
in one corner, hardly noticeable, is kept in
readiness, as supplementary power, AL
momentary notice. in case of accident TO the
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28

Many birds vary the composition of the
Suter layer of the nest according to cir
oumstances. If the nest is located among
growing leaves, tho outer layer will be of
green moss; if on u dark branch, of natu-
ral oolored lichens.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28

Ohio was early called the Buckeye State,
she name being derived from the presence
,f great forests of buckeye trees when the
ountry was first invaded by the whites
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28

According 20 the very best ecclesiastical
authorities, Christ. was never know 20
lnnph.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Our Gold Country.

II was greatly interested in the find
ing of three of the largest nuggets ever
discovered" said well-known mining
expert to the Washington Star. 1T
seems strange that the Appalachian
field is not worked more, than it is.
The largest nugget ever found In the
world was in Cabanus County, North
Carolina. The dispatches stated that
gold was found i'm several counties. l
should think so. There are continuous
veins from Virginia to Alabama. That
field is about 700 miles long and 100
miles wide. and, adopting the new
methods that have made Cripple Creek
a success, there is scarcely a hill that
will not pay to work. have been over
1t thoroughly. If the largest nuggets
in the world were found in any Western
State, thousands of people would flock
there, and the veins from which those
nuggets were broken would be found
If 1t cost hundreds of thousands of dol
lars prospecting. Everybody knows
that there Is gold in Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and
Alabama; everybody has heard that
the mines have been worked out, as
they were under the old-time primitive
processes, and beyond that no one
seems to care to investigate"